DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PASSENGER STEAMERS. 283 



Their outline particulars are as follows: 



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 Item. class. class. 



Length, overall 522' 8" 535' 2" 



Beam, molded 62' 0" 72' 0" 



Depth, molded 42' 0" 50' 0" 



Load draught 32' 3" 30' 7" 



Corresponding deadweight 13,000 11,400 



Sea speed, knots 14 17^ 



Shaft horse-power .... 12,000 



Indicated horse-power 6,500 .... 



Boilers (oil fuel) Scotch. Water tube. 



Motive power Reciprocating engines. Geared turbines. 



First-class passengers 78 260 



*Third-class passengers .... 300 



Gross tonnage 10,540 14,100 



Crew 117 134 



Bulkheads 11 13 



A few words on the outstanding characteristics of these ships may be in order: 



1. Passenger accommodation. — This is unusually spacious, as may be inferred from the 

 size of the ship and the number carried. Large rooms, beds rather than bunks, numerous 

 private bathrooms, and ample public rooms are noticeable, especially in the larger vessels. 

 Running hot and cold water is supplied in the rooms. 



2. Cargo handling. — Both in the number of hatches and in the facilities at each hatch, 

 this feature is especially well cared for, quick turn around being thus possible. 



3. Unusually close subdiznsion.— Being laid down as three-compartment ships for troop 

 service in the war zone, these vessels are all very well bulkheaded, especially the larger ones, 

 where cargo is not so important. 



4. The interior decoration has received greater care than usual, our colonial period 

 supplying the dominating scheme of architectural effect. This has been modified in certain 

 spaces, such as the verandas, tea rooms and smoking rooms. Furniture, decorations and dra- 

 peries were from designs by W. & J. Sloane of New York. The architectural plans for the 

 larger ships were mainly by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and for the smaller ships 

 entirely by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. 



5. Unusually large steaming radius to enable Pacific Ocean and South American trades 

 to be adequately negotiated. 



6. The similarity of bow and stern is unpleasantly noticeable, this being an inheritance 

 from war days. 



Since the launching of these vessels there has been a considerable general interest dis- 

 played in passenger ships; numerous designs for large vessels have been prepared which, 

 doubtless, will bear fruit in due season. As business gets back to normal it will carry with 

 it a. demand for vessels of this character to balance our merchant marine. 



It has been felt that the plans of these ships are of sufificient interest to record and they 

 are therefore given in Plates 40 to 43. Several photographs are also given, to illustrate the 

 general scope of the accommodations. ' \ . ' 



*Two of the smaller ships are being fitted for third-class in the top 'tween decks. 



