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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
or Sampson post on each side. At each side there is a rolling chock 30 feet long, | 
made of bulb bar-iron 7^ inches between two angle-bars 3 by 3^ by inches, riv- , 
eted to the ship’s sides. The sheet of the stay-foresail works on an iron traveler, j 
which extends from side to side of the bow. The chains are galvanized, and the 
anchors are of the ordinary short-shanked pattern carried by other trawlers. The 
side of the vessel is made flush, the chain plates being riveted to the bulwarks, so that i 
boats may come alongside in a sea-way without being damaged by projections. 
Provision is made to pump the vessel out by steam, but she is also sujiplied with 
a 6-inch hand pump. There are two iron water-tanks, having a total capacity of 500 
gallons. 
About 40 tons of ballast are carried, this being the best iron slag ; it is grouted in 
with cement, and over the top of the ballast there is i)ut a 3-inch face of Portland 
cement. The cement is rabbeted to take a wooden cover 2 inches thick, and a 9-inch 
gutter is left in the center for drainage purposes. In the ice-room a redwood floor, 2^ ! 
inches thick, is laid on top of the ballast and firmly secured. 
Description of one of the latest built steam-trawlers . — A fine model of one of the most ' 
recently built steam-trawlers of the Grimsby Company’s fleet, which differs somewhat I 
from the Zodiac, was exhibited at London, 1883. The lines of this vessel are excellent ( 
for sea-worthiness, carrying capacity, and for a reasonable amount of speed. She is 
moderately sharp forward, with straight stem and nearly square fore-foot ; rounding 
bilge, with medium dead-rise ; a long, finely shaped run, and round stern. She has 
more sheer than the average vessel of this class, which, with the high bow chock for- 
ward, and raised quarter-deck aft, gives gracefulness to her appearance, which is all 
the more iileasing because of its general absence in British steam fishing vessels.^ 
The main deck extends from the bow to within about 25 feet of the stern, where the 
quarter-deck begins ; the latter adds to the height of the after section, and gives more 
cabin room. The bridge extending from side to side, and elevated 7 to 8 feet above 
the main deck, is placed just forward of the quarter, and over the after part of the 
engine-room. It is protected by a metal railing, and is reached by steps, from the 
quarter-deck, on the starboard side. The cabin companion is on the quarter-deck, 
just forward of the mizzeu-mast, and a little to starboard of the latter. A large sky- 
light abaft the mizzen mast affords light and ventilation to the cabin. The entrance 
to the forecastle is aft of the windlass, while three hatches, one foreward of the main- 
mast and two aft of it, on the main deck, lead to the hold and fish-rooms. The trawl- 
warp roller is on the port side (about 5 feet aft of the main rigging), and a capstan 
stands abreast of the roller in the middle of the deck. On the main deck, a little for- 
ward of the smoke-stack, is a steam winch for winding in the trawl- warp, hoisting 
sails, etc., and the dandy winch, or “ wink,” is on the port forward end of the quarter. 
The boat is carried on the davits aft of the starboard main rigging. As previously 
stated, the rig differs in no essential particular from that of the Zodiac. 
She is 70.63 tons ; her length, breadth, and depth being the same as have already 
b6en given. She carries a 60-foot trawl-beam, and has a capacity for 1,700 “ trunks” 
of fish. Her speed, under steam alone, is 10 knots, and, being so heavily rigged, she 
* Many of tLe fishing steamers, probably most of them, judging by the models exhibited at London, 
are flush-decked, and some are so straight on top that their appearance is not pleasing to the eye. In 
some cases they looked almost as if they were “ hogged.” The vessel above described difiers from the 
Zodiac chiefly in having a raised (piarter-deck. ' 
