The P.and 0.S. Palma, The handsome steel twin-scrow str. Palma, one of the latest additions to the: fleet of the P, and O. Steam Navigation Company arrived here on Tuesday on her maiden trip from Antwerp and London, and is now berthed at the Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf. She is the second vessel built and engined for the P. and 0. Company by Messrs. Workman, Clark and Ca., La., and is 480 fect long, 57 fect] broad, and 37 ft. 9 in. in depth, with a gross tonnage of over 7,600 tons and a net register of 4,900 tons. The! Palma was built under British Corporation rules for the highest class in their registry, and is designed to fulfil the special requirements of the Company's Easter trade. She has two complete steel decks with poop, bridge, and topgallant forecastle decks sheathed with teak. The cargo space is divided by steel bulkheads into six spacious holds. The main hold has no obstructing pillaring, the decks being supported by heavy fore-and-aft girders, leaving the hold space clear for bulky cargo. Six very largo cargo hatches give access to the holds, and the deck machinery for handling cargo' is of the most improved type. This has been arranged with special consideration of the owners' trade requirements, and consists of ten steam deck cranes, also four steam winches, with heavy derricks stepped on derrick tables and swung from the masts.
The dining saloon is a handsome spartment at the forward end of the bridge space, having panelled wainscoting of light unpolished oak with dado of darker oak and furniture of the same material. [the cabins are large comfortable rooms opening off each side of the saloon.. The pantry for table service opens off the saloon, and is fitted up with every appli: ance necessary for efficiency. The bridge deck affords a fine roomy promenade for passengers, and is approached by an oak staircase from the saloon to the companion house, which is also panelled in light oak. The officers' and engineers' berths are situated in wing houses st the after end of the bridge space.
Rooms for stewards and petty officers are placed under the forecastle deck, while the Lascar crew are berthed in the poop. The main galley is placed in the funnel casing on the bridge deck, with a stair down to the alleyway for easy access to the pantry at meal times. An auxiliary galley for the native crew is placed convenient to their berths in the poops. Bath and lavatory accommodation of the most satisfactory character is fitted throughout the ship. The machinery consists of two sets of triple-expansion engines, with steel multitubular doubleenced boilers under Howden's system of forced draught, and the latest types of auxiliary machinery.
The C.N.S. Chenan.
The new ©.N.S. Chenan, Capt. North-combe, one of the six new steamers built by Messrs. Scott & Ca., of Greenock, for the China Navigation Company, arrived here yesterday morning and is now berthed at the Watung Wharf. Of the six new steamers, four, including the Chenan, are intended for the China coasting trade, and two will be put on the Manila run. The new boats are in almost every particular a considerable improvement on the older boats of the Company's fest. The Chenan's dimensions are: length, 300 feet; breadth, 40 fect; depth, 21 fect 9 inches; gross tonnage, 2,250 tons; and her indicated horse power is 1,900. She left Greenock on the 14th of November last, but was in port at Cardiff for a week, and remained at Hongkong for eight days. The passage from Greenock to Hongkong occupied 1,041 steaming hours. "Bh twin-screw steamer and is handsomely modelled. Forward, on the lower bridge deck, is a well-fitted and roomy who abaft of which is the captain's cabin. Abaft again is the saloon companion and smoke room, with mahogany panelling and furniture and handsomely fitted. From this an easy, broad staircase leads down into the dining saloon, which is on the main deck and occupies the whole breadth of the ship. The saloon is a handsome apartment, with wainscoting, of light oak and mahogany, and there is seating secommodation at the dining tables for twenty persons. There are six comfortable cabins opening off the saloon, three on each side.. The cabins are large and well fitted, each containing two bunks, and fitted with electric light and electric fans. On the port side are the ladies' lavatory and bathroom, linen room, and store room, and on.the starboard side the gentlemen's lavatory and pantry, with from the latter to the cooking galley. Aft, amidships, are the officers' cabins on the port side and the engineers' cabins on the starboard side. On the bridge deck are three life-boats and the cutter, and forward is the wheelhouse with steam steering gear, and a Thompson's compass, with rifle sights, electric lights, and all the latest improve ments. Aft, on the main deck, is a deckhouse with accommodation for 60 Chinese passengers. There are three spacious holds, and the steam windlass, steam steering gear, steam winches, donkey boilers and derricks for dealing with heavy weights are all of the most approved pat-
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