The motorship Glenogle, built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff of Glasgow for the Glen Line, arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday on her maiden voyage under the command of Capt. O. O. Simpson.
About 50 visitors availed themselves of the opportunity on Thurs" day afternoon to view this splendid ship, which is the highest powered oil-motor vessel afloat, although not the greatest in length. The Glenogle is a cargo boat -of 12,500 tons deadweight, propelled by four-cycle Diesel engines, set in parallel of eight cylinders, each controlling individually the twin propellers. These engines develop 6,600 ih.p. and functioned admire ably during the voyage out from England, maintaining a steady sea voyage of 13 knots though fully loaded.
When seen from afar the Glenogle has the appearance of an ordinary steamship owing to the addition of a funnel, a characteristic feature of all the Glen Line motorship. The funnel, however, is not entirely an ornament, as in the interior are fitted baffle plates for the silencing of the exhaust. She is certainly the last thing in cargo vessel design and no effort has been spared by the designers in their endeavour to make a cargo vessel which has all the fundamental accessories coupled with a comfortable and ingeniously arranged interior. The facilities for the discharge of cargo are of the latest design in which rapidity has been the aim in view. There are in all 88 steel derricks, all of an unconventional lattice design, enabling the cleaning of rust with ease and obviating the interior rusting which is so liable to take place in cylindrical derricks and has been Known to cause shearing under excessive loads.
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