Ice-Breaking Bow an Important Feature The sca-going harbour tug Chien Tal, which has. just been completed to the order of the Chefoo Harbour Improvement Commission, was open for private Inspection on June 7 the Customs Jetty, when a cocktail arty was held on board.
'This interesting "vestd, which has lce-breaking bow, forms part of the Harbour' Commission's scheme for Improving the Port of Chefoo, and will meet immediate and future requirements not only "in assisting glean-going vessels to berth alongside the Mole but, in keeping the harbour navigable in' the winier months by breaking up the ice.
The principal dimensions of the! vessel are as follows th overall ili of Constructed "well in' excess Lloyd's highest slanderd for this type of, youl she his ye eter]
cads, and is heavily ice-strengthened atthe ows and on the wat Speed of 12 Knots The triple expansion, inverted, reotractings. surface-condensing enines which were built by. Mtessrs. 'The. Huh Hsiang Engineering." Shipbuilding Works, Lid, will develop 900° THLP,, at 120 t/p/m, giving the vessel speed of 12 knots, seam. being supplied from two hornycrott water-tube boilers, 'The Welrs' air, circulating, feed, and bilge pumps are Independent of the main engines, and the general service pump and 10-ton evaporator by Welrs', 'The Drysdale and fire pump is capable, of Aelivering 350 tons per hour, addi anal suctions being' led from all compartments in case of emergencies Fully equipped for fire fighting purposes, a Morryweather monitor is Thatalled on the flying bridge, and there are five hose connections "on the engine room easing.
'On the fore deck is S-ton steam windlass by 'Clarke, Chapman' & Ca. Ltd, and on the after deck is a 294° ton"steam capstan by the same firm.
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