Talisman had a passenger capacity of over 1250. Large deckhouses fore and aft and a single tall funnel amidships gave her an unusual appearance for a Clyde Steamer. During the refit on returning to civilian service, new deckhouses were added, providing additional shelter. Her four British Polar diesel engines powered the vessel's electricity generators that provided the power to the electric propulsions motors.
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The draft of the vessel was 9.3 feet. The hull was built of steel with a flush deck. The deckhouses were built of teak.
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Both of the deckhouses are surrounded by an open passenger promenade deck. At the stern of the vessel, the former open deck has been enclosed with an awning.
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The ships were modernised in the 1950s with new anti-aircraft guns and anti-submarine mortars and updated sensors (new radar and sonar). One bank of torpedo tubes were removed and extra accommodation (deckhouses) added.
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The design of the R. J. Hackett was innovative. With its boxy hull, hatch-lined deck, and placement of the deckhouses, the ship was ideally suited for moving cargo through inland waterways. The fore and aft deckhouses gave the Hackett a single immense hold that could be easily accessed and filled with cargo. The boxy hull maximized cargo volume, and the hatch spacing lined the ship up perfectly with the ore dock chutes in Marquette, Michigan and elsewhere, and the center section free of rigging made loading the ship much easier.
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Zarya was strengthened with internal frames and beams, and deckhouses were added. The rig was changed to barkentine (square sail on foremast only). In October 1899 the ship was certified by Norwegian authorities for a three-year expedition in the Arctic.
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Two large deckhouses were added to port of the island and on the rear of the flight deck. The ship had a single hangar, high. Aircraft were transported between the hangars and the flight deck by two aircraft lifts (elevators); each measured .
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Archer strengthened Zarja heavily with internal frames and beams and deckhouses were added and modified. The rig was changed to barkentine (square sail on foremast only). In October 1899 the ship was certified by Norwegian authorities for a three-year expedition in the Arctic.
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The 4.5-inch gun was better suited to the primary anti-aircraft role of the Dido class. The forward A and B 4.5-inch turrets were mounted on the top of conjoint deckhouses, extending the superstructure to allow the two cruisers to play a flagship role with more accommodation and radar rooms.
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At the bow, the top level of the hull lay above the water; at the stern, . The funnels were high, and the highest point on the masts was at . The superstructure occupied about a third of the ship's length and was divided into two deckhouses. The gap between these housed the two thin funnels.
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Archer strengthened Zarja heavily with internal frames and beams, and deckhouses were added and modified. The rig was changed to barkentine (square sail on foremast only). In October 1899 the ship was certified by Norwegian authorities for a three-year expedition in the Arctic. Equipment for the hydrological studies was ordered in England, Sweden and Russia.
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There is only one Corwin in these tables throughout this period and she is specifically identified as the former USRC Corwin by footnote. two new deckhouses, and a forward pilothouse. This so altered her appearanceAnonymous, 1910 that only a few of her numerous subsequent photographs give any hintLomen Bros.Nowell 1907 a, b of her past as a schooner.
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The wreck of the Lakeland was rediscovered in 1960. She rests upright, in of water. Her steel hull is almost broken in two aft of the cargo elevator, and her wooden deckhouses are missing. This is because when she sank, the air that trapped in the upper deck structures blew the wooden deck houses off her hull.
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Six years after Lunas delivery, GE reported that there were 33 diesel-electric tugs in service, 21 of which were GE installations. Lunas wooden hull and deckhouses were built by the M.M. Davis Shipbuilding Company in Solomons, Maryland. The empty hull was towed from the Chesapeake to East Boston for outfitting at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in East Boston.
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Cocker (1985): p. 27 They had a single central funnel, and deckhouses both fore and aft were designed to be similar in order to enhance the effect. The class were painted in dazzle camouflage. The class entered service after the main threat of the U-boats had passed, and therefore their effectiveness in anti-submarine warfare cannot be determined.
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She had a radio antenna strung between her masts, a cargo boom attached to her mainmast over her deckhouse, a steam steering engine, a steam windlass, a steam capstan, an evaporator, a distiller, a radio, two electric generators, electric lighting, and two searchlights. Her propulsion plant consisted of two vertical triple-expansion steam engines with a combined output of 1,160 horsepower (981 kilowatts) and two single-end Scotch marine boilers. When transferred to the BOF, her hull, deckhouses, bulwarks, and boats were painted white and her masts, funnel, davits, and ventilator cowls and the trim on her deckhouses were buff. The BOF made plans to modify her extensively to provide quarters for a crew of 26, ample accommodations for embarked scientists, and a large laboratory, and to install oceanographic and collection equipment aboard her.
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73 In order to maximize space for workshops and stores, the ship's arresting gear and catapult were not fitted; two large deckhouses were added to port of the island and on the rear of the flight deck. The ship had a single hangar, high. Aircraft were transported between the hangars and the flight deck by two aircraft lifts (elevators); each measured .Friedman, p.
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To enhance survivability of the frigates, important systems are laid out in the two island principle, i.e. present at least twice at different places within the ship. This is also visible in the superstructures, which are split in two larger pyramidal deckhouses. The aerials of the Cassidian TRS-4D Active electronically scanned array radar will be distributed over the two pyramids.
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Needham, Volume 4, Part 3, 476. The Jurchen launched an invasion against the Southern Song along the length of the Yangtze River, which resulted in two crucial Song victories at the Battle of Caishi and Battle of Tangdao in 1161. The Jin navy was defeated by the Song's standing navy, which employed trebuchets on their ships' top deckhouses to launch gunpowder bombs.
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Water could also flow around the rounded turrets which resembled gun turrets on contemporary warships; the superstructure and deckhouses were mounted on these turrets. (definition 65, Whaleback). The rounded contours of whalebacks gave them an unconventional appearance, and McDougall's ship and barge designs were received with considerable skepticism, resistance, and derision. As they had porcine-looking snouts for bows, some observers called them "pig boats".
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She had two continuous decks, poop and forecastle decks, a large superstructure on the poop deck including the captain's rooms with fine furniture and leather seats, the officers' mess and rooms, card room, and a separate rudder house. On the main deck were two deckhouses around mast no. 5 and behind mast no. 6, as well as six main hatches to access the holds between the masts.
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Friedman, p. 194USS Mayrant (DD-402) photo gallery at NavSource.org These ships later received two twin 40 mm Bofors mounts on their after deckhouses before being transferred to the Pacific. In 1945, Lang, Sterett, and Wilson also landed their remaining torpedo tubes and after 5-inch gun shields in favor of a total of four 40 mm twin mounts and four 20 mm twin mounts.
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As has almost all of the rest of the ship, even the keel has been remade.Hoare, Eva. "Just like the Bluenose, mostly" The Chronicle Herald, 23 December 2010., The rebuild aimed to have the schooner look more like the original Bluenose with smaller deckhouses and more deck space, as Bluenose II was built with yacht accommodation as opposed to the layout of a fishing schooner.
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The ships displaced at standard load and at deep load. The hull was subdivided by 10 transverse bulkheads into 11 watertight compartments. Construction of the lower hull and keel were made from standard mild steel. Conversely, the upper plating, specifically the deck, ammunition lobbies, gun shields, bridge, deckhouses and the lower part of the aft-funnel; were made from high-tensile, bullet-proof qualité masque (gunshield quality) steel.
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Near disaster as the dock passes the Meuse bridges in 1923 On 17 June 1923 Tanjung Priok Dock of 8,000 tons was planned to pass the Meuse bridges in Rotterdam. It would then be pulled to Batavia. Authorities and engineers were aware that passing the bridges could be problematic. The dock had a basic height of 13.20 m, and on top of it there were some deckhouses that were another 4 m high.
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LV-117 was a steel-hulled vessel with steel deckhouses fore and aft, a funnel amidships for engine exhaust, and two masts. An electric lantern topped each mast, and an electric foghorn was on the mainmast. The vessel also had submarine signal capability, using a submarine oscillator, giving greater range and reliability for fog signals. Four diesel engines drove generators, providing power for both the signalling apparatus and a electric propulsion motor.
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A gale may spring up, the ship may > be blown hither and thither, it may meet with shoals or be driven upon > hidden rocks, then it may be broken to the very roofs (of its deckhouses). A > great ship with heavy cargo has nothing to fear from the high seas, but > rather in shallow water it will come to grief.Needham, Joseph (1971). > Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical > Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics.
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Jeanie Deans was the first Clyde steamer with a three-crank engine, giving a speed of 18.5 knot in trials. As built, she had two small deckhouses, one forward, supporting the open bridge and one aft of the twin funnels, covering the companionway. After her first season, a large first class observation saloon was added forward on the promenade deck, providing welcome shelter during poor weather. The funnels were also lengthened to reduce the cinders deposited on passengers.
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Deckhouses on France's superstructure were built of aluminium, to reduce the ship's weight and thereby conserve fuel in operation. Within the superstructure a full-length outdoor promenade deck was designed into both sides of the Pont Canots. Unlike on many other ships, this deck did not wrap completely around the ship, being blocked at the forward end by cabins built in behind the bridgescreen. One of Frances most distinguishable features were her funnels, designed not only to be eye-catching but functional as well.
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In July 1977, the state of Alaska awarded a $15,228,500 contract to the same shipyard to lengthen Matanuska as well. The ship was cut in two and a new midsection, long, was welded into the hull just ahead of the funnel. New staterooms, crew quarters, dining facilities, deckhouses, elevators and masts were added. In May 2018 Matanuska was taken out of service and began a major refit, including the replacement of her main engines, reduction gears, propeller shafts, shaft bearings, and variable-pitch propellers, among other items.
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The hull was cut down to the main deck level and two different types of destroyer deckhouses and three mast arrays were fitted. Representative destroyer systems for communication, detection, fire control and weapons delivery were installed and an experimental reinforced fiberglass deckhouse was constructed for comparison with aluminum ones used at the time. It was noted that in such an unusual configuration the refitted Atlanta received many stares and comments while en route to the test site in Hawaii. The preparation of the charges was in itself an engineering feat.
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Obstacles on the southern side of the dock were hastily cut off at 4:00 AM, so the dock could be brought up a bit. Finally, somewhat past 8 o'clock in the morning of the 18th, the dry dock came free of the bridges. In the end, it had passed the bridges at precisely the planned place. At 10 o'clock Tanjung Priok Dock of 8,000 tons was in the Waalhaven, where the pontoon would be loaded, the final deckhouses be fit, and the dock made ready for sea.
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Smerch was initially armed with four 60-pounder smoothbore muzzle-loading guns, a pair in each turret. Various deckhouses and ventilation hatches prevented the turrets from firing directly forward or aft, so each turret could bear approximately 145° to each side, although this changed slightly over time as changes were made to the ship. In 1867 these were replaced by two Krupp rifled breech-loading guns. Only one gun could fit in the turrets so the old gun ports were plated over and new ones cut in each turret.
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A model of the riverbed was made by Burgerhout, and a model of the dock was combined with it to make calculations. Smit International was to get the job done with 8 tugboats. The idea was to arrive before the railway bridge Willemsspoorbrug at 11:30 AM. Once there the top of one of the deckhouses would be removed. The dock would then be lowered till a draught of 6–8 m in order to pass under the railway bridge. After that, it would be lowered till a draught of 11–12 m to pass the (old) Willemsbrug.
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Because the Bostons were only partially refitted, the forward third of the ship remained virtually untouched. The first serious change was the combination of what were two funnels on the Balitmores to just one, thicker funnel, which still stood in the gap between the two deckhouses. Because the missiles required more guiding electronic systems, the forward mast was replaced with a four-legged lattice mast with an enlarged platform. The most conspicuous change was of course the addition of the missile-launching apparatus and its magazine of missiles, which took up the entire back half of the ship and replaced the guns which had been there.
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He became violent and had to be restrained with manacles while on board. He raved incessantly for a number of days before dying.Consul Jones' Remains, The Weekly Banner, December 26, 1893; North China Herald, 1 December 1893 In early March 1896, she ran out of coal while on passage between San Francisco and Hawaii, only reaching Honolulu by burning her wooden topmasts and deckhouses as fuel. In 1898 the US Government leased the ship for a short time to ferry troops to Manila in the Philippines as part of the Spanish–American War.. After the war, she went back to her usual Pacific route.
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Her sister Flower class Q-ship, , was moored ahead of her in 1938 to provide additional office and training space. After the war both ships were reconstructed by the Royal Navy with large deckhouses fore and aft, giving an improved drill area and extra offices; they were also provided with tall wheelhouses and dummy funnels. These were dismountable, so they could pass under the London bridges to be periodically maintained in one of the Thames dockyards. In this form, they continued in use as Royal Naval Reserve training ships until 1988, each matching Old Presidents total of more than seventy years in naval service.
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The monitors were designed to be armed with four Obukhov rifled guns, a pair in each Coles-type turret. Various deckhouses and ventilation hatches prevented the turrets from firing directly forward or aft, so that each turret could bear approximately 150° to each side. Difficulties in manufacturing the guns and the delayed construction of the monitors themselves forced the Admiralty to change the armament to a pair of the 9-inch guns in the forward turret and a pair of smoothbore muzzle-loading Rodman guns in the aft turret. These guns were replaced by another pair of 9-inch rifled guns beginning in 1871.
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The mate standing what was a quiet and uneventful watch on Esso Brussels's bridge heard Sea Witch's distress whistle and watched as the container ship began to head out of the channel towards his ship. First thinking that the disabled ship would pass astern of his tanker, the Mate sounded the general alarm as the Sea Witch continued to veer in his direction. With only about two minutes of warning, many of the crew of the Esso Brussels were still below decks when the collision occurred. Making about 13 knots and her engines in full reverse, Sea Witch rammed its ice-reinforced bow into the starboard side of the Esso Brussels between the midship and aft deckhouses, piercing three of the Esso Brussels' cargo tanks and locking the two ships together.
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Additional equipment included 10 steam winches, a steam capstan and steam-powered steering gear. The ship had a single smokestack, and a telescopic mast for wireless transmission placed amidships. For protection against submarines, Radnor was fitted with a four-inch gun forward and a five-inch gun aft, while "extra" lifesaving equipment included 26 lifeboats, two rafts and a "working boat". Accommodation for the ship's complement of 75 included officers' quarters in a deckhouse amidships, engineers' quarters in side deckhouses, and crew quarters in the forecastle. Radnor was powered by a 2,600 ihp three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine with cylinders of 27, 45 1/2 and 76 inches by 51 inches stroke (68.6, 115.6 and 193 by 129.5 cm),American Bureau of Shipping 1922. p. 900. driving a single screw propeller and delivering the ship a design speed of 10.5 knots.
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Glenlees figurehead "Mary Doll". After preliminary works in dry-dock such as the removal of the unnecessary propellers, the check and repair of all the plates below the waterline and new paint, a six-year-long process of restoration began including a new cut wooden figurehead, a complete set of new rigging including the re-assembling and re- stepping of her original masts and re-crossing of the old yards (1998), as well as many other replacements (original deckhouses) and repairs. Her old masts and many of the old yards, which still existed somewhere in Spain, were given back by the Spanish when they realized that the old ship would be really renewed to her original "Cape Horn status", painted grey again with "gun ports". Her propellors are now situated in the courtyard by the yard arm of the City Of Glasgow College, Nautical Faculty by the River Clyde.
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On commissioning, Battleaxe served as the leader of the Home Fleet's 6th Destroyer Flotilla, which consisted of the four Weapon class ships. Between 1946 and 1949 it was commanded by Charles Madden. It remained part of the 6th Flotilla through the rest of the 1940s and well into the 1950s, deploying to form part of the Mediterranean Fleet from April 1955 to March 1956. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden Later in 1956, Battleaxe was laid off into the reserve. In 1957, the four Weapon-class destroyers were selected for conversion to Radar pickets in 1957, with Battleaxe being converted at Rosyth Dockyard.Critchley 1982, pp. 124, 126. The ship's torpedo tubes were removed to allow the fitting of an additional lattice mast carrying a Type 965 long- range air-search radar, with deckhouses built to house the radar equipment and operators. Battleaxes Squid mortars were swapped with the aft mounted 4-inch turret, while a more modern fire control system for the ship's guns were fitted.Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 506.
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