Steel ships, their construction and maintenance : a manual for shipbuilders, ship superintendents, students, and marine engineers (1901)
Walton, Thomas · London : Charles Griffin & Co. ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 144
adopt raised quarter decks in one andtwo deck vessels—seldom in three deck vessels, and it may safely be saidnever when two laid decks are absolutely required. Perhaps the principalreason which led to the wide adoption of the raised quarter deck type ofvessel may be given as follows :— * The heavy… … TYPES OF VESSELS—SECTION I. I 23 In comparatively small vessels—say up to about 250 ft. ia length—itwas found that when the engines and boilers were placed amidships, somuch hold capacity was lost owing to the space occupied by the shafttunnel, in combination with the fact that most cargo vessels…
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