. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ilar sound, starboard, used to desig-nate the right side of the ship. Theword, port, was, therefore, an appro-priate change from larboard. The word, starboard, comes from thedays when the bow and stern were ofsimilar shape and the ancient galleon wassteered by an oar at the stern, fastenedin place over the right side, and this is and unloading was done. Modernship construction has changed themethod of steering and of loading, butthe words remain. We have been able to secure someinteresting fa
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ilar sound, starboard, used to desig-nate the right side of the ship. Theword, port, was, therefore, an appro-priate change from larboard. The word, starboard, comes from thedays when the bow and stern were ofsimilar shape and the ancient galleon wassteered by an oar at the stern, fastenedin place over the right side, and this is and unloading was done. Modernship construction has changed themethod of steering and of loading, butthe words remain. We have been able to secure someinteresting facts concerning this steelsteamship, which forms part of thePacific Coast Fleet of the CanadianPacific Railway. Mr. A. L. Brownlee,chief engineer of the vessel, has kindly 446 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING October, 1906. contributed the information. He says:In 1902 the C. P. R. let a contract toMessrs. C. S. Swan & Hunter, of New-castle on Tyne for the steamshipPrincess Victoria- The ship wascommenced in the summer, waslaunched in December, had her trialtrip on January 27, sailed from Eng-. ANCIENT SHIP SHOWING THE - STEOR-BORD land on January 30, arriving at Vic-toria on March 28, 1903, having madethe trip in 58 days, with two boilersonly, her average consumption on thetrip was 20 tons per day, giving anaverage speed of 12 knots. The vessel is 300 ft. between perpen-diculars, 40 ft. 6 ins. beam, 17 ft. 6 of hold. Her cross section showsa Hat floor, and full bilges with bilgekeels, while the ends are very line andcut away on the keel, both forewardand aft. Her stern is of unusual , the idea being to obtain themaximum speed and handling is doubtful if any vessel on the Pa-cific Coast is so, well subdivided withwater-tight compartments, with doublebottom, numerous transverse bulk-heads and water tight flats. The vesselhas been so designed that it would bealmost impossible to sink her, eventhough the vessel may be loaded andtwo compartments punc
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