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eral Comment on,Account of its Magnificence. It Cost $690,000, and is Luxuriously Fitted up Besides being Provided
with Machinery and Hull to Break Through four feet of Ice. Five Illustrations and Graphic Description.
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According to The Guardian’s de-
spatch from Halifax yesterday, the
new Car Ferry steamer Prince Ed-
ward Island has arrived there en
route for this province. Today the
Guardian has pleasure in presenting
its readers with a series of views of
the new vessel which is the finest of
its kind everbuilt and cost $690,000.
The Prince Edward I land was
launched f rom the ship-builiding yard
of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth
& Co. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne on,
October 5th, and has since been fitted `
with englnes~work which was delay-
ed on account of the war. 3
The new vessel is an extremely in-
teresting one and differs to some ex-
tent from anything of her class that
has yet been produced. She is de-
signed in accordance with the experi- ,
ence gained by the _firm in building
a number of icebreaking- steamers
now in use in the Baltic Bea and on.
Lake Baikal, on the Trans-Siberian
Ry., and approaches to some extent
the Russian icebreaker Ermarck.al-
though .she is not such a powerful ves-
sel. The governing principle ill de-
signing such' vessels is to provide as
far as possible against the nip of two
approaching ice fioes, a principle
which was exemplified in the con-
struction of the Frsnl in which the
Norwegian explorer, Nasein, drifted
across the higher latitudes of theArc-
tic Ocean and this principal has been
adopted as far as possible within the
limits of the present design. The ice
conditions which this car ferry
will be called upon to cope with are
severe, although not the same order
of magnitude as those which have
been' successfully overcome on the
Baltic Sea.
She is designed and built for the
special service of transporting trains
across the Northumberland Straits
from Cape Tormentine, N. B.. to Car-
leton Point. P. E. l., at all seasons.
Provision has had to be made for
breaking ice which will probably at-
tain a thickness of some 3 or 4 ft.
This severe duty has formed the gov-
srning factor in the design, both as
regards the form and scantllng of
the hull and the power and arrange-
ment of the propelling machinery.
The icebreaking ferry steamer of the
_ Canadian Lakes and the rsiway ferry
steamer Baikai maintain a constant
connection between their stations
through ice up to 4 ft. thick. as well
as occasionally meeting and breaking
through drift ice which may be piled
up by the wind to nearly 20 ft., so
that the problem to be solved, ai-
though it differs in many respects
from any that has yct been attempted,
does not in general principle pre-_
sent any insuperable diiliculty. A
well designed icebreaker should be
capable to procure a passage through
ice of almost any thickness which
is likely to be met with in these lati-
tudes, provided of course that the ice
has ‘not grounded, but the-exigencies
of railway service. such as the deck
area-is required for transportation,
embarking and disembarking pas-
sengers orifreight cars makes the
combination of the- best icebreaking.
fonil-and suitable ferry accommoda-
tion ,very dlilicult to,at_taln in al
vessel'-otcompsratively small dim-~
snsions. ~;` -' ' ,
The principal dimensions of the s.s.
Prince Edward Island are: Length
over fender 800 ft; length between
prepsndie\tlars“28l5` ft.; brefdth ex-
treme- over tenders 58' ft. 0 in.;
breadth moulded at deck 62 ft.; depth
moulded M ft. The mean draught of
water when laden with gross weight
of cars and freight of 500 tons. togeth-
er with 150 tons of coal and stores. is
18 ft. Thorgensral 'arrangement ofthe
vessel is shown by the accompanying
ents, it has snapper or rsilwly=~ 'debit
with a superstructure in which is pro-
vided accommodation for passengers
and ofllcers. The cars will be run over
s hinged gsngway at the after deck.
and will be secured in position by
suitable appliances so as to avoid any
chance of breaking loose in s lonln
ses. '
A feature of the vessel is the sr-
rangement of the propelling machin-
ery. There are three sets of triple ex-
pansion engines working st _180 lbs.
pressure, with l-fowden's forced
draught. Two sets of engines drive
_twin screws iltted ss usual at the
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stern, and a third screw at the bow.
Icebreaklng steamers to be effective
must have considerable manoeuvring
powers, as they have often a very
small space in which to work. and
for this reason the twin screw ar-
rangement is advisable. The bow
screw is not introduced for speed
purposes, as it is generally known
that a propeller in this position has
very little propulsive efficiency, but
when used for dislntergrailng packed
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of the vessel and so give the maxi-
mum striking power. The frames are
very closely spaced and the hull has
been specially designed to give great
strength to the railway deck,on which
the trains will run. A belt of flush
plating some 12 ft. deep and 1 in.thick
extends from stem to stem at the
wateriine and generally speaking
every constructional detail has been
worked out so as to offer the greatest
resistance to ice pressure. The prin-
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and boat deck. The engineers and
crew will be located on the main deck.
the former aft and the latter forward.
Stores, etc., will be located on other
parts of the same deck. The promen-
ade deck is immediately above the
main deck and extends round the
space occupied by the cars. Over this
is the upper promenade and saloon
deck. The forward house on the
deck contains staterooms for the call'
tain, chief and second officer and the
first class saloon, with seats for 38
" passengers, ladies, room, and smok-
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ice it is very effective, and in disturb-
ing the water under the ice, thus de-
priving it of its support, and so reduc-
ing its resistence crushing so that
the overhanging hull of the vessel can
cut its way through without experi-
encing either the shock or resistance
to which the older type of icebreakers
was constantly exposed. and very of-
ten failed to overcome. The bow
screw will also be very useful when
the vessel is going astern orbeing
manoeuvred alongside' the landing
pier, and for driving the vessel cistern
when working in heavy ice.
The after propelling machinery is
of 5,000 i.h.p., the forward set 2.000 i.
h.p., and is capable of propelling the
vessel st 14 knots an hour in open
jwater. -The propelling machinery is
of the inverted direct acting triple ex-
.pansion type, the after engines h av-
ing cylinders B3. 87. and 60 ins. diar.
` stroke of 39 ins, and the for
with a . -
ward engines cylinders 21. 3355 and
54 ins. diar.~ with a stroke of 80 ins.
Steam is supplied by six boilers 10 ft.
diameter by 11% ft. long, of the usual
single ended type, iltted with How-
den's forced draught, and with a heat-
ing surface of about 10,500 sq. ft.
There are four tunnels placed at the
sides of the vessels so as to give a
clear train deck, .Fore snd,s¢t tubua
.lar stays and cross lattice stays are
ntted for binding the tunnels togeth-
er. ‘ `
The hull is exceedingly strong and
heavy. The stem and stern consist of
heavy steel castings. which concen-
trate on s small space the momentum
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ciple of subdivision has been carried
very far. so that the vessel may be
pierced in several compartmenis be-
fore she will be in danger of sinking,
and in addition a double bottom of
tho usual system is iltted. The hull is
divided into nine compartments by
eight watertight blllkheads. und filled
with water ballast tanks in the cell-
ular donble bottom.
The condensers, which are separate
from the main framing, are of the
uniilux type, and a pair of feed pumps
free the ship from frazil or loliy ice.
running at full speed.
ing room, pantry and stateroom for
the stewsrdess, while the aft deck-
house contains similar accommoda-
tions for the second class passengers.
Above this is the boat deck. fitted
with davits for eight lifeboats, the
wheelhouse being for-ward. The pas-
sengers will alight from the cars and
pass to the promenade deck by means
of stairways on both sides of the ves-
sei. These stairways lead to the en-
trance hall of the saloon deckhouses,
from which large doors give access
to the several appurtments. In the
pnntries are lifts going down te the
main deck, where the gallery is situ-
ated.
The public roam, with the ofllcers'
and engineers' accommodation, are
on the upper promenade deck, en-
trnncc to which is obtained by four
teak stnirways from the promenade
deck. The first class public rooms
are handsomely fitted and the dining
romn is a large apartment at the for-
ward end of the promenade deck. The
floor is oi' oak pnrnquct artistically ar-
ranged, and the framing and panuell-
ing throughout is of solid oak hand-
somely carved. Tho ceiling is of plas-
ter wlth painted panel mouldings. A
number of small dining tables are ar-
ranged to scat altogether 46 people,
The ladies' and smoking rooms are
liited up in somewhat the same style.
The general effect of these rooms has
been worked 0\lt \vith the view of
departing as for as possible from the
stereotyped forms of internal decora-
tion peculiar to steamships, and to
provide rooms and passages which re-
semble those of a well appointed
house. The second class public
rooms, entrances and corridors are
lrandsomoly panellcrl in oak aurl
mahogany, and have swing doors
with plate glass panels arranged in
small squares. The stairways from
the entrance to tho promenade deck
are of carved mahogany with rubber
. treads. The captain‘s night and day
cabins are at the forward end of the
upper promenade deck. The accom-
modation for the officers and ensins-
nre fitted in each engine room. The ers 15 above me second cm" a¢¢0m.
D\1mD\lll! 8l‘l’11\‘lS°Ill9l\lB “F0 C0I111>lete modation. The petty ol‘iicers', cooks’
and have been specially designed to and ,ww-args' accommnmmonl tough.
suit the various compartments into er Wm, me _fp-sf, and second cis"
which the vessel is divided. A large m,,n»s mvaw,-|eB_ “|\°_[y, mmp and
h°"|z°“t“l ‘M9193 “nut Wm? is paint room, messrnoms for seamen
fitted, which can discharge through and nrenmlh are 8|-mused at the sid.
the forward condenser. and there are es of the I-a||v,-ay deck inside the
'“'° huge V“_"‘i’“ in “Ch engine "°°m~ superstructure. Tho crew will be ber-
The circulating water from the for- ,hed M me forward and of the “muy
ward condenser can be discharged deck The me “mm awmmces of
‘h"°“3h 'WU °“"°t° at th” b°W' '° this vessel are to comply with the lst-
est requirements of the Maritime Cou-
There is a surface feed heater and ,emu-,n_
feed filter in each engine room. The ‘
whole of the shaftlng and reciporating A large warpins Winch ll" illlvd It
parts have n factor of safety much the forward end of the raiiwlv IIBCK-
above the Lloyd‘s and Board of Trade and two capstands at the after eq_d.for
requirements. and the propeller hauling cars on hoard. A powerful
blades are massive and of great vllndlass is fitted at the forward and
strength. so that they may be brought of the promenade deck, and a coni-
up by the ice without breaking.whes binen hand and steam, steering, gear
is fitted at the ¢srn` on t.ho_,sp_cand
The car tracks are placed on the deck. The electric light. 
main deck, above which are three ‘is of a very complete nature and in~
decks-promenade, upper promenade clndss two 25,000 c. p. searoilligiltl.,
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