EXAMINATION PAPERS

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Paper 3.
1 How would you prepare a hold for a full cargo of jute, and how
would you stow the bales ?
2 Describe the preparations you would make regarding winches and
cargo gear preparatory to discharging cargo.
3 Is ventilation provided for the bilges when a ship is fully loaded 1
Give reasons.
4 A ship's hold is 50 feet long, 28 feet broad and 20 5 feet deep In
it is stowed a tier of barrels which go 250 to the tier. Each
barrel stows at 12 cubic feet. What is the height remaining over
the top of the barrels ?
5. What is the function of a pillar! Show by a sketch how the head
and heel of a pillar are connected to its adjacent parts.
6. What arrangements are made to allow water to flow from one
transverse section to another?
7. Cargo has just been discharged from a deep tank, describe exactly
what should be done before the order to fill it with water can be
given.
8. A steamer's draught in light load condition is 10 ft. 6 ins. aft, 7 ft.
8 ins. forward. The following ballast tanks are then filled with sea
water—No. 1, 186 tons; No. 2, 498 tons; No. 3, 219 tons; No. 4
221 tons; also her permanent bunker space of 19,980 cubic feet
with coal at 45 cubic feet per ton. Assuming the T.P.I, to be 30,
find the ship's new mean draught if she trims 2 feet by the stern.
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Paper 4;
1. Describe in detail how you would prepare a hold for a cargo of grain
in bulk.
2. How and where would you stow glass and grindstones as part of a
general cargo?
3. What precautions against fire are taken when loading cotton?
4. A hold has a cubic capacity of 38,640 feet. At the bottom of the
hold 643 packages (2 ft. X 1 ft. X 1 ft.) and weighing 200 Ibs.
are placed; 5 per cent* of the cubic capacity of the Cargo is allowed
for broken stowage. On top of this a parcel of 325 tons of wheat
is placed stowing at 55 cubic feet to the ton. What tonnage
remains in the hold at 40 cubic feet to the ton ?