EXAMINATION PAPERS 679
jute at 66 cub. ft., and copra at 80 cub. ft., she can stow in the
remaining space.
4. Describe the fire appliances in your last ship.
5. Why are the mate's receipts for cargo received of commercial
importance? What particulars should he verify before signing ?
6. Describe the load line marks on a ship over 330 feet in length.
7. What guarantee have you that the anchors and cables are in
good order 1
8. You join a strange ship as chief officer, what investigations would
you make regarding her deck equipment, condition of holds,
tanks and the ship's condition generally ?
Paper 6.
1. Lifting a weight of 15 tons with a luff-tackle rove to disadvantage,
find the total load on the upper block and the pull on the hauling
part which is led vertically down, allowing 10 per cent, of the
weight for the friction of each sheave.
2. What life-boat equipment must a cargo ship be provided with ?
3. Describe bulkhead sluice valves and the attention they require.
4. Draw up a station bill for fire drill for a cargo steamship of 5000
tons deadweight.
5. What should the chief officer of a ship attend to with regard to
receiving and stowing cargo for several ports ?
6. A vessel has steamed 1600 miles at 12 knots on 32 tons of coal per
day, find her speed to do 1800 miles with only 150 tons
remaining.
7. State what you know of the conditions attached to carrying timber
deck cargoes.
8. You are about to load a cargo of rice (50 cub. ft. to the ton).
Ship's deadweight 4200 tons. Bunkers 450 tons. Cargo 900 tons
for London, 900 tons for Hamburg, 1000 tons optional (London or
Hamburg) and the remainder for Havre. Hold capacities No. 1,
42,500 cub. ft.; No. 2, 52,000 cub. ft.; No. 3, 50,800 cub. ft.;
No. 4, 42,200 cub. ft. Show on a cargo plan how you would
distribute this cargo. Order of discharge: Havre, Hamburg,
London,
What precautions would you take with regard to stowage
t dunnage, separation and ventilation ?