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Parks Stephenson
| | Posted on Friday, January 26, 2001 - 9:48 pm: |
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Note: These figures are taken directly from the Mersey Report and may differ by a matter of a few feet from other sources. Description of the ship Length: 852.5' (according to Shipbuilder: 882.8') Breadth: 92.5' Height from Boat Deck to waterline amidships at time of accident: 60.5' (approx.) Height from Look-out cage to waterline: 95' (approx.) Distance from navigating bridge to stem: 190' Steel Decks enumerated: - Boat (500' length approx.) - A (500' length approx.) - B (550' length) Forecastle deck (125' length) Poop deck (105' length) - C (extended length of ship) Well decks (each 50' length approx.) - D (extended length of ship) - E (extended length of ship) - F (extended length of ship) - G (from the stem up to the forward boiler casing, then again abaft the turbine engine-room to the stern) - Orlop (from the stem up to Boiler Room #6, then again abaft the turbine engine-room to the stern) Lower Orlop (from the stem through No. 1 hold) Transverse vertical bulkheads enumerated: A to P, commencing forward. |
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