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36 Collier Hampden The New York Ship Building: Co., Camden, N. J., is now building for the Coastwise Transportation Co., Boston, Mass., a steel screw collier, of the following dimensions: Length between perpendiculars, 377 ft., 4 in.; beam, molded, 50 ft.; depth, molded, 32 ft.; draught, loaded, 25 ft.; gross tonnage, 4,727 tons; speed at sea, loaded, 10 knots. The vessel is of the same type as the Coastwise, Transportation, Suf- folk, Norfolk, and Middlesex, built by LAUNCHING COLLIER HAMPDEN. AT "CAMDEN : the New York Shipbuilding Co. for the same owners during the last four years, the dimensions and deadweight, however, having been increased. The construction is in accordance with the requirements of Lloyds Register. The vessel has a single deck of steel, with poop 80 ft., bridge 17 ft., and forecastle 34 ft. long, eight steel watertight bulkheads, two pole masts, Straight stem and semi-elliptical stern. A deep double bottom is fitted all fore and aft for the carriage of water ballast, and particular attention has been paid to the construction of this part of the vessel; the plating being of extra strength and fitted flush; no wood ceiling is fitted. Water ballast is also carried in a deep tank amid- ships. The five cargo holds are en- tirely clear of beams and pillars, the deck being supported by deep arched beams and web frames fitted midway between the watertight bulkheads; a continuous trunk 24 in. deep by 30 ft. wide is carried on the upper deck for the full length of the cargo spaces, the engineers, THE MARINE REVIEW the sides forming strength girders be- tween the bulkheads. Large steel cargo hatches are fitted in top of this trunk, eleven in all, three to main hold and two to each of the other holds. Six steam winches are fitted in connection with six pairs of king posts for raising the hatch covers and securing them in place when open. A cargo boom is fitted on the foremast for handling stores, etc. The coal bunkers are at the sides of the ves- sel in the hboiler- room and in the poop 'tween decks, with hatches on the poop deck and pockets leading to the fireroom. The peaks are both fitted as water ballast tanks. The accommodations consist of a midship deckhouse on the bridge deck for the captain's state room and spare room, with a pilot house over; the saloon, officers' and petty, officers'. berths, pantry, toilet, etc., are in the bridge; cooks, steward, mess room, refrigerator, toilets, galley, etc., are in the house on the poop deck, and the oilers, seamen and firemen are berthed in the poop abreast the en- gine casing. A steam windlass is fitted forward with the wildcats and warping ends on the forecastle deck and the engine below in the forecastle. A steam capstan is fitted.on the after end of the poop deck, with the engine below. The steam steering gear is fitted on the upper deck abaft the engine cas- ing with connection to the steering station in pilot house and on navigat- ing bridge; an auxiliary hand: screw gear being fitted to the crosshead on the rudder stock on the upper deck. The propelling machinery is placed aft, and consists of one triple-expan- sion inverted reciprocating engine of about 2,100 I. H. P., and two single- ended Scotch boilers have a working pressure of 185 Ibs. The vessel is intended for the coast- wise coal carrying trade. Loading and discharging gear is not fitted on board; the two terminal points being arranged with these facilities. The sponsor was Mrs. J..G.: Crow- ley, of Boston, wife of the general manager and treasurer of the Coast- wise Transportation Co.,. Boston, Mass. Fire Island Light Vessel No. 68 Fire Island Light-Vessel No. 68, constructed by the Bath Iron Works. Bath, Me., in 1897, was placed upon station Sept. 20, 1897, and is of the following general dimensions: Length between perpendiculars, 112 ft.; breadth molded, 28 ft. 6 in.; depth of hull to spar deck, 22 ft. 1% in.; load draught, January, 1914 | 12 ft. 6 in.; corresponding displace- ment, 62414 tons. The vessel is of partial composite construction consisting of a steel frame, steel keel plate, steel bilge- strake, and steel top sides, connected by diagonal steel plates to the keel, and wood-planked from the keel to the top side plating in way of the main deck. The vessel is self-propel- ling and steam plant consists of a ver- tical, inverted, surface condensing sin- gle cylinder engine, capable of devel- oping 350 I. H. P., one three-furnace Scotch type boiler, 12 ft. 2 in. diam- eter by 11 ft. 3 in. long, and the usual auxiliaries. Two upright donkey boil- ers, 4 ft. 6 in. in diameter by 9 ft. high, are also installed. : The electric plant consists of an installation in duplicate of General Electric marine type dynamos directly connected to double-cylinder, 4% x 4- in. steam engines. The dynamos are compound wound and have a capacity of 16 k. w. and voltage of 100. They supply current not only for the il- lumination of the interior of the ship,. but also for the signal lights at each of the two mast heads, which give a characteristic of two fixed white lights. for the vessel. Each group of these mast headlights consists of three 300- mm. lens, lanterns suspended in gim- bals and fitted with one 200-C. P. in- candescent lamp each, and the light from each group of lanterns ranges from 6,400 C. P. minimum to 9,600 C. P.. maximum, the foe signal. consists 'of a 12-in- chime whistle, operating by steam. The characteristic of the signal consists. of a group of two three-second blasts every 30 seconds and is obtained by duplicate sets of the Crosby automatic mechanism. The hull of the vessel is. painted red with the name "Fire Island" in white letters on each side. New Steamer for Pelee Island Service The Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Collingwood, Ont., launched on Sat- urday afternoon, Dec. 20, 1913,-a hand? somely modelled passenger and pack- age freight steamer intended for the setvice of The Windsor & Pelee Isl- and Steam Navigation Co. The general dimensions of the ves- sel are: 146 ft. long by 24 ft. beam by 18 ft. 3 in. molded depth to prome- nade deck, and she has been specially designed to handle passenger and package freight between Pelee Island, Lake Erie and Windsor and other ports. The propelling machinery consists of a set of triple expansion jet con- densing engines supplied with steam from one Scotch marine boiler, and