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108 THE MARINE REVIEW March, 1914 PLATING THE SALOON DECK CENTER AND PORT PROPELLER BOSSES TURBINE SHAFT sure turbine as is installed on the erly distributed that steadiness in any remember her great popularity, ex- Olympic will assure perfect comfort sea is practically assured.- tending through three decades. Dur- to. the Britannic's passengers, and While the first Britannic registered ing her long career this favorite old the ship's lines 'are so fine and the but one-tenth the tonnage of the new vessel steamed a total of 2,233,000 immense weight of the hull is so clev- leviathan, scores of thousands will statute miles and carried 400,000. pas- sengers in safety. New Boat-Lowering Methods An innovation in marine safety ap- pliances and one that the public will appreciate greatly is the newly-pat- ented boat-lowering gear. On _ the Britannic's bridge deck six pairs of huge steel derricks are provided to lower the motor-lifeboats and other life-saving equipment. Driven by in- dependent dynamos on 'the bridge deck, these cranes are capable of tak- ing a lifeboat from any part of the deck on either side of the vessel, and putting it over the side into the wa- ter with the utmost safety and pre- cision. This staunch gear is a won- derful improvement on any other form and makes possible the lowering of every one of the ship's lifeboats, even though the steamer herself were so damaged as to be "listed" heavily, a condition which, if only ordinary low- ering gear were used, would prevent the launching of more than half the OUTER HULL AND FRAME WORK READY FOR INNER HULL PLATING lifeboats of a steamer. ------____