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| . a 4 4 Passenger and Freight for South African Service from Great Britain to South Af- rica has worked out in practical operation to the satisfaction of the owner, the Union Castle Mail Steam- ship Co. Ltd. is evident from the con- tinuation of this type of machinery in vessels for this run. Last fall the mo- torship WINCHESTER CASTLE began her maiden voyage in the South African mail service from Southampton. At the end of January this year the WaAr- WICK CASTLE, practically a sister ship, though 20 feet longer, sailed on her maiden voyage in the same service. This new twin screw motorship is a sister ship of the CARNARVON CASTLE, which like her, was built and powered by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast. The CARNARVON CASTLE was delivered in 1926. Only one conclusion can be drawn from the fact that the same type of power has been used in these two latest ships, that is, it has been found not only economical, but prac- tical in every other way. The Warwick CASTLE is a twin screw motorship and her principal di- mensions are: Length between perpen- diculars, 650 feet; breadth molded, 75 feet; depth molded, 44 feet 6 inches; gross tonnage, 20,445; service speed, 15% knots. Fine accommodations are provided for 760 first, second and third class pasengers generally in single and two-berth rooms. The scheme of deco- ration in passenger spaces on the WArR- WICK CASTLE is different from that fol- lowed on the WINCHESTER CASTLE. The British traveler is discrimin- ating and no effort has been spared to provide public rooms and passenger quarters of utmost comfort, good taste and luxurious appointments. The li- brary, for instance, is furnished in the Style of the late seventeenth century with windows on three sides under which are placed writing tables of distinctive design in Chinese lacquer. The grand lounge is really an apart- ment of fine proportions, 65 feet long, 45 feet wide and 20 feet high with a re- cessed balcony at the after end and a Pillared entrance hall at the forward end from which a Sweeping staircase T ion diesel power in the service WARWICK CASTLE +” Twin Screw Motorship New Union-Castle South African Liner Warwick Castle—Twin Screw Diesel— Service Speed 154% Knots goes to the dining saloon. The walls are of silver and the ceiling is sup- ported by 12 octagonal columns of gray maple wood inlaid with ebony. Windows in the lounge extend through two decks. Among the furnishings is included a set of Regency furniture dated 1805. As in the WINCHESTER CASTLE, there is a long gallery which serves aS an approach to the smoking room. The smoke room is done in the style of an Elizabethan manor house, with carved oak, red bricks, frescoed walls, tapestry panels and here and there pieces of pewter and brass. Ad- joining the smoke room is an Ameri- can bar and at the after end of the promenade deck is a raised veranda. A special feature of the passenger accommodations is the grouping of single berth cabins, so that they can be used as suites with private bath. In addition, there are, of course, many self-contained suites of bedrooms, sit- ting rooms and bathrooms. The sec- ond class accommodations and public rooms are also on a high level, equal to anything afloat in a similar cate- gory. In eargo handling facilities the Castle ships have always been well found. On the WARwIcK CASTLE nu- merous cargo booms are served by electric winches giving a maximum speed for handling cargo. The wind- lass is also electric. Refrigerated car- go space of ample proportions has been provided as well as space for special cargo, mails and specie. -For electric power there are four diesel driven generators, each of 350 kilowatts and one 75-kilowatt emer- gency generator also diesel driven, placed on an upper deck. The generat- ing sets were supplied by the ship- builders. All of the deck machinery auxiliaries are electrically operated. Deck auxiliaries include two capstans, one windlass, one warping winch, 16 MARINE REVIEwW—May, 1931 cargo winches, 16 boat winches and an electrically operated steering gear with Ward-Leonard control. Watertight doors are electrically operated from the bridge and were de- signed and manufactured by the ship- builder. Lifeboats are stowed under gravity davits. There is an electric passenger elevator and an electrically operated pantry hoist. Ventilation is well served by 50 motor driven fans in various parts of the ship. The largest fan is 45 inches in diameter. There is also a complete system of mechanical ventilation served by 17 electrically driven fans. The amount of ventilation is under the control of each individual passenger. Heating is done by electricity using 265 units. Cooking is also done electrically with units distributed throughout the gal- leys and pantries and include dough mixers, coffee mills, ice cream ma- chines, refrigerating apparatus, hot plates, water boilers and a _ large baker’s oven. The galley ranges are oil fired. Laundry machinery is electrically operated. Other electric- ally operated machines include one for printing and an echo sounding device. The main propelling machinery of the Warwick CASTLE consists of two eight-cylinder 4-stroke cycle double acting, air injection, heavy oil engines of the Harland-Burmeister & Wain type. They are of the same general design and same cylinder dimensions as the machinery which the same com- pany installed in the Brirranic with the exception that in the latter vessel there are ten working cylinders. The engines in the WARWICK CASTLE are each provided with two 3-stage com- pressors driven by cranks off the for- ward end of the main crankshaft. At 98 revolutions per minute the normal output of the machinery is 13,800 shaft horsepower. The maximum power is (Continued on Page 56) 21