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electrically driven pressure fans, ranging in size from 10 inches to 60 inches in diameter. Over 45 of these fans are fitted with heating elements by means of which the vessel can be kept comfortably warm in the cold- est weather. These air heating fan units are supplemented by electrical heaters distributed throughout the accommodations. The hull is subidivided by 14 wa- tertight bulkheads. Fresh water, fuel oil and water ballast are car- ried in the double bottom. There are eight cargo holds served by 16 cargo booms of tubular steel con- struction. Sixteen electrically driven eargo winches are installed. There is also a cable lifting capstan suit- able for handling cables up to 3 7/16 inches. An electric hydraulic type of steer- ing gear built by the shipyard is fit- ted with Hele-Shaw pumps and is op- erated with telemotor control. There is an electric helm indicator. The an- chor equipment consists of three 10- ton stockless anchors of all-forged type. For handling the lifeboats the equipment was supplied by Welin-Maclachlan Davits Ltd. This equipment consists of 20 sets. of quadrant type davits, 10 of which handle nested lifeboats. Six sets are installed for handling single _ life- boats. Four sets of the over-frame type are installed on the island decks. Full Navigating Equipment There is one standard compass of Kelvin type, also a Kelvin motor driven sounding machine. In addition the vessel is supplied with a gyro compass of Sperry type. A submarine signal receiving set is installed ar- ranged for distance finding in con- junction with the Marconi wireless equipment. The submarine signal is supplied by the Submarine Signal Co. Ltd., London. Loud speaking tele- phones of combined transmitter and receiver type are installed on the navigating bridge and on the fore- eastle and docking bridge. The pumping equipment is com- plete, including main and auxiliary circulating pumps, forced lubrication pumps, fresh water pumps, general service pumps and emergency bilge pump. In the ’tween deck there is installed a bilge and ballast water separator of sufficient capacity to take care of all the bilge and bal« last water discharge of the vessel. Electrically driven centrifuges are fitted—seven for the oil fuel and six for lubricating oil. These are of the Sharples type and are each driv- en by one 214-horsepower motor. The Vacuum Oil Co. Ltd. received the contract for the supply of lubricat- ing oil. Refrigeration has been given spe- cial attention and the equipment was supplied by J. & E. Hall Ltd Jnsu- 14 lated cargo spaces are found in Nos. ve and 3 lower and orlop ’tween decks and No. 3 lower orlop ’tween decks. Each of these spaces is divided fore and aft into compartments. The to- tal insulated cargo space is about 83,600 cubic feet. A good portion of these spaces is air cooled and can be maintained at 10 degrees Fahr. for frozen goods or at a higher temperature which may be necessary for fruit. In No. 3 orlop and lower orlop ‘tween decks spaces are fitted with brine coils and are suitable for carrying meat, fish and other chilled and frozen goods. In addition there is also an ice storage space of 1260 cubic feet. The provision chambers are divided into 21 large and small rooms and cupboards. Two large vertical enclosed marine type CO, refrigerating machines driv- en by electric motors running at 350 revolutions per minute supply the refrigeration. The shipyard supplied electric motors and controllers for driving the CO, machines and also the necessary pumps and fans. Soon Ready for Launching H. H. Raymond, president of the Colombian Steamship Co. 17 Battery place, New York announced on May 23 that the company’s new fast steam- ers CotompiA and Haytr will be launched on Aug. 6 and Sept. 17 next respectively at the yards of the New- port News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock co. and will be completed in time to inaugurate a new fast express service between New York, Hayti, Colombia and Panama this winter. Present plans call for the CoLOMBIA to sail from New York, Nov. 15 on her maiden voyage to the West Indies, and she will be followed by the Haytt on Dec. 15. Thereafter each of the two ships will maintain sailings from New York every 21 days. The com- pany plans to increase the sailings to one a week when they add a third ves- sel later on. | The construction of CoLoMBIA and Haytr marks another milestone in the development of the new American merchant marine and is an additional triumph for the Jones-White Bill of 1928, as the building of these two luxurious liners has been made pos- sible by the mail contract and con- struction loans which have been grant- ed to the Colombian line under the provisions of the bill. Captain Candy Retires Capt. Henry A.T. Candy, command- er of the turbine electric liner PENnn- SYLVANIA, flagship of the Panama Pa- cific line’s fleet of intercoastal liners will be retired at the end of the pres- ent voyage when his ship arrives at New York: Aug. 1, from California. MaRINE REvVIEw—August, 1932 the insulated ' Liner Bremen Completes Three Years Service On her arrival at Bremen on July 15, the North German Lloyd express liner BREMEN completed three years of regular and successful crossings of the North Atlantic. During this period in 55 round trips she carried 147,890 passengers, or an average of 2498 for each transatlantic round trip, and covered 405,460 miles When the Bremen first sailed from Germany on July 15, 1929, a new era began in transatlantic travel. She arrived in New York on July 22 after a record crossing of 4 days 17 hours and 42 minutes. From noon on the fourth day to noon on the fifth day the BREMEN covered 713 miles, and on the day of her arrival she attained a speed of 28 knots. Some 50,000 people visited her the first day in port. On her return trip when she left New York on July 27, the BREMEN set a new record to Plymouth of 4 days 14 hours 30 minutes, a distance of 3082 miles, at an average speed of 27.91 knots. In October of 1929 the BREMEN lowered her westward record by 18 minutes, making the crossing from Cherbourg to Ambrose lightship in 4 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes. On Feb. 1, 1930 she crossed from New York to Cherbourg in 4 days and 18 hours, set- ting a new record for the eastward crossing which has not yet been sur- passed. In October of that year an- other westward record of 4 days 17 hours and 18 minutes was established; and on Feb. 29, 1932, still another record, 4 days, 17 hours, 10 minutes. Foreign Bunkering Stations Chairman T. V. O’Connor of the United States shipping board an- nounces the release of an enlarged directory of foreign bunkering sta- tions, prepared by the board’s bureau of operations in cooperation with the departments of commerce and state. The new directory, which is a revision of the one issued in 1929, contains authoritative current information on coal and oil fueling facilities at over 300 foreign ports. A new 100-page section contains charges and dues incurred by vessels calling at foreign ports for bunkers - only. Included among these are rates for pilotage and towage; light, harbor, quay and anchorage dues; and other national and local charges regularly assessed against vessels. D. S. Brierley, until June 30, 1932 with the United States Salvage asso- ciation as resident surveyor at Balti- more, has established an office at 1105 Continental Bldg., Baltimore as a con- sulting engineer and marine surveyor for hull, engine, cargo and general appraisal.