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October, 1925 sengers are situated amidships, and are especially well arranged. The awning deck, main deck and ’tween deck each have a range of cabins mostly fitted with single or two berths. There are accommodations for 124 first-class passengers of which nearly half can be accommo- dated in deck cabins. On the promenade and bridge decks there is spacious deck accommoda- tions. The public rooms consist of dining salon, smoking room and music room. The dining salon, on the main deck, occupies the whole width of the vessel and will seat 87 passen- gers. Panels, doors and furniture are finished in polished birch. The smoking room is located on the for- ward end of the promenade deck and is unusually large for a vessel of this size. The woodwork is finished in polished mahogany. At the after end of the promenade deck is_ lo- cated the music room. Decorations of this room are carried out in a grayish mauve, dull drop color and the ceiling, which expands into a broad dome, is beautifully decorated with carved ornaments. The promenade deck is_ entirely closed in at the fore and along both sides for half the length of the deck, thus providing a closed veranda for the use of the passengers, re- gardless of the weather. Abaft of the music room there is an open veranda furnished with comfortable seats and small tables. Heating is accomplished partly by hot air and partly by steam radia- MARINE REVIEW 351 ENGINE ROOM OF THE MOTORSHIP PARKESTON—TWO SIX CYLINDER BURMEISTER & WAIN DIESELS—TOTAL I. H. P. FOR TWO ENGINES AT 190 R. P. M. IS 3800 The PARKESTON is equipped with six powerful electrically-driven cargo winches, as well as an electric wind- Jass and an_ electric ‘ capstan for warping purposes. The steering gear is of the electric-hydraulic type and is controlled from the bridge by means of a telemotor. The six-cylinder diesel motors built by Burmeister & Wain, each _ direct connected to a propeller, constitutes the main propulsive machinery. These engines were specially con- structed for use in fast passenger vessels. They are of the four-stroke, enclosed, forced lubricated, reversible, trunk-piston type, with a _ cylinder diameter of 550 millimeters and a4 stroke of 900 millimeters. During Besides the main motors there are three auxiliary diesel motors develop- ing 400 brake horsepower. These mo- tors drive the electric dynamos which produce the current for the lighting of the vessel, the working of winches, the steering gear, and other auxil- iaries.. In addition to the auxiliary motors a small oil burning boiler has been fitted for supplying steam for heating and baths. The vessel is fit- ted with the most modern wireless telegraphy, direction finder and sub- marine signal receiving apparatus. With the inclusion of the PARKES- TON in the Harwich-Esbjerg service there will be sailings every week-day in both directions by the United Steamship Co., Ltd. This would have been a fact bi 3! 00 00 “9 bod o 0 Py! GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PROFILE OF THE TWIN SCREW PASSENGER AND MAIL MOTORSHIP PARKESTON BUILT BY THE ELS- MORE SHIPBUILDING AND ENGINEERING CO.—MAXIMUM SPEED 16 KNOTS—COMPLETED IN AUGUST, 1925—OWNED BY THE UNITED STEAMSHIP CO., LTD., COPENHAGEN tors. The hot air is blown into the first-class accommodation by means of two large centrifugal blowers which insures an even and agreeable tem- perature in winter. At the same time thoroughly ventilating the rooms. normal operation at sea the engines develop 8800 indicated horsepower at 190 revolutions per minute. On the trial trip a speed of 15% knots was reached at an indicated horsepower of 4410. long ago had it not been for the war, which took toll of the company’s fleet to the extent of 26 ships, total- ing 35,289 gross register tons. The company’s fleet now consists of 121 vessels, aggregating 219,157 gross tons. a OE ia