The Steamer Otarama.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 587, 26 March 1891, Page 3

The Steamer Otarama.

TO VISIT GISBORNE.

Ths steamship Otarama, a cargo boat recently added to the fleet of frozen meat carriers, owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company, will arrive in the bay about the end <.f the week. fcJhe is a steel screw steamer, and was launched in April of last year from the weP known building yard of W. D ixford and Sons, Sunderland, for W. Boss and Co., of London. She was then known as the Sea King. With change of ownership, however, there followed change of name, and in the New Zealand na'ive nomenclature her present designation wa- found. The hull is straigh' stemmed, and is of the following dimensions : —Length, between perpendiculars. 865 f . ; beam, 44ft. 2in, ; and dep’h of bold, 19ft. 4in., or 22ft. moulded. This h reg l hter of 2460 Cons, or a gross m»MSur-m o nt of 3808 tons. The hull is divided into watertight compartmenis by six bulkheads Tt is also double-bottomed to the extent of 310 f ~ and thia gives a storage capacity fur 655 ions of water ballast Tbe b>idge deck amid.-h ps is 88? t. in length, and in ihe alley ways underneath are the officers’ quarters, lockers, &c. The poop is 28ft. in length, and, although the Otarama is not a passenger vesse’, ’here is accommodation for a fr-w in the saloon. The latter is a comfortable apartment, and is fitted up and furnished with some degree of taste. The forecast where the crew are accommodated, is 37ft. in length. The Otarama is engined on the triple-expansion syst- m, and she is fitted with Hawkes’s patent ho’-atr forced-draught machinery. Ths diameters of the cylinders are a« follow ; — High-pressed, 27m.; medium, 44in. • and low-pres-e I, 72in. The piston stroke i- 48i«». The boi era are steel and have a wnr ing prebsuie of 160>b. The engines are 450 horse power nominal, or 3000 horse power effective. The Otarama has the usual equipment of steam winches arid derricks for cargo hau'age. She is also supplied with steam a eering gear, and is fi ted with a patent windlass, which also is worked by steam. The Otarama is schooner-rigged, and the pole masts, without any yards across, indicate that dependence is placed on the powerful machiriery for Incomo'iOH, The vessel is fitted to carry 63,000 carcases of mutton. The refrigerating machinery is Haslam’s, and she carries 63,000 frozen carcases of mutton. Captain G. Scruby has command, and with him as chief officer is Mr Barnes. Mr W. Elder is chief engineer.