THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
Mr H. J. L. Dunlop, the chief engineer, had comparatively little to say regarding the way the machinery had behaved. No breakdowns of any consequence had occurred, and the Ximrod's engines had generally come up to what was expected from them. Tho facts that the Nimrod has only one boiler, and that she will be, ro* the best of Mr Dunlop's knowledge, the first ship to attempt a voyage to the Antarctic with only one boiler and a four-Haded propeller were commented! upon by the chief engineer. With the exception .of 11 or 12 days, the Nimrom steamed the whole distance from London to Lyttelton, and Mr Dunlop's summing-up of the 'whole* matter was that the ship and the ship's machinery had behaved very well. As an item of interests;.he mentioned l that a distilling plant, capable of distilling; 1000 of fresh water from eea water, is carried. .•"''.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12970, 25 November 1907, Page 8
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