THE WEIGHT OF ONE WAVE.
The terrible experiences of {.Lose on board the Union S.S. Oo.'s steamer Kotokiuu when caught in the recent gale Lave aroused considerable interest with reference to the value of water ballast tanks as a means of safety. According to the Otago Daily Times, it is believed that the safety of the Kotokino was due to the tanks being connected with the hold, bo that the water tiiat was practically sinking the ship could be let intothe tanks and so pumped out at «he rate of 100 tons per hour. By this means no less than 2000 tons of water were pumped out of the vessel. All worked with life lines lasted to each other, as each took his turn, from the captain to the cal>in boy, to cover the gaping hatchways agaiositbs high green seas. What can resist a sea when it strikes vertically is (according to ho Sydney Morning Herald) left unanswered as far as the Rotokino'a fore and after hatchways are brought a? witnesses. Tho massive fore-and-afters that support the hatches gave way like gingerbread. A rough estimate is that a pressure of 40 tons falling from a height of 40ft could only have accomplished the wreck of these parts of the ship.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 119, 20 March 1895, Page 4
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