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Article THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDERING OF SHIPS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article SIR PETER PARKER, BART. D.G.M. Page 1 of 3 →
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Thoughts On The Foundering Of Ships.
full of any liquid , that he can get at in the lower tiers , and as fast as they can ge . t empty , or the water increases so that they will empty no more , stop tbem tight again , and throw overboard only such things as will of themselves sink , carefull y retaining every thing that will float on the water , for they may at last save the ship . If the case still seem desperate , empty every cask that can be made tihtand put them in the holdand contrive to force
g , , them under water , and keep them there by props from the deck : this will still lessen the pressure , and the water will come in slower , as it rises higher in the hold , and covers more of the empty casks . Every % vooden thing that can any way be spared , must be put in the hold , and , forced under water , by props , not by wei ghts , for this would destroy the effect . Even in cases of great extremity
cut down the masts , and cut them very small , with every thing above , and force them into the hold , cabin , and scuttles , or any where , so that they can be kept under water . The salt provisions water , & c . that will be necessary to be kept for ' use , should be first of all brought upon deck , and last of all be put into the hold or any where else , so that they will be immersed in the water
, and can be got at for use . I am of the opinion that few ships that pat to sea , would sink , after every thing being done as above directed , although half their bottoms were beat out . Let not the Mariner despair in such cases , at seeing the water gain very fast on his pamps—but consider , as the vessel fills , the pressure lessens , and the water comes in slowerand the pumps will discharge it
, mach faster , as it will not be so far to hoist as at the beginning . This is certainly a subject worthy the attention of the wise and great , if we consider how much property and how many lives are lost for want of such knowledge . If these bints should be the means-of stirring a more able hand to take up the subject , and , contribute to the . saving of any lives , it will reward the writer .
Sir Peter Parker, Bart. D.G.M.
SIR PETER PARKER , BART . D . G . M .
OF the life of this distinguished Officer and excellent Man few particulars have transpired , that can satisfy the Biographer or interest the Reader . We forbear , therefore , at present detailing any account from tha oral -suggestions of our friends , or from our own recollections , in ihe hope that we may be favoured through some authentic channel
with Memoirs that may justly illustrate the most striking incident * of a valuable life , which has been certainly spent in a manner that has no less deservedly acquired the approbation of his Country in Hi professional capacity , than of his Brethren as a Mason ,
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Thoughts On The Foundering Of Ships.
full of any liquid , that he can get at in the lower tiers , and as fast as they can ge . t empty , or the water increases so that they will empty no more , stop tbem tight again , and throw overboard only such things as will of themselves sink , carefull y retaining every thing that will float on the water , for they may at last save the ship . If the case still seem desperate , empty every cask that can be made tihtand put them in the holdand contrive to force
g , , them under water , and keep them there by props from the deck : this will still lessen the pressure , and the water will come in slower , as it rises higher in the hold , and covers more of the empty casks . Every % vooden thing that can any way be spared , must be put in the hold , and , forced under water , by props , not by wei ghts , for this would destroy the effect . Even in cases of great extremity
cut down the masts , and cut them very small , with every thing above , and force them into the hold , cabin , and scuttles , or any where , so that they can be kept under water . The salt provisions water , & c . that will be necessary to be kept for ' use , should be first of all brought upon deck , and last of all be put into the hold or any where else , so that they will be immersed in the water
, and can be got at for use . I am of the opinion that few ships that pat to sea , would sink , after every thing being done as above directed , although half their bottoms were beat out . Let not the Mariner despair in such cases , at seeing the water gain very fast on his pamps—but consider , as the vessel fills , the pressure lessens , and the water comes in slowerand the pumps will discharge it
, mach faster , as it will not be so far to hoist as at the beginning . This is certainly a subject worthy the attention of the wise and great , if we consider how much property and how many lives are lost for want of such knowledge . If these bints should be the means-of stirring a more able hand to take up the subject , and , contribute to the . saving of any lives , it will reward the writer .
Sir Peter Parker, Bart. D.G.M.
SIR PETER PARKER , BART . D . G . M .
OF the life of this distinguished Officer and excellent Man few particulars have transpired , that can satisfy the Biographer or interest the Reader . We forbear , therefore , at present detailing any account from tha oral -suggestions of our friends , or from our own recollections , in ihe hope that we may be favoured through some authentic channel
with Memoirs that may justly illustrate the most striking incident * of a valuable life , which has been certainly spent in a manner that has no less deservedly acquired the approbation of his Country in Hi professional capacity , than of his Brethren as a Mason ,