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Yhe ota1 leiÉtàf the two mrocessin d o cks is 70 to 80 metres
and their breadth.is
metres. Beneath the flehsing decks is
the factory, which occui:e.È 'a total area of 2,000 10 5,000 square metres.
Lower down, between the blubber-procossini; deck and t;,(: tr,nk deck, is a
horizontal coffer-dam, which can b(. used for storing meat-meal.
Tanks of • arious capacities are used for holding fuel oil and
whale oil prepared for commercial purposes. 'Frie total capacity of all
the tanks depends on the displacement of the factory-ship, and may be
up to 30,000 tons. Separate fuel-oil tanks are installed in the stern
part, where the engine section is located. Powerful pumps, installed
in the central superstructure, are used to trans-ship fuel oil and whale
oil. The bow part of the ship contains refrigerated holds for frozen
products, and also a freezer section. There is also a hold for provisions
and whaling equipment,
Modern factory-ships use a number of cranes, winches, and saws
for cutting up whale carcasses, and also a number of deviceS and appliances
that make it possible (for instance, in the difficult conditions
of the Antarctic) to process up to 3,000 tons of raw material from
whales in one day. We give below a list of the items of equiPment used
for processing whales on a factory-shim.
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Key: 1) No. of machines. 2) Steam cranes: 5) 40-ton 2.
4) 20-ton ... 2. 5) 10-ton ... 15. 6)-5-ton ... 10. 7) Steam.winches:
e3) 3-ton ... 18. 9) •Uectric winches for hauling cables from the .eree-t- -
?biTryert -m whaling ships ... 2. 10) Steam saws for saving um the head
and backbone ... 6. 11) Hand-operated winches for hauling in tiependants
... 4. 12) Loading derricks .... 8.
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, Kooks one metre long are used to load the oil-etraction boilers
with sall pieces of blubber. A muiding device 1.5 to 2 metres long
keeps the blade of the steam saw in the plane of movement,