[This is the non-ordered list as it appears in the original specification; it is evidently a random compilation of several smaller lists contributed by various departments:]
[Section] O
LIST OF ITEMS (SHIPYARD) TO BE SUPPLIED BY OTHERS
Chronometers
Pelorus
Binoculars
Flags and Books
Cargo gins
Cargo runners
Company’s Rockets and lights
Revolvers
Fenders
Despatch (sic) Box
Blocks and runners for coaling
Bedding
Napery
Silverware
Electro-plate
Cutlery
Earthenware
China
Crystal
Books for Libraries
Medicines
Bottles and surgical instruments
Charts
Cooking utensils
Piano for third class general room
Store tins
Balls and racquets for Racquet Court
Toilet sachets for 1st class rooms
Ticket case for 1st class enquiry office
Clothes brushes, damp pots and rags for clothes pressing room
Ice crushing machine
Hand coffee mill for 2nd pantry
Printing Press
Deck chairs
Mail shoots
Coffee vases
Patent Ham Boilers
Deck games
Palms
Stores
Chemical Fire Extinguishers as considered necessary for Accommodations
All door mats
Hospital commodes
Toilet paper
Cork mats for bath rooms
Coal hoppers
Baggage Shoots.
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[In this section, the list has been divided between the various departments responsible for the various items. Most are shipboard departments, however, some of the larger furniture items were probably installed by the White Star's shore-based "Decorative Department" or its equivalent.]
- Deck Department:
- Baggage Shoots.
- Binoculars
- Blocks and runners for coaling
- Cargo gins
- Cargo runners
- Charts
- Chronometers
- Coal hoppers
- Company’s Rockets and lights
- Deck games
- Despatch (sic) Box
- Fenders
- Flags and Books
- Mail shoots
- Pelorus
- Revolvers
- Purser’s Department:
- Ticket case for 1st class enquiry office
- Stewards Department:
- Bedding
- Clothes brushes, damp pots and rags for clothes pressing room
- Cork mats for bath rooms
- Door mats, all
- Napery
- Toilet paper
- Toilet sachets for 1st class rooms
- Decorative Department (Shore):
- Balls and racquets for Racquet Court
- Books for Libraries
- Deck chairs
- Palms
- Piano for third class general room
- Printing Press
- Victuallating Department:
- China
- Coffee vases
- Cooking utensils
- Crystal
- Cutlery
- Earthenware
- Electro-plate
- Hand coffee mill for 2nd pantry
- Ice crushing machine
- Patent Ham Boilers
- Silverware
- Store tins
- Stores
- Medical Department:
- Bottles and surgical instruments
- Hospital commodes
- Medicines
- Other:
- Chemical Fire Extinguishers as considered necessary for Accommodations
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In alphabetical order:
Books for Libraries: Titanic's libraries were probably similar most steamships: a core collection of light fiction continuously supplimented by new works.(1) In Titanic's case, these fresh books were supplied by the Times "Book of the Month" club (2) (who likewise supplied Cunard at this time (3) Refs: (1) Surviving volumes from RMS Queen Mary. (2) 400 Shipbuilder 1911 pxx, (3) Cunard Board of Director's Notes, 367/735. Citation: Sauder 401 Plans Prom Deck Zone x-x, Shelter Deck x-x.
Cargo Gin and Runners: Illustration.
Charts: These were navigational charts. See Note Below.
Chronometers: Two supplied by J.W Ray. One of these units was recovered by RMS Titanic, Inc., during the 1996 mission to the wreck, consisting of the chronometer and box fragments. Ref: RMSTI artifact 96-0026. Citation: Sauder 401 Plans Boat Deck, Chart Room
Dispatch Box: Portable steel boxes with locks which are used to transport important documents.
Fenders: Resiliant bumpers, typically placed between a vessel and tender to prevent the hulls from making contact.
Flags and Books: "Flags" refers to national and company ensigns, mail pennents, and signaling pennents. "Books" refers to standard navigation references locating and describing lighthouses, submarine signaling bells, headlands, and tides. See also "Charts". Citation: Sauder 401 Plans Boat Deck, Wheel House
Hospital commodes: These are most likely sickroom chairs containing a chamberpot in the seat.
Toilet sachets for 1st class rooms: This probably refers to small, complementary toiletries provided in private bathrooms, not fragrant potpourris for the water closet compartments.
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Quotation from "Officer's Handbook" Manuscript "P" & "Q" p47
Charts &c.
1 Chart Belfast Lough
1 Chart Irish Channel North Sheet
1 Chart Irish Channel South Sheet
1 Chart English Channel West Sheet - Milford Haven to Plymouth
1 Chart English Channel Middle Sheet - Portsmouth to Plymouth
1 Chart Owers to Christ Church with Spithead & the Isle of Wight
1 Chart Southampton Water.
1 Vol. Burnwoods Azimuth Tables 30º lat. to 60º lat.
[footnote]
1 Great Ormes Head to Liverpool*
1 Liverpool Bay*
*These charts appear as footnotes only in the "P" manuscript as a result of the copyist error of failing to alot sufficient space in the body of the text (Mss "O" and "Q"). The charts do not represent an afterthought in outfit.
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Notes on Charts: Although the Britannic specification book singles out navigation charts as "not included", the Officer's Handbook for Olypmic (prepared by H&W and turned over with the ship at the time of the her acceptance) suggests that 9 charts were present on Olympic at that time (listed at left). What seems reasonable is these 9 charts either constitute or contain the legal minumum required by the Board of Trade to conduct the ship's trials in open waters, plus delivery to Southampton.
The "not included" provision probably refers to White Star's obligation to supply charts and navigational references for those ports of call after accepting delivery. |
