A Unique Fire-Float: A unique fire-float will be on call to deal with any fires in Swansea Harbour, South Wales, later this year. It is being built in Wales for the BP Tanker Company, by whom it was designed. The main features of this novel craft are two pontoons each 60-feet long and 14-feet wide and spaced 8-feet apart. These pontoons are joined together at deck level and also at their base by elliptical tubes to form a "catamaran". The pontoons are surmounted by four tubular supports which form a tower on which two platforms and a control cabin are mounted. Fitted on the platforms and the top of the cabin are nine four-inch fire-fighting nozzles capable of spraying waterer foam. They are so arranged that seven can be used in any one direction simultaneously. A fire master in the top cabin can maintain contact with the man at each nozzle and the helsman by a loud-hailer system. The fire-float is self-proplied by two diessel units mounted centrally between the two pontoons, one at each end. The propellors can be turned to act as rudders, enabling the fire-float to move in any direction. Photo shows An artist's impression of the new fire-float under test.
Photo measures 6 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated --0000.
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