Show C ado ey MARK ON SHIPS peculiar chara Charac c tera bo be side of british vessels determine weight of her cargo perhaps you have otten often heard ot of I 1 mans n an a making his murk mark in the world but what do you think of a man that left hla his mark on every british iship that sails calls the seas it you are observant you may have botic noticed id in passing some ot of the freight steamers a peculiar mark on the side close clos to the water some something lhing like the lette lettera r s 0 E this mark la Is usually bout about the middle ot of the boat andas and la white or yellow on a dark background in the old days many iner merchant cliant ships were lost through overloading aap and a british member af parliament sa samuel uel PlIm Boll who sympathized with the poor sailors that had to risk their lives on these ships while the greedy owners stayed safely at home worked and worked until he got a law passed that obliged every cargo carrying vessel to carry a mark on its side aide showing the depth to which she might safely bo be loaded the flye marks on the figure to the right which looks like a letter E indicate the loading depths for different places and seasons the top line turned to the left Is tor for fresh water the top line to the right to Is tor for the indian ocean the next below Is for PlIm mark the summer season anywhere the one below that thai Is for or winter and the lowest of all Is for the north atlantic in winter as that Is considered the most dangerous of all the oceans traveled by cargo carrying ships |