Nautical Research Journal
By 1943 offi cers were living in the wardroom area under the midship house, where they could quickly reach the bridge. T e Petty Offi cers messed aſt in a space originally fi tted out for offi cer’s cabins. Ratings lived in the fo’c’s’le on both the main and lower decks, some forty seamen messing in a fo’c’s’le space designed for half their number, and made even more crowded if the ship had picked up survivors. (Figures 21 and 22)
T e aſt er end of the seamen’s mess and heads on the fo’c’s’le, as well as the lobby to the lower aſt spaces, were constructed from 0.040-inch sheet and glued to the main deck, trimmed at deck level with 0.080- inch angle per the Agassiz plans. T e doors for the ship were built previously, and some were leſt open to see into the mess. (Figure 23)
T e main deck was painted before outfi tting the mess. T e information pencilled onto the deck was
22. T e seamen’s mess aboard HMCS Sackville. Imagine over thirty men living in this space.
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20. Cap rail completed.
23. Plating the aſt end of the seamen’s mess. T e small spaces are the heads and store rooms.
21. T e seamen’s mess aboard HMCS Sackville. T e mannequin repre- sents a merchant seaman survivor.
preserved by taking photographs and drilling pilot holes for the fi ttings. T e portholes were masked using 6-millimeter discs made with a vinyl mask cutter. I used fl at white automotive primer to ensure adhesion to the fi berglass hull, and because it matched the ship’s fi nished colour. T is was sprayed over the entire ship, inside and out. Aſt er it had dried the mess deck portholes were installed, but leſt
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