Cairns Post, Wednesday 14 June, 1911.
Mr. O'shea, for the Adelaide Steamship Company:
'The builders were responsible for the
design of the vessel which was
registered in the highest class of Lloyds
and remained at that class up to the
time of her loss.'
The Adelaide Steamship Company submitted specification requirements to the builders which allowed for relatively low draught and a significant top hamper, including prominent funnel which was built into the ship. Responsibility for the design of this high-powered tender steamer was a shared responsibility. It reminds me of the Waratah Inquiry where the owners also tried to dump responsibility of Waratah's design in the builder's lap despite the fact they had submitted specific requirements which pushed the tenderness and 'overloading' equation to the maximum.
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