'Summary of correspondence relative to the administration of the Port of Basrah and measures for the control of the shipping traffic in Mesopotamia.' [‎55r] (109/134)

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Fleet Engineer.
The duties of the officer entitled the " Fleet Engineer " are as follows
1. He shall be required to receive from the Chief Engineer (in all cases
where there is a Chief Engineer) prior to the vessels going on the slip, if possi
ble, a list of the repairs and renewals, which the Chief Engineer wishes executed;
which list he will retain deleting such items as he may consider unnecessary,
and after examining all parts of the machinery himself, he shall make out a com
plete " Defect List " in triplicate which he will sign and put before his Superior
Officer for sanction and endorsement before the work is put in hand, except in
cases of urgency, when he should ask for and obtain permission to proceed with
the work.
The Pefect List being endorsed, the Fleet Engineer shall immediately for
ward the original to the Dockyard Superintendent, retain the duplicate for refe
rence on steamer's file, and hand the triplicate to the Chief Engineer of the
vessel.
In cases of vessels carrying only a native driver, the Fleet Engineer will
not receive a written list of repairs required, but shall require the driver to point
out all defects known to him, so that he may include them in this Defect List.
Defect Lists must be made out on the recognised " Defect List " forms,
which are supplied for that purpose only.
2. It shall be the duty of the Fleet Engineer to inspect the work of repairs
in connection with the machinery of vessels, during its progress and satisfy him
self that it is being carried out expeditiously and in a workmanlike and efficient
manner.
N ote —The Fleet Engineer shall hate nothing whatever to do with any part of a vessel, except her main and auxiliary
machioery.
3. The Fleet Engineer shall have no authority over the Marine Superinten
dent, but it shall be considered his duty to work amicably with him in all question
coming under their dual control, such as; (vtde A. and B. paragraph 5 of
" Marine Superintedent's duties. ").
4. The Fleet Engineer shall have no authority over the Dockyard Superin
tendent, but it shall be considered his duty to work amicably with him in all
questions coming under their dual control.
5. When a vessel is withdrawn for annual overhaul or ordinary damage
repair, the Fleet Engineer shall as soon as possible advise the Marine Superinten
dent of the approximate time required to complete, and later of the actual
completion of repairs.
Consumable Stores and Outfit Engine Department,
6. The proceedure for drawing stores for this Department, shall be exactly
similar to that for the Deck Department, except that the Fleet Engineer shall
take the place of the Marine Superintendent, the Chief Engineer that of the
Commander, a subordinate engineer that of an officer, and the driver that of the
Serang.
Dockyard Superintendent,
In so far as assisting to keep the Fleet in an efficient state of repair is con
cerned, his duties shall be as follows „
1. To see that the required degree of efficiency is maintained in the.
Dockyard in all directions to cope with work required of it.
3. To see that orders for repairs, etc., are carried out with utmost
expediency at all times, i.e. } consistent with good workmanship,
etc.
3. The Dockyard Superintendent shall have no authority over the Marine
Superintendent, but it shall be considered his duty to work with
him to the best advantage in all matters coming under their dual
control, such as docking and undockin^ of vessels, etc., etc.