I know there were shared bathrooms on the Cora Class between 2nd and 3rd Mate and 3rd and 4th Engineers but was that also true on the Fleetbank Class and Fish Class? Having sailed as Mate on Riverbank (twice) and Birchbank and on Ruddbank and Troutbank, for the life of me I can't recall if there were shared bathrooms on those classes.
Second query, why were the Fenbank and Crestbank fitted with Erman hatch covers on the weather deck? Looking at a photo of them, where were the container 'shoes'? Also what was the white railing running out to the ship's side at hatch ends for?
If you can help an ancient mariner get his brain back into action I'd be grateful for any answers. I assume I got the ships right or were there others with Ermans?
