LOAD LINE

the mark placed o: and | sides of British ships to indicate mer | extreme limit of immersion permitt the | the Board of Trade in loading them cargo. The mark, which is also & own | 88 Plimsoll’s mark, from the efforts | the | by Samuel Plimsoll peg ings y the | of the Merchant Shipping Act ince | consists of a circle a horizonta. of | pa ing through ite centre, ern. | ~= [s. 199]