Plimsoll mark
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A few were laden to the Plimsoll mark with cryolite from Greenland, fluorspar from Newfoundland, pitch and coke from the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
"She was loaded to the Plimsoll mark when she passed us," Torry said.
From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)
A glance told us that her sea-worthiness was questionable and that her over-burdening cargo pressed her Plimsoll mark close to the water line.
From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville
Just before high water the Myra, being loaded far below her Plimsoll mark, prepared to weigh and ascend the river.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
The Plimsoll mark was a series of measurements in feet, running from the maximum depth at which the ship should lie in the water down toward the keel.
From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John
