The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

About 100 tons of the large armour-plates for the
iron frigate Achilles, 50, 1,250 horse power, have
been received at Chatham Dockyard from the esta-
blishment of Messrs. Saunderson and Co., the firm
under contract with the Admiralty to supply a
portion of the armour-plating for this ship. The
iron slabs for the exterior are now being prepared
in the factory adjoining the dock in which the
Achilles is building, in order that no delay may b 3
experienced in the work of plating that vessel
when the 18 inches of teak backing, on which the
armour-plates will be hung, is completed. This
will probably be in about two or three weeks
hence.

The Royal Oak, 34, 800 horse power, iron-cased
frigate, preparing for sea at Chatham, is to have
two of her Armstrong pivot guns placed on her
forecastle, instead of one, as originally ordered, in
order that a scuttle may be fixed for ventilating
the sick bay.
The iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, ir. dock at
Chatham, is to have her boilers taken out in order
that a thorough examination of her hull may be
ship
made, to ascertain whether she will require a new
bottom. She will be accordingly undoeked and
placed under the floating shears in the harbour, and
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The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. E. Lacy,
yesterday tested her machinery at Spithead, under
the supervision of Com. Miller, of her Majesty's
ship Asia, and Mr Murdoch, inspector of machinery
afloat at Portsmouth. Everything worked in a very-
satisfactory manner, and this very efficient ship is
now again available for the public service.
The Frederick William, 84, screw steamship, fit-
ting for commission in May next at Portsmouth, is
reported to be destined to relieve the Nile, the pre-
sent flagship of Vice-Admiral Milne, on the North
American and West India station.

The Termagant, 25, screw frigate, Capt. R. Hall,
dismantling alongside Portsmouth dockyard, is
stripped to her lower masts, and her crew are busily-
employed in returning stores. She will be paid out
of commission on Friday.

The new yacht ordered to be constructed for
the use of her Majesty when at Osborne will be
built at Pembroke Dockyard, according to designs
furnished from the office of the Controller of the
Navy. She will be propelled by paddles driven by
engines of 160 horse-power, from the manufactory-
of Messrs. J. Penn and Son, will be of consider-
ably more tonnage than the Fairy, and will have
a somewhat different midship section from that
vessel. The Fairy has stood unrivalled for a num-
ber of years past either in beauty of form or rate
of speed, but the peculiar roundness of her
bottom has rendered her a very uneasy vessel in
crossing Spithead during a south-east breeze. Her
Majesty has experienced much inconvenience and
personal discomfort at times in consequence. The
Victoria and Albert large paddle yacht has been
used on several occasions to convey the Queen when
there was very rough weather, but, as she could not
approach either of the landing-places at Cowes or
Hasler, the Fairy had still to be retained as a means
of transport to and from the large yacht. This
again has been a cause of much personal discomfort
and delay to her Majesty. The new yacht will
supply the means of crossing between the Isle of
Wight and the main, under any circumstances of
weather, in comfort and in safety.