The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
THE ROTAL ALBERT.—The Royal Albert, 131, was
towed down the river on Sunday to be fitted for sea at
Sheerness, • her great draught of water being likely to
prove a source of delay had she been taken into the
basin at Woolwich. She left; her moorings, opposite the
offices of Commodore-Superintendent John Shepherd, at
12 o'clock noon, and was towed by three steam tugs.
The engines, of 500 horse power, by John Penn and
Son, have arrived at Woolwich, and it is expected she
will be ready for a trial trip between the Nore and
Meuse Lights within two months of the present date.
She arrived at Sheerness at 11.45 a.m., and was safely
anchored off the Dockyard, in a line between the Wel-
lington and the Waterloo. She draws aft 23 feet 1 inch,
and forward 13 feet 9 inches, making a difference in her
draught from an even keel of 9 feet 4 inches. Her
bower anchors are of five tons weight each ; her hempen
cables are 25 inches in circumference, and her chain
cables are of 2} inches in diameter. Her gigantic masts
and spars are of the following dimensions :—Mainmast,
extreme length above the upper deck, 88 feet, and
42 inches in diameter ; maintopmast, extreme length,
73 feet and 22 inches in diameter ; maiiitopgallant-mast,
extreme length, 55 feet, and 13 inches in diameter ;
inainyard, extreme length, 111 feet, and 261 inches
in diameter ; maintopsail-yard, extreme length, 78
feet, and 161 inches in diameter ; maintupgallant-yard,
extreme length 49 feet, and 111 inches in diameter ;
mainroyal-yard, extreme length, 34 feet, and 7 inches in
diameter ; foremast, extreme length above the upper
deck, 79 feet, and 38 inches in diameter ; foretopmast,
extreme length, 65 feet, and 22 inches in diameter ; fore-
topgallant-mast, extreme length, 49 feet. and 22 inches
in diameter ; foreyard, extreme length, 96 feet, and 23
inches in diameter ; foretopsail yard, extreme length,
68 feet, and 15 inches in diameter ; foretopgallant yard,
extreme length, 43 feet, and 10 inches in diameter ; fore
royal-yard, extreme length, 30 feet 6 inches, and 6 inches
in diameter ; mizen mast, extreme length above the
upper deck, 64 feet, and 26 inches in diameter ; mizen
topmast, extreme length, 52 feet 6 inches, and 17 inches
in diameter ; mizen topgallant-mast, 40 feet 6 inches,
and 91 inches in diameter ; crossjack yard, 74 feet 6
inches extreme length, and 18 inches in diameter ; misen
topsail-yard, extreme length, 54 feet 8 inches, and 12
inches in diameter : mizen topgallant yard, 35 feet ex-
treme length, and 8i inches in diameter ; mizen royal-
yard, extreme length, 25 feet 6 inches, and 5 inches in
diameter ; bowsprit, from outside the knight heads, ex-
treme length, 52 feet 6 inches, and 40 inches in diameter;
jib-boom, extreme length, 53 feet, and 16 inches m dia-
meter. Mer lower standing rigging, fore and aft, is of
12-inch rope ; her wire mainstay is equal to 131-inch
rope. She will spread 9,760 yards of canvass when all
sail is set upon her, and her establishment of sails will
require 24,680 yards of canvass.
Lieutenant Samuel Dickens, of the Waterloo flag-ship,
Sheerness, has returned from volunteering service at
Dover and Harwich, Lieutenant Dickens having suc-
ceeded in obtaining for general service, during his ab-
sence, 270 volunteers. First Lieutenant Thomas B.
Christopher, during his absence on similar service, as-
sisted by Lieutenant Horace BulloCk, has sent above
360 men. _ _ _ _ .