The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-16 00:00:00

TUE .NAVE

Rear-Admiral of the White Robert smart, K.H.,
Commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet, embarked
yesterday on board his flagship, the Princess Royal,
91, screw, Capt. Charles Fellowes, lying at Spit-
head, the Pigmy steam tender conveying the Admi-
ral from the dockyard to the ship's anchorage. At
6.12 p.m. the Princess Royal bad got her anchor
and was steaming out for the Nab, on 'her way to
Plymouth Sound, where she will call for the pur-
pose of being docked in Devonport or Keyham

yards.
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham
dockyard for a squadron of five steam frigates and
other vessels of war 'to be built at that establish-

ment, in addition to the several line-of-battle and
other screw steamers which are now in progress.
The following are the names, number of guns, and
horse-power of the new vessels :---The Boadicea, 51,
600 horse power; the Pactolus, 22, 200 horse power;
the Diligence, 17, 200 horse power ; the Salamis, 4,
250 horse power; and the Albatross. 4, 200 horse
power. The above ships of war will be commenced
immediately the vessels now on the stocks, several
of which are in a very forward state, are completed.
The ships building at Chatham are the Bulwark,
91; the Royal Oak, 91; the Belvidera, 51 ; the
Rattlesnake, 21; the Menai, 21; the Reindeer, 17 ;
and the Myrmidon, 4.
The Lords of the Admiralty have decided on
naming the large iron mail-clad steamer about to
be commenced at Chatham dockyard the Achilles.
The new vessel will be an improvement on those of
the same description recently built, and her dimen-
sions will be somewhat larger. Her engines will
be nominally of 1,250 horse power, but they
will be capable of being worked up to considerably
over 2,000 horse-power. She will be pierced for 40
guns, all of which will be the long-range Armstrong
guns.

The Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert will
bo removed from the steam basin in Portsmouth
dockyard to day,- and will complete her refit at
harbour moorings. It is expected that the yacht
will be required about the middle of next month to
proceed to Madeira and bring home the Empress of
Austria.

The Hussar having been completed at Chatham
for a target ship at Shoeburyness was to have been
put out of dock yesterday, but a barge belonging to
the contractors for lengthening the first dock acci-
dentally sank close to the entrance of No. 2 dock,
and prevented the Hussar leaving the dock as was
intended. A number of shipwrights accordingly
recommenced working on her yesterday.
The stranded screw steamship Queen Victoria
was floated off Cremyl beach, Plymouth, on Wed-
nesday evening at high water and proceeded to the
Great Western Docks with her own steam up. She
was aided by the Government tug Confiance and the
merchant tugs Wellington, Queen, and Princess.
A party of riggers and labourers entered on duty
in the Devonport dockyard on Thursday morning,
before the usual hour, and put the Endymion into
No. 4 dock, vacated by the Liberty, 12. The En-
dymion will be overhauled, and if found fit, will be
repaired forthwith.

The screw steam gunboat Nimble, 5, fitting at
Plymouth for a tender to the Nile, on the North
American and West India station, will be out of
the hands of the engineers on the lith inst.
The screw steam gun vessel Penguin, 5, tender to
the frigate Narcissus, 51, Capt. Risk, flag of Sir
Baldwin Walker, took on board men belonging to
the frigate on Wednesday, and in the afternoon left
Plymouth Sound under canvass for the Cape of
Good Hope.
'The crew of the screw steam troopship Himalaya,
Capt. John Seccombe, at Plymouth, are to be paid
off, and she will probably undergo a thorough

repair.
The screw steam frigate Phoobe, 51, which was
cut asunder and lengthened in the Devonport dock-
yard, having been overhauled, caulked, and sup-
plied with steam engines and machinery, was put
out of No. 2 dock, Keyham steam yard, on Thurs-
day, and placed under the sheers.
The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, 4, Master
Commander J. C.' Pullen, having landed engine
gear for the frigate Liverpool, 51, and Defiance, 91,
at Keyham, was hauled on Thursday to the South
Jetty, where she will complete with coal prior to
proceeding to Glasgow with boilers for the iron-
plated ship Black Prince.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Com-
mander J, Jackson, at Plymouth, was removed on
Thursday from her moorings, and towed by the
tugs Zephyr and Confiance to the sheer hulk Kent,
to receive the jury masts, yards, and heavy gear
for bringing the Defiance, 91, from Pembroke to
Devonport.
On Thursday the screw steamship Royal Albert,
121, was put into No. 2 dock at Keyham steam-
yard, vacated by the screw steam frigate Phcabe,
51. Report says that the Royal Albert will be
cut down.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Henry Piers, surgeon, to the
Ajar ; John W. M. Burnett, second master, to the
Colossus, for the Coastguard ; Robert J. Norman
and 'William E. Grigg, acting third-class assistant-
engineers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries ; Mr.
Murray Gladstone and Mr. Thomas S. Brand, have
been nominated to naval cadetships.