The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

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LAUNCH OF A SPLENDID IRON' STEAM-SHIP

One of the most bearniful arid interesting lgnoehes we
have ever wi,iiessed, V.rk place on zFivurday—that of the
:4141 " thicleinstuii"—from the yard of Messrs. Arefaan
and Son. near the Dingle; and the sight gave unbounded
;arisfaction and delight to many hundreds, who had ag-

st.mbled in and around the premises, though the spot is

1 at a considerable &static
very indiff,renr, whether for carriage passengrrs or pedes-

:own, an

trians. The day was very fine ; and this, the
beauty and extent of the prospect which can be enjoyed
from the site, was an add,titinat inducement to attend.

;thee. The buil&ng yard, th,n4h extensive, was crowded,
and we may almost say the same of the adjacent shore
anti the heights behind, on the east, which command a

fine prospect of the river, or rathur estuary, to a great
extol+. The views towards Runcorn and the Cheshire
side were truly fine, the fir-off land appearing to
slumber in the haze of distance. The river, opproile,
was enlivened by the passing and re-passing of many
steamers and other vessels and boats loaded with

passengers.
The model, or form, a the 1-14ddington ii not, in the
common acceptation. of the term, " very fi,te," but she
has v " fineness" about her. which our nautical reporter
con.iders wit], withal, render her a profi.ah!e and, at the
s,ime time, a safe and even fast ves,el. She has a full
bottom—or, in other words, something to sit upon —in
bilge and upper beating-, for she is purposed, by the
Peninsular and Otiental Company, for whom she is built,

to carry a considerable tonnage of coals, i,s addition to her
required c mplement of fuel for a voyage, to supply the
other vessels on the sltre line whets reqwred. Sh, is
intended to run between Southamproti and Alexandria;
but we are informed, that, sh►►uld she turn out to be a
fast vessel—as many nautical men who have seen her

expect—she may ne sent round cape Horn, to run will
the other fine stearn.ship4, built at our port—the Hin.
dostan, Benti,ek, &c.—between Suez and Calcutta, and
oelon2ing to the same company.
The tollowivg are the dimensions, steam-power, &c.,
of the tiaddingtHn :
Length between perpendiculars
Length over a 11......
Ream
Depth in the engine-room
liutthen, old nneasu.emt-nt
B. 1," then, new •1r
F.,,gutet (double), collectively

..221 feet •
.. 24U feet
.. 35 f et
21 Prt 3 inches
13"3 tnr,s
►iearly 200,) tons

45;)_),,,r5e power

dtarr:e•rr of eacii paihilt;-wheel is 29 feet o'er the
fluty. The trig.ines. by our eel, brated t twiisrnen, Messrs.
Bury, Curtis. and Kennedy, are on the " direct acting"

This line large shit has tour decke—orlop, lower, main,
and spar-cleek, and witer-tight c nriptutments. tier
spar-dtck tent 6 inches over the main-deck, affording an
unii.terrupted promenade over her whole length. With
regard to the fidelity of c nistructi,n and r7lig,h of this
shoo, we may state that 11,,r bare hull weighs ahont 8110
tols, all of the beNt malleable iron. In add,tion to Mes.rs.
K-nnedy and Vernon's (the builder.) p ,tent drawn iron
side-frames, 12 inches apart in midships, and 18 inches at
stem and stern, she is stiffet:ed by diagonal- plates of iron
along the side., of one foot wiee, and halt an inch in thick-

_ The deck -beams are also of ties-rs. Veroott's patettt
wr,,uctit ir,,tt. The Wra, i, a solid h•tr. 9 inches by 34.
and the plates are affixed to it tty a d tu'lle row of rivets.
The hod!, with the escepton of the upper-works, is

of the plates of the garhoni_strrak is 13 16 hs of 4, both.
The bottom plates fire* :fan inet shies, aml the li4htest
. .