The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

The first vessel launched was "The Diamond," from the
yard of Messrs. P. Cato and Co., south end of the Brunswick
Dock, and the second of two fine iron steamers built by them

the same moulds,) which we de;cribed after
Jannarv_ WP need here only state that she i

inching in
145 feet in

length over all, 21 feet in beam, 13} in depth of hold, and of
about 300 tons burthen. She is to be propelled (in addition to
sails) by the screw, with engines of 60-horse power on the direct

by Mr.johnVrantham is considered by nautical
men to be peculiarly well adapted for the double object of con-
siderable stowage and rapidity of propulsion—a desideratum
hitherto deemed a difficult achievement, but which this gentle-
man, who has long devoted his attention to the subject, is ad-
mitted to have to a great extent conquered. The vessel is lap-
jointed, or " clencher-built," in her upper-works, as well as be-
low the water-line, a plan which, in vessels of her comparatively

knowledge of ship-craft—is not only stronger, but quite as
pleasing to the eye, if the workmanship be equal to that in
question. The Diamond is built in the most faithful manner
in every point, and does equal credit to the spirited owners in
the outlay, and to Mr. Cato and those under him.
The Diamond was built higher up the yard than the Emerald,
and in the same line (at a right angle) with the river. She had,
therefore, to travel a long way—perhaps a hundred yards or
upwards—before she touched the water, and the launch was
thus the more interesting. She was " let go" from the spot
where she was built about half-past eleven o'clock, and though
she at first "hung fire"—no jackscrews beins employed—a
slight effort of the workmen, to overcome the vu inertke, soon
started her, and away she went, with rapidly increasing' motion,
until, attaining an almost railway speed, she proudly floated in
her destined element, apparently as lightly and gladly as a
wing-worn sea-bird. This was one of the longest launches we
have witnessed here, and the effect on the assembled multitude
was, at first, that of inexpressible surprise, which soon found
vent in shouts of admiration. Like her sister-ship, before-
named, she has a handsome figure-head, with corresponding de-
corations abaft, and will he rigged, under the superintendence

of Capt. Sarslield, the marine'Manager of the proprietors, as a
smart three-masted schooner. After the launch, several of Mr.
Cato's friends partook of his hospitality, and the usual compli-
mentary and well-deserved toasts of "the owners," " the archi-
tect," " the builders," &c., were enthusiastically drunk.

"THE ANTELOPE."

This vessel was launched in a few minutes after the other,
and many of those present at the first launch also witnessed
this. In dimensions the Antelope is about 168 feet in length of
keel, 190 feet over all, 26 feet in beam, 16 in depth of hold; and
she admeasures about 590 tons. Her model, by Mr. Grantham,
is fine, and, though sharp at the extremities, of such rotundity

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and swell in the body, without "a lump" in any part, that she
promises to carry and to sail well. We do not remember hav-
ing seen a finer or better-amalgamated bottom for the purposes
for which the vessel is intended, and in her upper works she is
all that can be desired by the most fastidious in naval architec-