The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-08-07
From the New York Sun.
THE RRITIsH ZEN.

THE BRITISH QUEEN
This magnificent vessel. is the largest and
finest ship ever built in Great Britain. her
length exceeding by thirty five feet that OF any
vessel in the British navy. She Is commanded
by Lieut.. Richard Roberts. r. N. the favor
tie and accomplished late commander Of the
Sirius. She is registered at 1862 tons. and her
engine is Of 500 horse power. Her extreme
length, from figure head TO tstirail, is 275 feet
length Of upper deck. 2i5 feet A; length Of keel.
223 feet. Her breadth within the paddle box
es is 40 feet inches; including the boxes. Ga
feet; and her depth is % feet The diameter
Of her paddle wheels is 81 feet 6 inches: length
Of stroke, feet. The estimated weight Of her
engines. boilers and water, is 500 tons; estima-
ted weight Of Goals for 90 days, 600 tons
and her draught OF water with the above weight
and all stores, l6 feet. The frame work Of her
engines is in a massy gothic style, while the
working parts, for strength, beauty, and excel
leuce OF fitting. are admirable. Each engine
stands upon single plate of metal, weighing
35 cwt.; four pieces Of the frame work weigh
each l6 tons the cylinders weigh each 10
tons the diameter Of the bore is ia inches;
the diameter of the axle ia the bush Is l61
inches. She has in all four boilers. any num-
heI of which can be used at ons time without
the aid of the others. The float boards, which
ATE feet inches long, are arranged in dis
distinct parts, presents resistance OF 3 feet IN
breadth. According TO her depth in the water
the revolutions in her paddle wheels will vary
from 10 TO ~ in minute. She is supplied
With Halls Patent Condensers, and thus the
same water with which she fills her boilers in
the Clyde. will, with little addition, serve uu-
Ill her arrival in New York. She has iron
tanks between the timbers in the hold, capable
Of holding 900 tons of water, all Of which is
accessible 10 the pumps, and can be thereby
drawn out and conveyed by pipes to the differ
ent berths. But over and above this, she has a
patent still with her, and can convert salt water
into fresh for her boilers, aud for the use Of her
passengers, may be required.
The extent and splendor Of her finish and
furniture, and of her accommodations for pas
sengers, are in keeping with the unparalleled
stupendousness other structure and machinery.
We have received from her agents here beau
tlful lithographic view of the interior of this
superb steam ship, in which are represented
her for saloon, ladies' saloon, and main saloon,
with a plan of the cabins Judging from this
view, there is not hotel in Broadway, and
there are but few parlors uptown or down-town,
which quite come up to this palace Of the seas.
But, though thus prepared, on going on board
of her we found that the picture was but an in
different representation of the reality.
She carries 80 hands Immediately connected
with the superintendent and management ot
the engines and her crew in whole, including
officers and seamen, engineers, cooks, stew
ards. ETC.. amounts TO IS.
The deck is what is called flush deck, per-
fectly continuous from one end to the other,
instead of having higher and lower portions,
forming poops, half poops &C., as most COM
mon in vessels of her size.
The external appearance Of the ship, seen
from the shcre, is imposing and beautiful. The
fgurehead is graceful representation of the
youthful monarch Of Britain, SO well proper
toned as to seem not more than usual height
although twelve feet in stature and it is only
when the sturdy fellows who form her crew
approach the sovereign, that her Patisonan
size is determined by their Lilliputian dimen-
sions. The appendages Of the figure head and
cut-wa,er are beautifully outlined, moulded
and covered with gold, and the effect Of the
vessel at the bow on the whole is very majestc.
Passing round to her stern, the vessel is still
very fine; the carving of the stern is in perfect
keeping with the rest of her ornamental work.
and the stern galleries are elegant and well
placed. The rigging is also well proportioned; {;
her nasts are beautiful, and her yards are of
great stretch and excellent proportion. There
she rides majestcalIy, Queen of the Seas, the
noblest steam ship the world has ever seen.