The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-28

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The Great Republic has been scuttled and some hopes
entertained that the greatest portion Of her hull will
be saved We informed that Engine Co. No. Al has
entered into contract for eight hundred dollars 10 put
out the Hre, which still burning at last acceun and
that they are supplied with water by Hose Co. No. 2e
DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC
As everything connected with this magnificent but ILL.,
fated vessel is Of particular interest," publish the fol-
lowing graphic description Of her -
The Great Republic vas the longest, sharpest, and
had IS feet extreme breadth of bsa 80 feet depth Of
hold including feet between the spar and upper
deck and eight between the decks below and
registers 4555 eos5.hs tons She had four oomplets
decks but bulls arSs for the outline OF the spar deck
was protected by rail upon turned oak staachons Her
lines slightly concave forward and att and her ends
very long and very Hhsrp particularly the bow which
preserved its angular form to the rail The whole fore
body of the vessel raised about two feet from
It aight line at the fore foot but this rise gradual
for so feet and formed arch where the stem and keel
united In ether words the grippe Of her fore foot
instead Of being angular, the complete Of cir
ole For head shs had the representation Of eagle,
emerging from below the bowspi and her stern,
which was semi eIiptcal in form. was spanned by an
eagle with the American shield in his taons The ship
had waist OF nine narrow strakes, defined between
mouldngs he'd ith yellow metal up to 25 feet
work deck nearly white and the gangway boards
were OF mahogany, mounted with brass.
Size had five houses on the spar deck amidship, The
al ST. forward, workshop for the and answered
for shelter in stormy weather, a. she had buwArks
copd house. contained the galley, blacksattA's shop,
and engine for she had s,esm engine ef fifteen
horse power designed TO do ell the heavy work, such
taking In anc dschagng cargo hosting topsas setting
mp rigging, working the fire engine, pumping ship No.
1t fitted to work propeller In OF he long
bats and arranged that 1t could hoist itself out
and in when 1t required for In ths boat Fitted
this boat Was, it calculated TO tow the ship in
calm at the rate Of three knots an hour.
The houses on the quarter deck consisted Of mess
for the officers to protect the entrances to tho deck
below, and contain ed signal eckers &C. Such her
<hat~
little space Indeed, she had more ON her spar
deck for working ship than line Of battle ship.
Her crew bad spacious quarters in the upper between
by companions. Aft, on the same deck. she had sail
rooms accommodations for her petty officers, bsrths for
thirty boys, workshops and s'orerooms The forward
cabin, or ching saloon, tast fully wainscottsd,
painted white relieved with gliding ano other
mental work, and Its state were large and well de-
signed for ort AbAft the saloon was vestibule
which contained the captains cabin the starboard
side, end the chief mates opposite The after cabin
though not large was most elegantly finished 1t had
sofa recesaes on each side, mirrors otomsns, elpcal
panels with pictures on thex and variety of other
large and well arranged and must forget state
that she had cboce library for the Of her
contained her spare spsrs, cordsge blocks &C., and still
left room for 400 or 500 tons Of light cargo
The ship herself wonder Of strength. Her frame
was Of the best seasoned white oak ano was cosged or
doweed toge ther and bolted through the coaging.
These ga Of oak cylindrical in form az inches
in diameter. and 3H Inches long All her keesons va
tsrways thick sIakes On the beams and every other
part that liable to wor were also coaged and bolted
Her keel was of rock pie, in two tiers which, combn
ed side 16 inches and mould 49, and her floor timbers
sided lb riches and moulded o. and double
bolted with IL inch copper through the keel She had
four tiers Of midshp keesons each 10 inches square,
and three tiers of sister keel Of nearly the size
all boled in the mcst secure sy and scarphsd sosged
and Keyed There were nine srakes Of 10 by IL inches
the floor and these were also scarphed square bolts
and boltsd edgewsys also Over the aoorheads there
four bge keelson, two of them riders and each
is inches square The ceiling above was all double the
thick from To nch
the deck exclusive of massive srnger upon which
the lower enda Of her hanging knees rested Her Frame
braces inches wide, inch thick and extending from
the oorheada to the top timbers These let into
Ser and rvetted ~ every between
the frames. There were ninety o, thess each side
Her beams waterway, knees, and ceiling throughout
we're very stout, and very strongly fastened She
square boted from the keelsons the covering board
She had three tiers Of stanohions which extended
middle deck and olasped the beams and these all
ineed. She had ten besmsd hooks forward and att be-
sides pointers which crossed AL her dagonally
and these were all Of oak. She had wo water anls Ia
the hold each capable of holding 5000 gallons He
chain lockers were IN the hold yard Her cardboard
through 1t and each other and square fastened
through the tmbers; the next strake inches thick
the third g. chAmpered off to inchea the substance OF
her bottom plankng. The whole bge covered with
inches hckuess the wales are by inches, and the waist
we'll as in side was butt and bss Dol cd with copper and
finished smooth glass Some idea OF her strength may
be form ed frem the following facts She built Of
258 tons of white oak 500 Geo feet of yellow pne ha
1850 knees $50 beams 336k tons ron and 55 tons OF
copper. She thoroughly ventilated had four hold
pumpa, fire engine for wetting sails in o: aco
dsnt, for extinguishiny fires.
She purchased her anchors with cApstAn, which ex
extended to the spar deck and could be worked beth
decks She had Crs nes patent chain shoppers, Ayns
patent capstan the quarter deck other cspstans for
ward and aft and crab wnches along the SIDES She
we'll supplied with large boats. which 10 the event Of
dsaster could have accommodated Ieary two hundred
persers.
She was very snugy and very strongly SPARED, and
like chip OF war; had nothing above the royals. She
had four mas named the fore main mizzen and spank
maats The last fore and aft rgged; the others
square rpged, agreeaby to the design OF Captain B.
Forbes Her topmasts ndded bsfore tho heads Of
the lower sta and the lower as upon ke heels
of the topmAsts between the caps and the tops The
following the dimensions Of her masts and Yards
G-MAsB-O c-YAMs--
Diam. Loths. Heads. Diam Loths Arms
Inches. FEET. Feet Inches f@t EA.