The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-06
Marine Affairs.
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The great avenues opened to trade by the iiscov-
ery OF gold Ia California and Australia, have de-
veoped In wonderful degree our national capacity
for shipbu ding. Every class Of our vessels, for
gpeed beauty aud strength, is famous on every sea-
Although New York, as the great mart OF American
commerce took the lead in producing large clippers,
vet our friends to the eastward have not tarred long
in the rear. Many Of the fnest ships which now
hail from this port designed and built in east
ern ports. The Ocean Herald buils at Damariscetts
BY Mr. Cyrus Cotter, now here is q noble specimen
OF what our down. east friends can do She registers
nearly 400 TONS is built of white oak, and copper
fastened, and il Of model designed to stow good
cargs and at the same time sail with the swiftest
She Is 245 feet long deck, and 25s feet over all
has AN feet extreme breadth Of beam, and "a feet
depth Of hold, including feet height between
decks. Her ends are long and very sharp, and her
lines slightly concave up to ~ feet draught, but
above there they gradually become convex, to
correspond with her outline on the rail. Her
stern is nearly oval In outline, but in
the make of the monkey rail it is round
ed and neatly finished. All her accemmoda
lions are on the upper deck leaving the entire space
below for the stowage Of cargo. She has 9 top
rallant forecaste house abaft the forsmat for her
crew and other purposes; and aft she has hall
poop deck with o large house in it, which contains
two splendid cabins, which are finished and fur
nished in superior style.
The ship herself has an excellent white oak frame
and all the hooks pointers, and all the knees In tue
hold are also of white oak, and her ceiling, nelson's
deck frames and planking are Of hard pine. Her
keel is Of rock maple i'll two depths with twelve feet
scArphs sides sixteen inches and moulds thirty two
inches The floor timbers are moulded twenty inches
,laa fravr too In md aka rpa
depths OF mldships keelsohs each sixteen inches
square, and sister keelsons Of the same size, the
whole bolted with and three eli shth inch copper
and iron. The floor ceiling Is five inches thick, aud
her bige streaks commence at slxteea inches square
the next streaks fourteen inches, graduated 70 nine
inches thick and continued that substance up to the
lover deck The lower deck beams sixteen inches
square amidships tapered toward tue ends, aud the
waterways also sixteen inches square, with mas
siye thick work over and inside Of them, and
the ceiling above is six inches thick. She Is
square fastened throughout, tue fastening varying
from IA 70 inch. Tue upper deck beams are 10
by 10 inches, the upper deck water ways Ia inches
square with two thick streaks inside OF them, and
the plabking Of both decks is 81 inches Thick Her
ends are almost filled with massive hooks and
pointers, her stanchions are aso very soat and all
her knees are we'll fitted and strongly bolted.
Her garboards are inches thick, the next streak
T. graduated 70 inches, the substan q OF her bottom
planking; her wales are by inches, and her plank
sheer and iin rail are each inches thick. She h
square fastened with treenais, and butt aud Bulge
bOlted with copper. Outside, as well inside she
is very strongly built vessel aud remarkably well
finished
Her lower masss and boxsprit are built OF hard
pine dowelled together bolted and hoped over all
with iron. They are commencing with the fore. 80,
40 and 81 In ches in dameters, and SO, 90 and 81
feet long, the topmss l9, 20 and l5a inches ia da-
meters and so, 81 and 43 feet long. and the other
masts In proportion. Her lower yards are so, 30 and
20 feet square; topsa yards, g. 20 and sc feet; the
bowsprt 23t Get outboard, jibb )om divided ~ 20
ana 10 Nes for the two os, and the other spars in
proportion.
She " strongly rugged, and looks splendidly
Abort. Dol or as we are qualified to Judge we conN'
der her perfect ship in al her details and one, too,
that will work well and sail fast. She is owned by
her builder: and Is commanded by his brother.
We have called attention TO this fine vessel for the
purpose OF letting our New ork mechanics see what
our downesst friends produce in the way OF clip
pers. She u, at present, the largest ship in port
AMERICAN SrHAxERs IN AUsrRALIA-An Ans
traa CORE pondent of e.Boston Post states 18Th at
the West Wind, the New Orleans, City Of Nor.
folk and Unicorn, are sinking money. Nobody will
buy them, and they won't pay to run on the coast
The parties Interested In these boats expe tied to
make fortune, but ! am sorry to say there il much
more prospect Of Using one.'
LARGE AND VALUABLE CARGo.-The ship Camil.
lus, Capt. Westendorf owned by Meesrs Jno. Fraser
Co, q this place, cleared yesterday for Havre by
Messrs Geo. A. Hopley & CO., her cargo consisting
of2,53I bales upland and 324 bales Sea Island cot
Ton, and 90 uerces rce-the whole weighing
jos 354 pounds and valued at slis i96.- Charles
son MUegg, tts.2