The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-20


Tres Dicksas' Household Words, NAY asl
ms huge fabric srsct,sg at tue Ise Of DosA lss'cv
Lsndsn,) as yet bears no reseabisAoe " sny hn0wa
kind Of craft dis tn. eye u unable 70 dsts,t
any particular propordsa absut il close i.spsstioa
however, shows line Of uprixats at zach esd which
marx the shelving proportions o. sten and ster. ami
then one can perceive that the object before really
standing on the s.sks Of the river rh.u.s, with
the ether not easy form Just conoestloa q this
marine monster, shish, for waat Of better aaae.
call L.viass han !. !. s'ing built sy s9; Russell
whsee conception tbs entire fabric whsa We Tsmlai
rea6srs that the Royal Albert line Of battle ship Of
tSSu.snG so.s and sSsss two sussrsd ..S twenty ss
in length, and thar the Simla and Hmsays at present
feet II IsprtS q shs1 , sns
some Idea OF the proportions OF this EstsrS Stsaa Nsv
CATION Company ship when they ara told that It viii
be six hundred and eighty feet length and of twenty
Ave thousand tons burden in other words Of tAsa
six times the capacity Of our largest meaet war ana
above double the length Of the largest steAushp adoat
Our readers win have frequeny heard discussions a.
70 the relative merits OF paddles and screws In the
evathan the screw win be combined With the paddle,
worked by engines nomnaly Of two THOUSAND six hun
drod horse power but In reality capable Of being worked
mp 10 ten thousand horse power To guard against
tos frem such cause the paddle wheels win not only
Be perfectly dstDct from each rtner In their working
but each YIN 30 set n notion by several sss Of ns
arrangements or cleaning OF one OF two cyhadsrs
boilers win not interfere With the progress of the ship
being contemplated in sais vessel Il axns Che great
size of the Levathan it protector believes that he has
scssn. soiss stsamsrs II Is ceuassrty prsdoesa that
by the great length Of ths Levathan shs will 30 ,sd
70 pass through the wAter at average speed in I'll
vesthers Of fifteen knots An heur with smaller power
in proportion to tonnage than ordinary
quire to make tan knots The speed Of most
We believe that tie Eastern steam Ns1isatio. Com
pap5 intend making their FIRST voyage to Austraii..
starting point to Port Philip il less than IT, ni.s
II NO ports DO touched At speed Of fifteen knots or
iles an hour averaged from land to land would take
days This only be accomplished 1T that high
speed, by avoiding an .toppsgss for coal which, besides
riss her great distance out Of the direct stsssing
course Bere find another novelty brought to hear
Of 4 s.. S. s.r
consumption ON the outward and homeward voyages
Space win still be lett for 1000 tons Of cargo the massive
machinery, and 1000 passengers, with their luggage
and eli necessary stores for use.
The advantage Of this arrangement 10 two.fod. Be-
age, the ship earns al tie witch must
have been paid to sailing vessels fer the conveyance Of
fuel TO the ceaDg depots, which on Of
the quantity consumed one voyage, would amount to
sum sufficient to buiid and % alp steamer Of two
three hundred tons.
caused BY AL this enormous consumption Of fuel and
to maintain eqnal Immersion Of the paddles the coal
wiz 70 certain extest, b replaced BY water pumped
int the water tight apartments forming the skin Of
the ship and Of which shall presently have occasion
to speak In addition to this arrangement, tho paddles
have been adjusted the wheels to DO efficient
at ore draught Of water ~ ct another.
1t b impossible t. judge of the future ansh or &C
e. Of uss s The
visions Of metal plates, reaching 10 an incredible
height with sub at right angles, appear
and oblopg spases, each OF which would contain an
eightroomed house OF Camden Town build, . semi
detached villa from Stockwen at forty pounds per
We inspected . model Of this ship in wood, and
could scsrcey believe that the unsghty mass Of ire,
BY any possible, ingenuity, be wrought into
snyshing 50 i beautifully symmetricai as the long
forward :. sharply sf' se' 1oodma.s sssehss OF
. Thames wherry. From that model We were en-
abled to understand where the engines COAL. stores and
thousand frst class passengers would be berthed in
their Eve hundred state cabins aad where the two thou
placed, without nearly a. much crowding as in an
ordinary passenger or emigrant chip
mais deck salosn sixty feet length, aud forty in
width and fifteen feet In height, with second class
IN height The Isvssh.n has these and they sppsa.
but small compartments Of the huge interior.
1t wsuld prove fortunate circumstances for cur mill
tary authorities, who are 30 much In want Of steam
transports the seat Of this monster ship
ready for at the present moment There are just
men each ready to be conveyed to the of their
future operations The Levsthsn, with just sufficient
ammunition; IL could land those ten thousand men,
and carry the secoud of those small armies aud could
arrive back at Marsess for the second time within
month from her frst stsrti,g
ton to convey entire regimeo. OF light cavalry from
Bombay to the imes way of the Red Sea and Egypt
of the LAvsthan conect-which learned heads
than declare them to bethen the iron ship could
have conveyed at least half dozen regiments of cavalry
from Bombay to Bslakava, by way Of Cape OF Good
Hope and the Straits Of Gibraltar in two thirds Of the
time and much greater cost than required for
Had the old system Of ship baildfng stu prevailed
with regard to going steaners-had our seiPwrghts
worked On the wooden wall principle Of the plate
noble steamships owned By our large commercial
companies Certain it is that the Levathsn could not
giants Indian forests Of fabulous age in countless
numbers, would not have sufced to produce ship Of
"ned With the mo.t Of
bracsd They might have been with iron and "copper" to
have foated 80 mighty load OF cargo, machinery and
living beings. Yet the monster Of which We are
spestingso new In Its various appliances Of power so
wonderful in its unheard-of capacy-is composed of
secret Of The great rsuath ataioed by this
parstively small amount Of metal il in the peculiar
structure of the hull 1t Ia built throughout in distinct
the principle of the Britannia Tabular
Bridge and when finished will be in fact huge tubu
lar chip The principle Of that structure need mot here
Of this vessel win be- divided into ton hage wstsr
compartments, by means Of iron plato bulkheAds carried
TO the upper DECK thereby extending far above tho
water line. In addition TO this great safeguard against
accident the whole length Of the ship except where she
tspers OF at either end 10 protected by double skin Of
metal plating the outer being distant three feet
from the interior. These double tubular sides
red too far above the deepest water mark, and mas
much the traverse bulkheads eSeod TO the outer Of
these skins they divided into many water tight sub
divisions, any two Of which, though torn frac
tured, and filled with water, would not affect the buoy
sncy or safety OF the ship.
Besides the great transverse divisions before alluded
to, there two enormously strong longitudinal bulk
heads Of iron running from stem to stsrn, each forty
feet from the inner skin, and carried to the upper
deck adding greatly to the sedity and safety OF the
vessel. The main compartments thus formed by
the bulkhesds have . means OF communication BY
closed in time OF need. Ia this way not only ell the
most exposed portions OF the ship double skinned but
tne ooay cus up INTO gress humber OF very largs
forming indeed many colossal iron safes II We can
imagine rock TO penetrate the douos SKIN, and make