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

any particular proportions about IT. close asps stioa
mark the shelving proportons Of sten aad stsr. AMI
then one can perceive that the object before really
intended for . ship
Standing ON the sssks Of the river Thames, with
vast open space on ono aide add Grseswca Hospital
the ether not easy to form just conception 81 this
call Lsvisthsn. It u being built BY SOFT Russell
Company, from designs BY Mr.. Brunei the engineer,
our rsaass that the Royal Albert line Of battle ship Of
o.s hundred and twenty guns 10 soastAing under four
thousand tos. and about two hu.arsd and twenty feet
In length and that the Stmla sad Hmaays at present
the largest steamers ahoat oay three hundred and
twenty feet In length OF thsreaboNt they may form
CATION Compssys hip when they are tsii that Il .i
be six hundred and eighty feet in length and If twenty
Ave thousand tons burden in other words of thsa
six times the capacity of our largest meaot war and
above double tbs length Of the largest stsaushp aaoat
Our readers win have frequenty heard discussions
svisthsn the screw win be camsiosd With the paddle
worked by engines nomnaly Of two THOUSAND six hun
drod horse power but in reality capable Of being worked
cdsnts Of to nachnery, and to any dsten
ton from such the paddle wheels viii not only
Be perfectly distDct from each ether in their working
but each VIII be set in notion by several sets Of ma
cbnsry Of superabundant power, 80 that OF all times
arrangements or cleaning OF one or two cytiadsrs
boilers will not interfere with the progress Of the ship
Steam viii be the sole propslins power, CANVASS
being contemplated In tnis vessel in fixing the great
obtained the elements Of speed hitherto unkaows in
ocean going steamers IL Is confidently predicted that
BY the great length Of tbs Levathan shs will 30 ,sA
70 pass through the water at average speed in ell
vesthers Of fifteen knots heur with smaller power
in proportion to tonnage than ordinary vessels nov
qurs TO make ten knots The contracting speed Of most
ocean mail carry ing steamers IL eight bnots
We believe that the Eastern steam Navigation Com
Ssaacs o@ Milford H.y.a hs
starting point TO Port Philip Ia less than 1900 mlss
no ports be touched f. speed Of atssa knot. or
the Isviathan to the golden colony about thirty two
days This only be accompanied even that high
OBTAINING ship many deys in the dasrsnt ports car
rss her great distance out Of the direct stsaaing
M 5srs W. D Ind another the. novelty brought to hear
600 tons Of Goals quite sufficient it IL stated for her
consumption ON the outward and hcmeward voyages
Space win st be st for 5000 tons Of the massive
machinery, and 1000 passengers, with their luggage
and all necessary stores for use.
The advantage Of this arrangement ID two.fold. Be-
sides the avoidance Of stoppages for coang ths
age the ship all the freight which must otherwls
have been paid to sailing vessels fer the conveyance Of
the quantity consumed voyage, would amount to
sum sufficient to buii and 90 alp steamer Of two or
In order TO for the great loss Of weight
caused By all this enormous consumption 81 fuei and
to maintain eqna imEersion Of the paddles the coal
int the tight compartments forming the ska Of
the ship and Of which shall presently have occasion
have been 10 adjusted on the wheels a. to So esnt
at ore draught Of water - ct another
Itisinpossible to judge of the future aaish
e. oa hun 'ns a.
visions Of metal plates reaching b an incredible
70 ~. IN sub S1s ;n right angles sp1s
and obloBg spaces each OF which would contain an
eight-roomed house OF Camden Town build, . semi
detached villa from stockwen at forty pounds Per
We inspected !. model Of thi. ship in wood. and
plates. rivsss ar and joints, just ssheid, could
Any thing 80 beautifully syanetriel = the long
forward a. sharply a. ! woodnaas's hstchet or
Thames wherry. From that model We wore On.
cargo would be placed, and moreover wnsfs the two
thousand Arst class passengers would be berhed in
their i've hundred state cabins sad where the two thou
placed, without nearly 90 much crowding ~ In IN
ordinary passenger or emisrant ship
mais deei aalosn sixty feet length, aud forty il
width, and fifteen feet In height, with second class
Ssh III. vss.n has these and they
but small compartments OF the huge interior.
1t wsuld prove fortunate circumstance for cur mill
tary authorities, who 80 much In want OF steam
transports to the seat Of this monster ship
ready for at the present moment There are just
esch ready to be conveyed to the scenes of their
future operations. The Levisthan with just sufficient
fSs ssE
ammunition; 1t could land those ten thousand men,
and carry the secoud of those small armies aud could
arrive back ct Marssss for tho second time within
month from her first starting.
ton to convey entire regmeas Of light cavalry from
Bombay TO the Cimes BY of the RedSea aad Egypt
of the eysthan are coect-which more learned heads
than ours declare them be-then the iron ship could
have conveyed at least half dozen regiments of cavalry
HOPE sDd Ss Strait. Of IL % Of the
time and not much greater than required for
Had the old system II ship badins stu prev.,lsd
with regard to going steanaerhad our shipwryhts
worked the wooden wall principle instead Of the plata
noble steamships a. are owned BY large commercial
companies Certain II il that the Levathsn could not
giants Of Indian forests Of fabulous age in countless
numbers, would not have sufced to produce ship of
half her Size Strength enough could not have been OBJ
tanned with the most ponderous masses OF timber work.
brscsd they might have been with iron and "copper" to
have aoaed so mighty load OF cargo, machinery aud
spesSing-so In its various appliances Of power
wonderful in its unheard-of capaciy-is composed Of
plates Of iron less than one inch In thickness.
The secret Of the great strength attained BY this COM
parstvely small amount OF metal il in the peculiar
structure Of the hull 1t Ia built throughout in distinct
compartments on the principle OF the Britannia Tabular
Bridge. and when finished VIII be in fact huge tubu
lar thp The principle Of that structure need not here
be dwet upon Will suffice TO explain that the whole
of this vessel win be divided into ton hage
compartments by Of iron plate bulkheAds carried
up the upper decs thereby extending far above the
accident the whole length of the ship except where
tapers of ut either end 10 protected by double skin Of
metal plating, the outer one being distant three feet
from the interior. These double tubular sides car
red too far above the deepest water mark, and mas
much the traverse bukheads extend 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 divisions before alluded
to, there are two enormously strong longitudinal bulk
heads Of running from stem to stern each forty
feet from the inner skin, and carried to the upper
deck adding greatly to the ssdity and safety Of the
vessel. The main compartments thus formed by
the bulkhesds have means Of Communication BY
iron sliding doors the top, easily and efsctnay
closed IN time Of need In this way not only all the
moot exposed portions OF the ship double skinned but
the body il cut up into great number OF very large
but perfectly distinct FIRE And water proof
forming, indeed, many colossal iron Safes II
sgine 10 penetrate the double ssin and make
its sharp way into any Of these compartment It might
al with water without any dstrmsnt to the rest Of the
chip.
One Of the most terrible ealamitiss that bsfAl
vessel 1T sea Ia undoubtedly FIRE. Ths iron uAter
tight bulhesds would seem to defy that destructive
element sufficiently bot, In order to make assurance
doubly Rure the builders permentng with view
EMPLOYING only prepared uninha wood for