The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-15
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DnAy - pleasing 70 Of ne many readers Of your
psY - hear Il the safe arrival q this vessel Il this port
VhsA having sustained any accident whatsoever, esher 70
~ spars, sails machinery. This the only one Of ne
- Steam frgaass thai remains 70 be tried - steamer
NJ sansr Tie others having already made sner A u'ps'
- Wuse md their are % generally Known ~
n ssHeernsA or interested such matters, wiz be SUI
nsnt 10 say that have every reason 70 believe nas
sh ship win be- not superior Of some Of them, GER
thly their equal.
Our psssase was lorg one, owing 10 Gains and head
whAs; besides there was no reason why the vessel
nsuld be "pushed steamed leisurely at the rate Of
- knots per hour, which, in smooth sea, wo easily 40
esnphshed with ten pounds Of steam, the engine making
nhty two revolutions This vessel has not had trial
~ 10 to force her might occasion accident thereby
EASING delays for repairs, which fortunately avoided
D. the proper management OF those RESPONSE Die for
sbsrsted boilers and "broken spars"
ally nice royal breeze would tempt Us . make
any could with % foul bottom, and worked a. we'll a.
other lorg vessel could in - light winds had
vhen making forty revolutions, with fifteen pounds Of
sseam, with head wind (fresh royal breeze acoompa-
ned With little sea- we made Eve and a half knots;
md with the same wind on the beam-no sail sot-mAde
seven hros As auxiliary she is perfectly successful
o. passage consumed two hundred and four tons
sso Il .n out of de Since
thsn he has been lying of the Norfolk yard taking up
N ey'se collection on her bottom-whch 70 Judge from
% sailing, must be very foul hardly tsir to send
hey OF without putting her dock, for foul bottom
tanly dHablee Q vessel great deal.
mach TO be regretted that little power given
sW screws This vessel can never under steam at once
favorable but her power was greater
she could command any speed and DO able to reach ct
Trust that our new soops may have at least Eve hun.
dred horse power given them They will then be pretty
sod matches for steamers whether they be pad
great fault with all these steam frigaies s, their
nasss are too light for the yards the yards
efficiently stout II the yards were permitted 10 remain
sven "a they are and greater diameter be given the
Ne soald "carry sal' much Logger than We can nov
the bghtest breeze possible masts complain most
bitterly, proving cOncu.ivey tina. they do not bear their
snare Of the strain but depend the stays and shrouds
up0n which com es very nearly All the pressure.
The weight of this ships hull is far greater than line
Der saDs larger and spars very much smaller. II
sAese alterations made could be able 70 keep
now 70 take in to comparaiively Light winds.
The chef cause Of the long passages made by the
male support given them These very large ships
spreading when all sail set, upwards Of % 900 yards
q sanyass but the same quantity is also spread by
Sgsh ships the North Carolina much smaller than this
and ess able 10 carry it II proper support was given
TIE nasts after they were first made Of decent sze
vead be only very fresh gale that would force vee
eel like this 10 lay 70; and fresh breeze to make her
ke IN her light sails, which oftentimes handled
when vessels Of half her size would be carrying all their
canvass. From what have heard Of the Niagara be-
Aeve she would, with proper allowance Of sails, accom-
Bleh as much per hour at many fast river
steamers do in our smooth harbors
1hese vessels are truly splendid ships and reflect great
credit upon all connected with their construction far
- their huls and machinery and internal arrangements
concerned, fault be found; but It in their
equipment that we have great cause 70 complain. They
are teo lightly spared and rugged Many Of the guns
rendered almost useless by the the ports
cat The forward pivot gun in this vessel for instance,
perfectly useless when anchors up. They stow
where they did formerly 30 that the gun on the fore
castle Can neither be pivoted fred II We had q
bureau Of equipment and repairs would have less
halt 30 ind naval officer should have much 70 do
vSh what GENES immediately In his department in the
se.sructon and equipment Of vessel engineer
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