Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-10-31


The English ronclad steamer Warrior made ber frs,
gong trip on the 10th of September The radon
lowing is extracte' W VIC ''F
enc answers her helm like yacht was most asonshino
" iree rom vibration or movenen; even going at sleed
seemed light and bGo ant to the gentle swell SIZE met ih
here aud there and above all even her unavoraba
oon as to foul bottom and the launching cleats hei.o
on made her way through the water faster Than the
age OF quick going mail steamers It only WsnteS
stu breeze and heavy beam in the channel to make the
trial perfect; neither these was she fortnnoa onob
to meet Before the middle of next month howevor bo
VIII be out of her drydcck at Porsmouth-at least com
petey ready for sea-when it IL stated abe "a r. tsta
cruise in search of bad weather " " ~
such search " likely to be with success at this
The Warrior is nearly couplete Fer ir,erra, A.
lungs nave been arranged her and armament taken
m ana me IRON tower on her deck erected
Inc warrior set forth with only halfadczen observers
on An? drawing wentyfv feet nine inches forward
ana t"enty.slx eet three inches aft The Thames was
blocked with craft and only the Warriors ready obedience
ie saved ner from various unpleasant chances of
grounding OF OF running vessels The engines were
moving easily at hirtyfour tn thirty six revontona Int
aeE passing Grsvesend the rate increased forty
oH sheefness an admiral sauted with fifteen guns
rem The Warrior sxtyegh Founders The Times saws:
much interest was evnced by those board to ohseve
the ect OF tue conclusion OF these heavy ordnance On the
great SD p and shove all hat foundation there
ot ne tumGr mat her narrow ports would keep in smoke
enough 10 almost sufocate the the main deck The
result as usual quite upset the predictions of the aarmss
The shock OF each gun sharp and sudden
ha what Is felt on the same occasion in wooden ships
matter what fhe size. OF smoke main deck there
was really scarcely any the small ports kept instead
most entirely ree while the spar deck wrapped
he Warriors armament at present consists Of two loo
poander and four ~ FOUNDER Armstrong; her
deck with wo FOUNDER Armstrong; for pieces
boat guns The whole CT her main deck guns So IN number
are oil s0d 65 Founders of s. cwt each No other vessel
II the world has such terrific battery. Eight
be changed for FOUNDER Armstrong; but certain
portion OF Founders will always be kept paI fly throw
hs sd with on molten Ton and Partly because ere j.
are even better than the Armstrong itself.
Once at the engines moved the of forty
70 forty egh revolutions with twenty pounds Of stea"
thus at three fourth speed the vessel ed along the
rate Of fourteen and one half miles an hour.
1t is believed with the engines at IS her speed will DE full
~ II miles per hour EomiLaly yielding force of 1850
horse power, her gnes said TO have real power
5000. The cylinders eet inches in diameter, and
they require evaporation of Is $50 gallons hour The
main steampipe is feet inches The condenser
forms wOToomed space Is feet long by II feet broad
and fact high, each compartment supplied with feet
pipe er condenslpg purposes and with ifch pre fol
conveying the not water hack again to the boilers There
are boilers and forty Each boiler 44C
tubes. The boilers each al feet inches high. The
Weight the Warrior complete would be within COO tons
of the Great Eastern WHEN she launched The cylinders
are placed feet below the line ct which any fire Of the
eney could reach hem The weight of the piston and
TONS the stroke feet, and the Der Of revolutions cal
cuated at SO per minute. Here then is weight of ];
tons moving backwards and forwards 100 lines in that bre
interval.
thirty feet long and twenty inches In diameter having
cranks In its length Of the solid The screw "a fee
in diameter, made entirely Of gun metal and weghDs
about twenty TONS hundred and twenty feet from thu
engines, and connected with the main shaft by success
OF shas each twenty feet long by eighteen inches
in diameter. The alley is nine feet VIDE by sever
feet high and at the ern there is the usual WE'LL fitted will
the hosting apparatus for raising the to the deck
The bearings which the works are lined wit
9num rliG, very beautiful economical, and simple al
pication, by which the immense repairs from III
effect OF friction the old brass bearings reduced 10
nominal amount The consumption of coal fer fuel tor iu
steamng will be at the of about hundred and TWEEN
At the close her voyage of two hundred and twent
milee the Warrior was taken into the Portsmouth