New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-16

70 nve Jeet below the water liDe where their depth
diminished 80 as tn form q deep ledge or angle on
which the armor-plates and their teak lining rest.
These immense ribs except where the portfolios inter.
vene are actually only y incnes apart. Above the
keelsoD and inside the rbs are five immensely strong
box-girders, which 20 the whole length of the ship
from stem to stern, and from which spring diagonal
bands, tying every rib together. The orop deck of
wood and ~ feet abeve the keel the main deck u Of
iron, and cased with wood and feet above the orop;
the upper deck is also of wrought iron, csed with
decks are carried on wroughtiron beams of the most
powerful description, to which both decks and ribs
and all are bolted az In piece The "skin Of tho
sbip as is termed which covers all these ribs the
outside is also Of wrought iron inches thick under
the bottom to nearly inch thick up to the spar deck
From feet below the water line up to the upper deck
comes In addition TO this the great armor ef teal and
iron all This is formed Of double easing Of the
hardest teak 20 inches Thick with the beams laid ct
right angles to one and other Over these again come
the plates of iron in all 10 the broadsde of
the veesel with 20 inches Of solid teak and inches of
the very finest wrought iron. Each armor-pla,e is
formed of scrap iron carefully welded into slab about
is feet long by broad and inches thick, and weigh
ing about ~ tuns All the plates dovealed ct the
edges into and other and boted through the teak
and iron into the inner ribs Of the ship These bots
are counter-sunk outside, TO have their heads
level with the surface Of the plate. The total weight
of tie plates both sides 600 tuns. The plate
armor Of La Glore Is reported TO be formed Of Pc
culiar kind of soft homogeneous ron admirably adapted
for resisting shot. From the specimens OF 10 which
have been obtained in this country, and examined by
our best mechanics it is on the whole not considered
TO be better kind of metal than thick son wrought
iron slab, snch az covers the sides Of the Warrior.
The result of gunnery experiments with no ess than
40 different kinds of plates shows that the best are
those formed of scrap iron with certain proportion Of
pueded bar iron which makes mixture of almost un-
Welding toughness. Some Of them were tested At
Portsmouth with 6s-pounders at pontblank range Ia
all cases the shot failed 10 penetrate the iron, though
2. lo..4L nf1I nNtA IN noe
almost inches. Not until after the sixth, or even
eighth and tenth ehots all striking about the
place the plates ever broken and their hber torn
apart. With such backing up OF teak az is in the
sides of the Warrior not all the Whtworth or Arm.
strong guns vet made could send shot fairly through
into the main deck. This tremendous Goa. Of armor
however does not case the whole vessel with sueh
an entire covering the Warrior would scarcely hoat at
all Only the middle Of the broadsde for length OF
2l3 feet and going down FIVE feet under the water
line. is thus protected This seems serious fsslt 10
the plan on which the Admiralty have built the vessel
To endeavor to compensate for the absence OF this
armor both the stem and stern are crossed and re-
crossed in every direction with water tight eompa,
mens and the oner iron plates inches thick and
backed up by "a inches Of teak Ii L. OF eonree need-
less 10 ssy that the whole vessel il subdivided IN 81
least 20 places by waiertight bulkheads OF the most
solid description Those which cut of the stem and
stern from the portions In the center are
faced with to five feet below the water.
line and lined with iron ribs and ~ inches OF teak
exactly like the broadside Of the vessel Thus II h
contended that supposng possible for the stem and
stern to be 20 rddled "a 70 be almost shot ns
the heaviest guns would still remain as complete and
as evers,l opposing 70 inches Of teak
with nearly five inches Of wrought ron 70 eyery shot
THIS however souhds very well In theory; In prss-
tice il would we think be found that In such cond.
tion the Warrior would he an unmanagabe wreck and
brought 80 low In the water by the filling OF her fore
and aft compartments each nearly hundred feet long,
that her portsills would be brought almost 10 the
waters edge, when further fighting would become
impossible This however, would not be her only
danger If the bows were riddled with shot-hoise
as 10 I'LL the compartments with water the warrior
would come down 90 much by the head a. 10 com.
pletely lift her ont Of the sea, IN which case
there would coon be an end OF the AMP Win anoher
iron antagonist that retained her power Of stesning
Indeed il is not improbable that in such case she
might sink 10 much by the head to elevate the AFTER
most srmor-plstes, which only extend 5 feet below
the waer-ne, quite out of the water or at ieaS SUI
6cently near the surface TO enable her bottom 70 Dc
pierced where their protection ceased. The bows-H
The spot where the whole force ef the shock must b
received In ease Of the Warrior being ever used -
ram to crush down the enemys ships-are strength
ened inside with perfect web of ironwork. Here no
less than eight decks stretch back from
this psr TO the armor-pates, well supports aud
diagonal bracings innumerable Throughout tne entne
length Of the armorcoated portion OF the vessel run
erpal portions Of the vessel. These are termed
u" wings" and serve as passages OF communication
Inside the wngs are placed the Goals while the chief
magazines are further secured again by having the
wster-taDks inside the coalbunks.
Probably the largest forgings that have ever been
attempted mot excepting those for the Great E
ternl Were required for the building OF the WARRIOR
The nose or beak Of the ship Is one immense .se
OF iron 90 feet long, by less than ~ inches 1hs
and weighs nearly 20 tuns. The heelpost IN whict
the outeS heayng of the rests is piece OF the
finest forged iron, without the slightest flaw OF any
Kind. and weighing upwards Of "A tuns. There are
very few yards In the world, public or private, ~
which such forgngs could be turned out, and certainly
none which could produce greater perfection OF WORK
rnanshp than u evidenced in the perfect hnish VIE
which all the huge masses joined together IN tne
frame of the Warrior The armament OF this nlssaln
cent man-ofwsr is not yet entirely DECIDED uPon gu
there Il little doubt that il will consist Of 80 6poonde
95 gums on the main deck, 10 Armstrong 1Opolnd-
ers the spar deck, and two pivot Armstrong iW
Founders, one forward and one aft, making 10 m sn
With only ~ broadside guns on an upper deck OF ="
feet there IT, of course space Of nearly so feet be-
tween each gun. Therefore, without in the least ex.
posing the men or crowding the quarters, the up
por.deck armament can be doubled at any time. 0I
her trial no more guns than those have mentioned
will be placed; but il the result Of her first cruise
such az to show she carry them easily the number
Of broadsde upper-deck 7opounders will De increased
from 10 10 26-n ALL OF course, breech leaders Inc
masts and spsrs Of the Warrior will be very light
merely those Of ordinary fgate with the admiraee
exception that the crossjack or nZzen yard VIII DC
done away with, and the vessel rugged rs bark.
Snch are the general outlines of the superb vessei
which will this day we trust he safey ahoat on the
Thames Once at her mornings in the Victoria Dock
the work of putting the remainder of the plates wlh
20 rapidly forward aud at the time Messr Penn
will pi oceed with fitting in the machinery. She Is ex
pected to be ready by the end Of April TO go roand
Portsmouth under steam to be rugged. Before rigging
she will be- tested at the measured mile, and when
complete for sea make her first trial cruise across tue
Bay of Biscay about the middle of July next.
The London Times, of Jan. l, says;
The formidable iron.cased rigate, the Warrior tes
largest apofwar ever built, and more than / 500
tuns larger than the largest vessel in the world sie