The New York herald., 1862-03-16
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steam Ram Defence
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TRIAL TRIP AND APPEARANtE o. rHE NEW srEAM
RAM DEFENCE.

TRIAL TRtf AND AFFkAHANSA of ith I'VE" oAIAA
RAM DEFENCE.
From the London Times, March
THIS ship, Of 600 horse power nominal 3osS tons,
and mounting eighteen guns commanded ny Captain
R.chard A. Powell C.B made her oihcial trial o speed
a. tho mile IN stokes Bay Port smoh yesier
day The ship east oil from the eocky+rd at forty
ave minutes past A. NJ, and leS the harbor under
half steam, in charge of Captain H. Breadhead com
mandur ber aesty ship Asia and the Seam Reserve
az the port M0rdoch inspector Of machinery afoat
and Mr. Miller assistant engineer to her Majesty dock
vaTd super,ntending te II M en- behalf OF the Adm
tho machinery being n charge OF Mr. Halliday, repre-
Benng the contractors, Messrs Penn and Son. strong
breeze, al force tron TO g. from ENE, was blowing
the ship left the harbor at har speed and turn
taken to the eastward OF the anchorage give time for
consultation with regard TO the weather The breeze,
however increased rather than iessened force and
was determined at ell hazards to put the vessel on the
trial groun should the trial prove unsatisfactory
mi bt rally be expected from the state of the
ther, it cod be repeated on moro favorable occasion
Tho resu {, however, viii show that the speed
Of the ship under steam s perfectly satsiac.
tory AZ the samo time, IT must be remembered
that The Defence like the Warrior, is the pioneer o her
class and the both ships, far relates to
parative merits should be tried under precisely similar
circumstances. Those circumstances are that the War
rior had nearly calm and perfectly smooth water in her
trial The Deence, the contrary had heavy breeze
ionn east northeast, and troubled Under these
ci, tho trial commenced and concluded,
the potae OF the shi, being in the hands Of Mr. Jones'
the Queen pilot Of the port. than whom, il is
allowed by ALL none efficient at his duties be
found. The follow ing the six made and their
suits:-First run-Mean time, 3 min. Al Sec speed 10
knots. IL 543 revolutions OF engines 67l Second run
Mean time. min. is speed in kros, 60o revou
speed in knots 1886 revolutions of engines o7
Fourth run-Mean time, min. - speed in knots,
9.35, revolutions Of engines, oS Fifth runMean time,
min. 25 Sec speed in knots, 1854 revolutions of
gines 81. Sixth runMeaa time, min. "A sec. speed
m knots ssIe revolutions OF engines eS FIRST means,
li232, II 1888, II 3sl, II 4so. True mean speed, il
Knots, 357
The ships appearance, in both hull and rig, is
certainly anything but pleasing TO the eye in accord
with previously understood notions of beauty
or grace in marine architecture Her straight line cf
II. Q-n
fac, de- ressng, anything, at either enG-her queer
iookng en- with her anchors hanging as near 10 it as
pssibe, aud her light bowsprt projecting from it al
most below the level OF her upper dsckal this gives
her uncanny, almost weirdke appearance but when
TO these points combined tho appearance Of her rig
aof her short fore and main topmasts (she bark rig
ged), and long mastheads with double topsail yards
slowed poaerewise, with no opgalant then the
picture is mpete and the oldest seaman who looks
upon hec can but acknowledge that TO say the least he
tho Ike before Tho celebrated yacht Alarm
the pride Of English yacht clubs she had her bow aud
Stern chop cd on couple Of coal barges
u in her in ou Of her own uobie spsrs would pre-
sent so wonderful metarnorphoss as does the Defence
jUduing her by comparison with such frgaes the Ga
latsa OF Aradns No amount OF reasoning can excuse
the want Of sheer. spring, in The fore aud after
dies Of vessels IKE the peenco carrying as they do an
weight along their line Of kesson and on their
topsides amaships, and necessarily requiring form Of
hnl to assist them in carrying such weight and lifting
With buoyancy 70 the motion or the With the rig
Of the snip, however, argument goes against mere
designed be the simplest possible arrangement con-
sistent with sufficient quantity Of sail power.
With this view the ship carries nothing above her top
masts the lower masheads being very long ON the tops
W the caps, each OF he latter being attached top
sail yard as fixture the sail ciew.n Above this,
working the topmast, is "Cunningham" topsa yard
which rolls to the foot and has it's cews iashed the
lower topsail yard Both yards spread large topsais
Gail can thl be set and taken with tho chain topsa
tie, the crew doing the work from the main deck
feet safety and protection. Another important advan-
tage s that from the sail being rolled tightly
yard and wetted u is much less likely TO DO fire in
action than ordinary topsai would be- There also,
o! necessity eat decrease in the weight alot, and,
what Is per- cater importance than all the other
points toge ner there is almost complete absence If
running above the deck and consequently the dan
ger Of foung the in the spar being car.
ried the side in action s greatly decreased
rne Admiralty have done well IN taking this first step
towards revision and alteration Of the angcments
aogt OF screw ships ofwar tie great
have carried aloft combined with tho weight OF their
boilers and machinery along their kecsons have doubt
less tended greatly 10 cause that Of motion
and strainrg of their hulls CT which we have of
late heard so much.
Internally the ships decks are roomy, her fighting
deck being si ar ia arrangement to those Of the War.
aud Black Prince, aud with excellent quarters for
the men at their guns. On her main deck she carries
ten ninety five cwt sixty Founders and four
hundred pound.r Armstrong;. On her upper deck she
has one one hundred FOUNDER Armstrong pivot gun for
ward and aft, and two broadsde fortyye thirty
two Founders, besides two light Armstrong; and boat
guns. In conseq ence, however If her d-teak lining
upon ronshs can only give her guns, like The Warrior
tweny nin degrees Of training her main deck
Her and bowsprit OF iron and srna b-
boom oy extend ng b2yOnd tho latter, gives her lst
app forward and the arrangement is such that
~ must terd 10 greatly assist the ship rising
Her sotrl bow however is open 20 serious objections
All steamships raise large uuder their bows
VII at iull st and in the or the Defence the
natural result oi this Is that the Of sixty
tons, has an inclination to rush up the slope.