Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-16

not plated al: round, the m'dship compartment,
.ad o. an sy transverse bulhhead, also plated and
Sd hot . oof, running athvaftship, and vertically
from The upper deck right down to the keelson,
thus dividing the ship into three distinct parts
the main or ghting -box, as II is now called be.
ing two hundred aud Eve feet long fthe length
Of the gun-deck Of one OF the old sailing line.of.
battle ships), 10 plated all round the two Others
at the exfemfties, each sens one hundred feet
long being perhaps more vulnerable than any
other ship Of wood afoat
"lt 10 advanced al 4 special pr6of Of the high
sciefce dlsplsted In the construction Of the wSr.
ioI tnat tne displacement given to the central
bcf 10 such that when the two separate ends
which alone make her a ship are DESTROYED the
center will still remain afoat, with the wrecks
attached to II Full protection was deemed of
the utmost importance by our neighbors-so
much so, indeed, that It Is maintained that the
eItremiues OF the 9lcire are perhaps her most
lnvulnetaole parts-her ola GERS contendipg that
nlns.eensSentieths ,; Of the shot fred from an OPP
protected ends, strike In an ohlique manner, and
consequently glance If.
BEHAVIOR AT SEA.
1--WE know oy experience how urgent Il j. In
practice TO keep the weights well amidship, to
prevent too violent pluneing Of the head into
the SEA- peculiarity which has the further dis.
advantage Of endangering the foremast and rig.
ging OF most ships heavy and 'ha;p forward In
this respect the elorie mas unavoidabl erred for
she 10 ssiu to be a terrific plunger; and the War.
rior herself, we are now cfacially told by her
captain was obliged to lie to and TO reduce speed
IN the late storm, to guard against her bowsprt
being carried away. Be that as Il NAV. the
Agincourt, MiDotaur and Northumberland now
ordered to be brought forward in all haste are to
oe protected all round, and. to guard ag ainst anv
diminution Of speed, will have an increased
horse power to the one originally assigned. A
sfeve objection pointed out bv many, which a
View of tae Warriors broadside will emonstrate,
Is that the two unprotected ends pointed to an
enemy by the scuttles and main and foremasts,
which give the direction Of Ace at all distances
a. completely as IL intended for that purpose.
THE WARRIORS BATTERY
The fighting box will be found to contain a
Dat cry OF twenty-sx 95 cwt guns, each dis
charging a solid shot Of sixty. eight pounds
weight and eight inches In diameter-smooth-
bore guns, terrific for their power to smash with
In four hundred Yards, on account OF their supe-
TOT initial velocity over the Armstrong;, and
which have as vet only entered as Emit On
board ships above the :loop class OF the wooden
navy.
"The noble battery Of thirteen. Founders on
each hroadside 10 grand and imposing, and when
cleared for sction, with the twentY-six guns
crews al their quarters, Of some twenty men and
boys for each gun, can hardly fail to realize all
,nat may nave been previously imagined Of the
Interior Of a man-ofw war.
THE FORWARD AND AFTER COMPARTMENTS,
emerging from the fighting -hox through a
door, we enter the fore compartment jlst abaft
tne foreYast, which now mounts eight Arm
strongs, discherging each solid shot ITO pounds
IN weight Retracing our steps through the fight.
ing box we enter the after compartment lust be-
low the fine tower, and mounting the same arm
ament az the fore. beyond which again is the
captains cabin. Handsome sofas and tables,
carpet and other luxuries would rank Ii with a
drawing-ro but the same sacrihce-if such IL
can be called-to the main object Of the ship oc-
ours mere as everywhere else; two or more enor-
nous guns occupied their posts at the wind ows,
and though their carriages were little more
neatly finished and painted, and their apparatus
SP, 'SS % more Ou, OF view yet 1t was obvio1s that
war called for their employment, they would be
manned as promptly and worked as steadily an
any others In the ship. The stateroom Is also the
he csPs22qRaS tJe AstorIo dPsJygitf
The strictest form aud etiquette Is observed on |
board Of q ship Of war.
"The Warriors armament IL thus found to
consist Of twentY-slx g. Founders and fourteen
Armstrong; Of the largest size, making total Of
forty guns, discharging a broadside weight of
Sol pounds-less nevertheless, by one half than
the oroadside either Of the Duke Of Wellington
or Marlborough The number Of rounds for the |
w arrior's esta blishment stands dete mined as
follows; Eighty nine rounds for the broadside
guns and 100 for the pivot guns-an allowance
slightly In excess OF that hitherto provided for the
wooden navy.
"The power Of offence and defence being the
attributes of the shi pofwar 1t IL obvious that II
the Warricr 10 slightly superior In the first she 1
10 immeasuraoly so at long range to any ship |
hitherto built; for even here we a ad the theory
Of defence pursued far that her ports have been
Itai-d Of three supsThcia feet over the ordi-
nary size, thus essening the sweep OF re for the
training Of the guns al close quarters by no less
an angle than ten degrees on each side Of the d.
reetrix, and making It imperative to adopt an
other mode Of sighting for the Armstrong;
"Descending into the orlop, we enter the ward |
room, with It's spacious cab Ms assigned to every
othoer-a luxury which the size Of the ship al
lowed; each cabin Ia accordingly husbanded with
that skill and neatness which none are more per-
fectin than sailors. rhe dress-sword, 1ute, a
many other tribes spoke Of the habits. rsni and and
feelings Of oficer, whilst the only light peered
through scutfle In the side Of the ship. The
ward-room, which Is the mess room OF the lieu.
tenants and other commiss oned officers, Is fitted
up with every requisite for insuring the comfor
Of gentlemen who, under the most favorable cir
cumstances, have not In their possession the most
enviable berths under the service OF the Crown.
A handsome wainscot table and sideboard, with
chairs, would have assimilated II to a room In
house, II the attention. had not been recalled to
the locality by the appearance on all sides Of the
peculiarities Of ship. Further in the center are
the clerks Offices, With a mess-roon on each
side-one for the midshlpmen, the other f"r the
engineer Officers.
SThe main compartment of the hold, below
the aghting- box, contains q II her vulnerable
parh-the magazine, store and light-rooms-and
10 subdivided again into Eve others, containing,
respectively, the engine room, stokehole, chain
and shot lockers, shell room, and coal bunkers,
after boiler space, fore-boiler space aad lastly,
the fore-hold and fore. magazine.
+" Forward OF the armor plates are the cable
tiers, prison and provision rooms, the warrant
ortcefs' cabin, and, lsstlv, at the bows, warrant
officers store rooms. II 10 understood thai, In
action, each Of the three main compartments will
depend on ib own resources, and possess tele-
graphic communication with the rifle tower on
the quarter-deck
=" 1t is now acknowledged on all hands, that II
share Is matter Of unapproachable excellence In
the WARRIOR 1t is, above all, In her engines,
which avefment seems the more satisfactory a.
they are by far the largest ever constructed for
or 200 horse power less nomi-
nally than those assigned to the Great Eastern,
the engines Of the Warrior are far more DOW.
erful, exerting positive pressure which might
have been considered fabulous few years back
In her case very nearly six times the nominal
power. 90 that while the boasted big ship can
scarcely go beyond her nominal power, and
her engines are withal too feeble for the ship,
the Warriors have been worked up to 9, 900 horse
power.
F" This 10 contrast which the designer of her
drsft and the maker Of her engines may well be
proud OF, none Of their calculations having been
belted In practices whilst the Great Eastern, de-.
sptte what has been 20 vauntingIy anticipated,
lated speed"
TREAsURY EXTENSION. July 9, Isaa.