The New York herald., 1862-03-11
THE ERICSSON IRON-CLAD GUNBoAT NOM.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HER CAPACITY-HER BE-
HAvIOR ON TIE OCEAN AND IN BATTLE.
The steamer Seth Low Captain Coffin, arrived this
port yesterday from Fortress Monroe for which port she
sailed hence the 9th inst at ten A. NJ with the bat
terry Monitor in tow the wind light, from the northwest
At eleven P. NJ made Barnegat light, wind northwest;
7th at four A. NJ Absecomb light in sight, wind north
and strong At halpast ten A. NJ. made the Capes Of
the delaware, the wind strong from north northwest,
and the breaking the battery when she set her
coors Union down. and reported that the had broken
in the smoke pipes and put the res Headed north
west for five hours to keep hor head the seattle
boats sachem and Currituck in sight, but unable to
render any assistance After FIVE hours the wind mode
rated and she arrived at Fortress Monroe at nine NJ
on the sth.
Although description Of the Monitor has been very
recently published her glorious action with the Merri
mac and defeat of the iron clad monster will render her
name and that Of her gallant maker household words.
We therefore give few particulars concerning her. She
is long, wide and fiat bottomed vessel, with vertical
sides and pointed ends, requiring but very shallow
depth Of water to float in though heavily loaded with
impregnable her sides and bomb proof deck
on which is placed a shotproof revov ing turret which
contains two very heavy guns. She is so low in the
water as to afford no target for an enemy, and
everything and everybody is below the water
,ine, with the exception of the persons working
he guns who protected by the shot, proof turret
The sides of the vessel first formed Of plate half
inch thick, outside of which is attached solid white
oak twentysix inches thick, outside of this again is
rolled iron five inches thick The bombproof deck
is supported by heavy braced oak beams upon which Is
laid panking seven inches thick covered with rolled
plate iron one inch thick.
The turre consists of rolled plate skeleton, one
inch thick to which rveted thicknesses, of
inch each Of rolled iron plates. Outside Of this again
six plates Of rolled iron all firmly boted together
with nuts inside, that If plate is started it be
at tghtened again. The top covered with bomb
proof roof perforated with holes The lower part Of the
gun carriages consist of solid wrought beams These
paned perfectly true and placed parallel in the
turret both of the guns pointing in tho direction
The ports through the side Of the tunnel only large
enough to permit the muzzle Of the gun to be thrust
through Inside of them wrought iron pendulums,
which close them against the enemy the gun
recoils She is armed with of the largest Dahgren
guns made to revove by pair of steam engines placed
beneath the deck.
The lower vessel is OF iron, one half inch thick and
made in the usual She carries her machinery,
COAL &C., aft and forward the officers quarters ammu-
milton and stores The partitions Of the are
separated by a wrought IRON bulkhead. The officers
quarters very roomy and handsome, and venti
lated and lighted by openings from the deck.
Her machinery consists Of two horizontal tubular
face horizontal condsnsng engines Of forty inch
piston The propeller g pine feet in diameter and sixteen
feet stroke. 1t has four blades. -
The following is table OF the size of the different por