The New York herald., 1863-06-06
Iron Fleets.
THE IRON NAVY OP ENGLAND.
fErOm the 1 London 1imea. Nav % I

(From the London y imes, May al
Az AS%is % rs,s,n sss Issued gives LIT q c.r
Caledonia Ocean Prince Consort and Royal Oak ali cs IS
S6ss tons the defence and Ress,snce each o 10 guns
and above ZOO tons These all launched also are
Etna. Glatton, Thunder asd Trusty.
There are twelve ships building M,notaur Of ~
s ans = sls suas snd q sr' ~. and @
guns and Ao4s tons: the zs.lous s 10 suns and sis
guns s.d 800 70 Be ,suDched this yesr Also he
aso and sss Is1ors gun: ana ass e
be launched Tho Prince Alb.rt Royal sove-
reign avorss Research and Enterprise are built viii
LAuNca OF THE RussIAN sArzExY THE rxsvsxprz.
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At Blackwell there has not been % much interest sxos6
In tho launch o. that display ssssrdAy n
able pcos o ground from which view could Dc Obtain
"a Of the iron scaoldng and staging vhich
pied BY The Thames Iron woris and shpSuidiSs On.
pany, and The unfinished huls Of vessels destined for
almost every navy = ~ wosIa-swarnsd WIN eassr
Of the battery wn crowded with members Of
the hous. q r.rl.s.sas, Ras.ss, Spanish sn1
o. Others interested the shIppns and morcantie n
launched has already bssn described in the Xnsnc ro
but We may rcrapulss ths principal OF hs re
marksbis vessel. Her length between =
20 feet; BREADTH 50 fest; depth Of hod fset Shs
Is pierced for tweHy eight sixty eight pounders on the
main deck, and viii carry two large pivot guns the
upper deck The arnor plating four inches and half,
upon teak backing Of nine inches and extend nom
stem 70 stern, giving proteeon " oil parts o the vesso
1he engines src 70 BE- Of three hundred horse power ana
constructed upoa ths three cylinder principle with
heating and surface condeusng arrnng sho win
carry her port ss feet and half above water her
draaght when fully equipped being fourteen feet The
sides are inclined at an angle twenty degrees.
and both stem and storm ct considerably under water
giving TO tue battery ~ u lay upon the slip mcst un
couth and unsightly appearance.
The screw aud rudder completely protected by plat
ing and tho stem " strongly fortified with vertical and
horkont5l bulkhcJds, so a. TO admit OF being used
ram. The battery Is not OF course, intended 10 be
eight knots, so that there will not be scope for
pl ymcn a ram, unless IL ~ among Feet at anchor,
or old sailing shire becalmcd. The iaunc ing touk place
With all that prccisi which We are accustomed 70 $50
OF vine, long by the hand of Miss Hume, the sster-n
the Russian captain no hes charge the battery.
bid sooner broken the os bows than the mix
motion. 1rst moved 70 gently that seemed
ned IL back with siKen thread gradually n acquired
sper and momentum aud then, dashng into water,
tho huge hcmpeu cables, unable te hold IL, snapped
asauder, they fell dashed the In foam bkt
when length brought up and taken n tow BY the ~
tsndant Tug steamers, the Pervcnctz looked ess ugy
though stiN most formidable looking efsn The pro.
trudnG shouts, modelled apparently alss the head q
rhuocre aisappeared under water and the slopina sd
the Thames most truly answering 70 ~ desospeten =
noasine bsatesy. Thers wprs bud and long coaspssl
ohcsrs apd ths strains q ths Kussn natonal aashs1
went ssh fre an sxsslspt bsnd ~ nrs&of ~ Mo-
ssvits vaD-slaA asss psssA sas We waN. 0sesnsa Z