The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-09
The Largest Ram Afoas

III,
ing description of this remarkable
vessel:
The Dunderbcrs is, az iron-clad fri
gate ranl Of 1000 tons displacement,
and was constructed especially for sea-
going purposes She has two engines
OF 5000 actual horsepower. and her
contract. calls for speed Of fifteen
knots per hour, ordinary steaming.
Her armament Will consist OF forr -
inch fod.aauS, and from twelve to
fourteen 1l-inch DahlGrcn guns. 1t
Is not within the limit, OF an ordinary
newspaper article to give s11rh u de-
tailed description OF this vessel as her
magnitude and ilnportance would
seem to demand, blt We Will cnGnavor
briefly tt give so;ne of The mAin fca-
t:rros OF this great and powerful ship.
rThe principal dimc1lsipns OF the li,lll
are as follows: Length, $50 feet i
inches; beam, u fei,t 10 inches; depth
of hold, - feet 7 inches: hci@lt of
cascnlatc inside. icct . inches: length
OF ran, bow, 80 feet. Her draft, when
ready for sea, will be u feet. Her
displacement is 1000 tons. Rcgis.cr-
cd tonnage, 5000 tons. Her iron
arinor Will weigh abolt 1,O0o tons
I She h:S six main and two dor:.cy
boilers: tn" main boilers are l3 fe@t
deep, II feet . inches III height, and
II feet . inches front, and together
weigh about $50 tons The boiler
surface $50, 500 feet; tao CRATE 2surf;ice
1,2)0 feet. The coi:lcls;ng surface is
10000 square fcct. The engines are
horizontal back action conicnsing,
with two .lO1-incla cylinders and -
inch strSlle o. piston. The propeller
is II feet i'll diameter, and has Il vary
ing pitch OF from 81 to 30 feet, and
weighs 81 $50 pounds The coal
bnnkcrs Will accommodate 1000 tons
'ot coal. sufficient for ten to fifteen
days stcaming.
Tho D'lndcrbcrG was built by W.
Ii. Webb, ESQ, under the genera!
supervision ct Rear Admiral +. H.
Gregory. U. S. n. The engines were
built by John Roach Il Son. at tl,f
-l1tla Iron Works, foot OF R;vingtol
street, IL this city, and are Il model q
bea'lt. Y and strength. THEY have bee,
pronounced by !: Board OF N;,%;,l En-
Gl:l"@rs. who hive recently inspected
them by s,,esi;.l Orders OF 10. Nav,
Departments, to l,r tAc br>tt pair o
cng.n"5 y, The country. Nj. I..1>tlr
i"traun: mt 3:, Is @ thc pars art "t '1' ~.
Webb, MI. Thomas ii :in ga behalf o
the Etna Iron Works Chief In
.sinc"r w. W. ". Wood. u. 5. n. ~
ssistrd by Assistant Engineer ". X
Pierce. have rendered vaiual,l" scrvic,
IN p"rsectii,g these engines, and to
Yethcr these distinguished engineer
have p:.o'!',rcA Il pair of engines vhic!
have 10 rival in titis country at III.
present ';av
Tho D:!nderincre is the ab,ilgmcn
of Mr Wrhh's ideas. which WEI" p.r
pared before The monitors made thci
advent AMONG the naval vessels Thi
great slip combines all the experience
skin and mechSniral ingenuity of tn
distinguished naval architect Who fui
Eishcl the General Admiral to th
Russian navy, The r. Il Italia and tn
Re don Luigi iii Portugallo to tn
italian navy, and tn" little Iarric
Lane to our own service. The plan O
the Dundcrberg is new and novel, an,
the result; promised ~ Mr.. Webb
Will make her tn" greatest :'ca-@o;l;
iron-clal ram atloat Her floor is tilj
and her sides angular. and hey linc
are such that she must be very easy !,
a $ away easy. i'll fact, that. IL a.
probability. she Will be able to lis
her guns when othcrvc>scls wo"lu b
rocking tcarf'llly.
The cascma;c which s,.rlnonuts tn
hull is pierced Cor twc,ity-one gun,
and is marvel Of strength and room
angle of 30 degrees, sufficient. it
} believed, to Ated shot with ease All
certainty. fts sides ;rc over tArt
feet III thickness, covered over Wit
states OF hammered iron, nine fe,
> long, twenty-eig!lt inches wide an
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