The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-11
AN OCEAN PALACE.

The New Steamship Thuringia-The Latest
Addition to the Hamburg American Packet
C0mpany's Linc-Thc Ship and Her APP
poinfments.
The HamDurg-Amerfcan Packet Company have
added new ana first class steamship to ter fleet
In the Thuringia which arrived at this port Wed
nesday last and advertised to sail Tuesday next
This ship, butt especially for the passenger trade in
which she Is now engaged, is OF the finest winch
ever entered the port OF New York. She was built
for the company by Messrs Keaird & Co., OF Green.
ock, Scotland, who laid her keel In the spring OF
1859 and she was finished in July. 1870. Her carry
ing capacity Is 8, 1876 TONS English measurement or
about 1850 tons American register and her extreme
length is $50 feet, with 40 Ieet breadth OF
BEAM Her depth OF hold is "a feet Her hull is di-
vIued into seven water-tlght compartments ana un.
like the ships Of the English lines she mas no struc-
lures on her upper deck which Will, In
case OF storm, be washed away, leaving
apertures 10 serve as tunnels for the Introduction
or volumes OF water TO the cabin and hold. Her first
cabin seven eet between decks, finished in rose
wood and mahogany, with panels OF birdseye maple,
between when are numberless statues ana statu
cites IN bronze, with many choice pictures
from Flemish masters The upholstery is OF
the richest description, in colors OF ma
of the sofas and tables being eXqulsitely
carved and gllded; The second cabin, which cor
respondes to the first cabin In the vessels OF most
other European Ines is feet inches high between
decks. and IL finely finished IN oak. with extra
stateroom accommodations. The StaterOoms in the
nrst cabin are furnished with wardrobes as well as
SOFAS, toilet facilities, &C., and both cabins have
smoking rooms attached for gentlemen and private
drawing rooms Tor ladies'. SO much for the elegant
accommodations or the vessel.
The engines are two IN number inverted, and of
700 morse power. Ths cylinders of ~ inches.
with feet inches stroke, supplied with steam from
four tubular boilers heated by u furnaces and ope-
ratIng propeller screw OF II feet inches
10 diameter. The passenger accommoda-
IONS are Tor 20 persons III the first CABIN
$50 In the second cabin and 700 In the steer
age. One additional peculiarly on board this
steamship Is her steam apparatus for hosting an
chor ana working in BY cable an Arrangement that
mas proved very successful, and enables an anchor
10 De taken on board In ten minutes from depth
OF thirty Iathoms with no other labor than the turn
ing 0i steam into the cylinder OF a dummy engine
the speed OF the Tnurngla is about fourteen
ana one half knots per hour, and she
made on her passage TO New York from
Hamburg 300 miles in twenty -four hours
Whlle en- route to Hamburg from England prior to
her hrst trip, she was chased by French mau-of-
war; receiving baptism OF ire and proving the old
adage, "A stern chase Is long oneu Captain
Henrlcn Enlers, the .gentlemanly commander
of tue ship, is the senior ofYcer OF
the line. He is thirty years a shlpmaster,
ana entered the service OF The Hamburg American
COMPANY in ls4S. His first steamer and the first of
the hue, was the Borussa, In which for several
months he performed service tor the allies during
the Crimean war; He Is q stanch old salt Inn OF ali
The graces ana grandeur OF the old Vikings