The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-01-08
A Yacht for an E,mperor--A Novel Craft.

The yacht in question, which is to be
built OF steel, is the work of the chief ot
the Russian Navy, the Grand Duke Con
stantine, eldest brother Of the Gar Tho
maximum OF stcadincSS and comfort have
Been the main objects in her peculiar de
sign. Her gross burden is ZOO tons, and
she VIII in fact he a palace, raised on an
cnolmous hollow steel turbot. The Lon
don Times gives the following description
Of the construction: The lines of the
turbot shaped raft on which the palace
Will be built, sweep round III front to Il
pointed bow or beak; at the sides they
expand so as to give wide and spacious
area to the bank on which the Superstuc
ture is To he raised at the stern they
again come to a point. At the widest
part the breadth is I53 feet. more than
3-5thS OF the length, which is so feet.
The depth OF the fish like raft IN the cen
tire is Is feet, and the Water-line is only
q feet above the lowest point. At the
stern. however, small depression, max
ing draft OF l6 feet in all, is effected, to
give the screws water to work in. This
part OF the ship may he lifted to cross
Swallows by flooding the fore compart-
tecting this object will be made There
IS no frccboard, properly 50 called Sta
bIlltY Is given by breadth and weight.
ne bottom has a l1;8arca OF l4.3O0 feet
Vt the edges. the surface trends out.
and upward all round the Ship toward
the WatcI-ljnc But as soon as the ordi-
NARY Watcr-inr is reached by gradients
which cquaIGtcct perpendicular, a change
I hade III the direction ct the curves.
ne outward slope lNSucceedcd 10y aSlopc
inward. winch continues TIL the perpcn-
dicuIar depth OF l. Icet has been given to
lIle whole NuhStlurlufc. II gradually
RISES To- inns aII round, ami III me mlldl"
~ lhr htck al the iiSh. there Is wide
Ildf space OF about $1,000 feet such is
me lioatn9 raft on winch the Wdjcl-pdl-
zee ol lhc car IS I" b' horne
ne upper part or palace resembles an
ordinary snip III shape, snip winch sup
ports double row OF wooden deck nous
NJ y H q steer alld wood, 200 lrrt Ion4,
no rect wade at ING hr"adeSt portion. II
VIII DE observed mat IT j. a little longer
IMAM me fdit hri"W Just I'll the point
where the junction between the upper
ana lower portion Of the composite YES
SCI Is tller'rdh> a hIarkrt.iram" c"nnec-
u"n' Is what may y" called " lower d"ck
lIl'lr wooden li""r erected above the
rounded steer d"rk. pdrtIl open ANA part
y closed Whlrh i"llnS the uP'ri surface
OF the rant. en- inc forward part ct this
wooden deck, VIII he the cWstan for the
anchor and crew space NrntllAlor~ for
adhl'''n% ajr l"'hc raft WIZ open through
the dcrN ana tie carried up by the tubes.
ana forward as" VIII hr 4 TlrGr CABIN Tor
ihr lower class 81 stewards, whose herlhS
WIZ :" arranged "i' raril Sldr Nt y. "n the
SIDES ol the SHp. The side cahnS viii
tie lighted by large rectangular windows
Is lrcj inches high. ana feet. q inch
rS Nldr}, provided WITH tiaps To- close in
rough weather, If ncrcs salN
y lttIc forward OF amdshlpS. the deck
lN!r"kcn 10y the latchWaN for the engines.
II lS 10 tess than = feet broad and 20 feet
long the sides are carried up Il little
higher than the root Of the upper deck
house The same disposition Is adopted
with the three boiler hatchWays. which
are side by side amIdShips. and> each -
feet by 3! feet. Aft of the boilers are
galevs, aft of them, officers cabins, and
the spacious ward room is right in the
stern. with a balcony oycrhanginy the
water, from which to observe the effect
OF the screws. Above this first wooden
deck comes another, the space between
them, being about 9 feet Forward on
this main deck. and 50 escaping all noise
and Jro1-l,,r ,.,,,,,s 81 +l,a r-,o,. viii, -
Nate apartments at the SIDE 1orthe lmpe-
rial i3n1liE. ne whole at the GpttE il