, 1880-11-27

frletfoial md othor lossca wllcl, ahe IL
Obliged 10 nndcrgn whsl stcauItng Mt eteyel
ut a rullncptl sl'eed. ;. Bearing thcsc facts III
steanng of lilo i.ivaiI. Il rspnriei RITA Officially
to !. % have given tho following results:
I'll $S% 'xxS :::,, ss;s ess;. %''S s;%'. psS;i, %ss
@ aa'9 su ka"i: k" AEaii,st Ea s'ls'ty %E.'nst
xsts s' ?fs's S sssS%sss Ssxss, ssoss @ F'ffs ;s
speed wns takon by .log. Tho results wero
reported, we know, ~ perfect good faith,
nn are = corrcct ti,iiealion, It! tho ,nn!n, Of
Liyatlia With icr present M scfsws, W eA eetc. - '
Win MI the above facts and figures before
rs wo see clcnriy fnw win i,Nyn been tho
prcJntlfccs. mid how hasclesA tho predictions,
compatible. VIII, even inoderaiety gooi
speeds. n!ul Ms ridiculous wIlcn. .t1lo attah-
'Iiant Ut ltigii speed WIS contemplated. Il Is
with no slIln1l feelings Of vanity, but with q
Ss's @'e s rs xsnse II ets"f % preas. ssSes 6sdrea fn
TINT we hnvo Witnessed tlle 1.tyAtlla's st1c-
cess, II Is a snceess which Eag'antl may
we'll envy, md OF which tho KMssla, Gov.
ar9s nn e rs nsy ~e 81 Sa b prt n9uatn II ns"Tf s
faal 70 ID coMsitlerable even III the r.ercauttlo
murine, while 4 is auite Impossible for ne
war nayles Of tho world to escape Its lutlt,-
fnS fsxe 0ae e f x* oStsS0n; y s IT. t. a p
known to OUT. readers, tho construction OF
suc!. ships under tho mama of 1lrst-class Iron,
clais bcl1Y most trying oven to tho conni9n
Sense, ~ n!la g., much inorg, f. to scienlltIe
existence, atl1 with tho fncl1tles whl1ll such
Et. i, breadth, rs l.drs offers 10 lilo production
Of al9nofsl sl,'py worthy OF the name. tho
exposure Of our i'rst-clnss ships to tho de-
does, will not bu endured. We congratulate
Admiral p0pnT upon tho established SUCCESS
Ut the grcat l.lcn Wllfch! he was the first to
prOpnuill; and, Ill., the Idea would stttt hava
patronase Of % tho fs Gran Dake Gonss"niiae. tH H
we glaa!r rccogGlze again tho scientific ae,,-
men and TINT courage OF tls, opinions ="
which distinguish his Imperial 1(igliMess.
by consentlnE to tho trlal Of SO great i nayal
pcror of Rlissln has secured sca-palnce OF
great speed, nr titlexamplctl accommodation,
and OF freedom fro!il rolling and pitching
sqs e. g. S at,er sp II o Worla e ef9Gz5S cS,,q
nfl rol l,rE-wS ayo t9 record yery rennTk
authority That IN tic Ralc It, tho Buy OF Dis
gay, with wnyes running over twenty feet
and pitching heavily. md even when the galD
and tho sea were nj tl,clr highest tie greatest
roll to lrewartl was S degrees, and that to
wsntiwnra dcgroes, while the Erentest pitch
degrees. Thfs extreme limitation Of molion
WINS most extraordinary. excluding almost MI
tho usual Incidents OF ,sea.llte. Nothing WIS
secured on boarl, md nothing foil through
blnws of the sen under the fiat shallow bow.
md these caused nlltcll vtbr1ltfon at ttnles;
b,,t nothing vas disturbed, and eyey tho
paint IS Now!;ere cyaaked thyouEhoat tho
Il tic acsidcat vi whicli tic LlvsdIa met
with OH l,er voyage from Drcst to Ferrof, BY
striking heavily downwnrtEs upon some
tinntinE object pr 0btects during heavy gaia
n the nay Of Bseay. With higl md con
subdivision has been strlklngiy demonstH.t-
ets. The injuries done by tho blows were OK
tended BY the heavy strokes Of the sen under
the eM!s bo%' md sevsEnl Of te forward
friend who Inspected tho bow aftor tic com.
partncnts were pumped out In tho ltarbor ot
ferrol Informs US that in two Or thres
places tho -bulkl!cad divisions Ind ey~
lcaky Mt the bottom, and in one compartment
tho sen was plA1n1y visible through tho bro
ken plnting. And yet nothing Was known OIL
hoard @ q these Injuries Wl,ett at son beyond
r e y & tie eaGo bot1e@ sas
llhd Ueen somehow tiltod, 80 ettcstually was
tlio SHIP proper preserved FROM all injury
Wltli tllD double bottom, md so little effect
had tho tilllng Of tho forward spaces upon the
trim and Deh9ylor Of the shlpi The Liyndla
Is constructed Of steel, md IS as lightly built
as our own fast steel slips OF the latest date;
a. atid r. ns similar accident to tho recount one
light iraught and ereat b4oyanoy, 1t would
no doubt By prudent to at!d something to the
posed to ssrnins. aud blows; hut this
ls IL matter Of. .dotail which We leave
tho naval architect to diseuss. Tho
great lesson to be derived from tho Incident
Is tho lnu'easnynb'e value OF double bottoms
and Of great cohlpartmeIltal subdivision In
sen.gollig structures. An ordinary large
stcan!-yaeht NOT, 50 slbtivlticd might have
been lost under like circumstances, and Ger.
taigly would haye been more. or less leopard
ised aMi more or less njltred internally; In
tite present case mott n particle Ut injury 10
wns sustained, and llnurs..nfter tho accitlent,
with 4 very. high and confused sea still rum
nng, the Lord ilIgl Admiral OF Russia and
most as Qnlotly rs X he hid been Msloro Ill
his summer palace dit Orlando.
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