Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-26
THE NEW STEAMER FULDA.
Arrival at New York of the Last Addi-
tiOn to the Fleet of the North German
I1nvdS

AeU Iofh World, S5th,
The North German Lloyds steamship
tulda reached Sandy Hook last night on
her first trip from Bremen, having made
a very successful passage. The Fulda is
the latest addition to the fleet of the North
German Lloyds and is the third in the list
OF last steamers which the company has
brought out during the past two wears.
She is sister ship to the Werra and is
about ten feet longer than the Elbe. and
preportlonately larger in all other dimen-
sIons than the last named steamer.
Inc length OF the Fulda over deck
IS 445 feet; beam, E46 feet: deptb 36l6
feet. She is of 5000 tons burden and
her three cylinder engines, with a stroke
of five feet, are of 5000 horsepower. Her
four dOuble-headed boilers are made of
steel, steam pressure ninety pounds. and
her twenty-four furnaces consume ON an
average l20 tons of coal day. The pro-
peller shaft is WhitwOrth steel, the con-
nectlon cranks Krupp cast steel and the
propeller blades, weighing three tons, are
made Of Manganese bronze. The Fllda
has accommodations for 130 first cabin.
l6S second cabin and LOO steerage pas
sengcrs. In the first cabin saloons and
statero0mS she has been fitted uD i'm a de-
gree OF elegance almost unheard OF
before IN transatlantic steamships.
the upholstering, carving, gliding
paintings and mirrors being of the richest
and costliest description. ELECTRICITY
is used for lighting purposes in all parts
OF the ship, there being upwards of 26O
Swan incandescent lamps employed. forty
OF which are in the main saloon alone.
These receive their electric current from
TWO SlemenS dynamoS, EMPLOYED alter
nately, and driven by two Tangve engines
of thirty horsepower each. For Iig6tin9
the hatchways when loading and unload
ing, lanterns, each holding clusters of ten
1ncandescent burners, are used. The
Fulda was contracted for in August. 1881
and was launched November Il. 1899
February p last she made her trial trim
on the CLYDE, averaging for six hours Il. 3
knots an hour. Accepted by the North
German Lloyd Company as soon
as the trial was completed, she started
at once for Bremerhaven, Germany.
reaching that port early in the morning Of
March :, making the voyage of 97S miles
i'll days, hours and 10 minutes.
averaging ia knots an hour. March n
the nrst outward trip to New York was
begun and the voyage to SOUTHAMPTON.
England, over 400 miles, was made in 23I%
hours. The steamer left Southamnton
waters on the evening of March 10, passed
the Needles at 1O:06 o'clock, and began
the ocean voyage proper. The weather
during the first four days was fair. but
ON the night Of the 20th immense fields of
foe ice were encountered, together with
several enormous icebergs. The sea-
going qualities of the steamer were
fully tested from the 2Oth to the 21st
when gale prevailed from the west
during which the heavy seas broke over
the bows, deluging the decks, but the yes
sci rode them buoyantly, and gave no evil
dence OF labor or strain in any part. The
runs of the Fulda ranged from 379 to All
miles a day, the average of the trip being
upwards of 800 miles, On two days she
ran over 400 miles, on the Goth and 23d,
when the distance covered was All and
4O1 respectively. Taking the season into
consideration, this must be set down as
an extraordinarily fast voyage, the dis
tance from Needles to Sandy Hook being
made i'm eight DAYS and three hours.