The Republican journal., 1885-06-25
A Monarch Of the Seas.


THE MONSTER CRAFT NOW APPROACHING COM
| PLETION AT ROCkPORT, ME. THE LARGEST
| SHIP EVER BUILT IN MAINE AND LARGEST
SAILING VESSEL But ONE YET CONSTRUCT
| ED ON THE CONTINENT-SOME OTHER BIG
SHIPS.
The town of Camden on Penobscot Bay, with
| its towering mountains, pretty villages and
snug little harbors, has many attractions for
the stranger who appreciates the picturesque
in nature, and many people go there to live in
summer, enjoying health and many pleasures.
But Just now there is an additional attraction
there. not one of nature. but the result of mans
artiice-a splendid ship of monster proportions
and beautiful model. This monarch of the
seas is on the stocks of Carleton. Norwood Il
Go. of Rockport, the most picturesque of the
towns four villages, and Is the object of much
| attention from people tar and wide.
She is 2G3 feet keel, 80 feet over all and 40
feet beam, with Is! feet total depth of hold, 81
feet of this being tween decks. She has two
full decks and set of heavy orlop or spar
beams II feet from the floor. These dimensions
indicate that she will measure over 2600 tons.
net register. making her the largest sailing ship
but one ever built in America, the Great Re-
public coming first in point Of size. being down
in the register for 1896 tons This latter was
302 feet tonnage leugth. 4 feet inches beam,
% feet , inches hold had three decks. and was
built by Donald Mckay at East Boston in 1898.
| The ROckport craft has frame of Virginia
white oak, with planking and ceiling of South
ern pine, and is very strongly fastened with
iron and copper. all the treenails being North
Carolina locust Below the light line the
fastening is all composition The frame is very
heavy and we'll seasoned. There are three
keel>Uns. one stick on the other. each l6X16
inches. with sister keelSons 15X15. five bilge
keelsons 14Xl4 on Il side and two midhoor
| keel>ons 14Xl4. The decks are laid in white
pine She has two lock strlkes, each l0Nl4
inches, and grub ,trake l2Xl2 running her
entire length. edge bolted anG cnt down |!
inches upon every deck beam. All three,
locks and grubS. are lock-keyed with locust
and they convey Il good idea OF the vessels
great strength.
The after house is 30 feet long and vii! have.
besides cabins. many Staterooms and closets
and complete toilet conNenirncts. 1t will be Il
veritable hoatng hotel. This house, which is
built from the main deck. il surrounded by a
tour-fOot poop. which extends about 20 feet
beyond the forward cUmpanionWay. The for
ward house is d feet long. and will bt a. good
home atlOat as poor Jack could Wi>h-well
finished. we'll lighted and well ventilated. The
>torerooms. galIeys, boys quarters, etc, occupy
the after part of The house. while the foreca>tIe
takes up the forward part. There are "A hunks
for >eamen in the torecastle, accommodations
for the other people who live forward being in
the after half OF The house.
Ih- big ship will carry for her lower mast>
four sticks of Oregon pine which will trim up
| as
diameter: miZZen. IS feet long. 81 inches diam
rtrr. and iirorr 81 feet long ) inches in diam
eter. These big sticks were towed down from
Boston by Il tug boat and Were hauled out of
the water by a long string Of oxen. The mz-
| zen. main and foremost will be square rigged
| thn In.4r ana tonS.il wards hninU also of Orc
CON ,,irp ,yhile the i.5arn,st will he fore.,nd
aft rig9cd. The maintop Will be sixteen feet
across and there will be room enough up there
for pretty nearly the whole ships company. A
She " i'll carry may be had from the fact that if is
IA f.rt from fhe- drrk 10 the main truck. while
her lower ward. are about 80 feet long. She will
carry uue nf 1h4 knovIton'. natpnt windl,>sps
.ul fhrrr ,.,,,,f.n> of the same make two ON
The forpr.,,tI. deck and one amidshins. Her an
.hnr. viii he frnn, r,,nd.n yiilaun where onn
ot aver q COO nonnds weioht i. ,,lrr,dy hammer
| .I nut Uar hiorLs arc massive ,tltii. und her
finch To- ,n,y.rful nno,,gb to work tha shin win
| or ,tan,, anpina ...i.t.unn II, the u,iist tha
r.iI j. NJ, ,n -, n,.,,. .bin ,nd ,ronnd tbn oo,,
aft i "a hs,vl Nv rnil snnnortrn Nv J, dnnhs
rnw nf s+nt,.h;on. Si Viii he ,nat,IeI on ~.
| tnnl.s ,nI = noo shoots will hn ra,,,iraa to cnv
"9 'o9U M ~ III ~
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| ,s;Ii ,'rh, ~ hano,,o amn fenr,b a,-nar ,,,I
n,Itdr nI ~ to bnr n.,,aN,yali tbe, have a
nav Scheme tnr n,mino yasseIs nowalavs
,rl;b IN, ,ut, j;,J. Win nn. .tonn sn,1a
,,,1th, Nh, i i,,,i,aI to tl,.o NJ, ,.rt ~ tha
va..tI ,enar.II, :, sivtaantb e@hth or n,artar
am, bal. tIa vessel n4n,aI aft,r I'm, H.. cs n
anu lidNc iuV NoSSCl h'tiii'b hlt'i HEi- lit StH-
orally accepts, and has not only blt OF snip
property but the Satisfaction OF Sehdlng MS
name ON Il noble craft to every sea- lhus the
builders dispose of the naming problem and
par Of the vessel at the same time. Just who
the big tockport ship VIII be named Tor Is as
yet undecided, but 1t Will probably be some
New ork or Boston merchant The vessel Is
rapid! approaching completion and II few
weeks Will he ready for launching. Then She
VIII probably load at New York with general
cargo for San Francisco afterwards going into
the grain trade. As this monster sits on the
stocks, awaiting the day when she Will glide In
to the little harbor. she Is the most imposing
and symnetrlca OBJECT In the village. ana can
be distinctly seen from away out IN the pay
ShIpbulldlng i quiet on the bay, but little Rock
port boasts that She is building AS much tom
mage rs would make dozen ordinary sch0on-
ers. and, i'll fact, is quite prosperous in this
line. over one hundred and fifty men having at
times been engaged on this one vessel. This
monster will rate in the highest class of LIoyd'>
Al tor ID years, and VIII he credit TO her
builders and an honor to Maine, the home of
wooden ships.
Carleton, Norwood N Co., the enterprlsinS
builders, began business in 1874, since which
time they have constructed "a vessels incud-
ing the present craft. Many of these are yet
atloat, and all have enjoyed excellent reputa-
lions; they have carried the American flag all
est sailors. Old builders and mariners will see