The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-12
THE WEEKLY SENTINEL: THURSDAY, AUGUST -, 1886
a MODEL MAN-oF-wAR.

A MODEL MAN-oF-wAR-
It is Small but Fast and Can Run AwAt
From Monster Iron-Clads.
Another war ship has just been added
to the British navy. She has been bulk
by Messrs. James & George Thomp-
son, at their ship-building yard al
Clydesdale, and is now fast approaching
completion. This vessel has been
torpedo cruiser. The Mohawk is the
second of the Scout class; the first-the
Archer-was launched by Messrs.
Thompson last May. The Mohawk 10
225 feet long between her perpendicu-
lars, or about 240 feet over all. Her
beam is 80 feet and her depth 10 feet
Her displacement tonnage is 1850 in
what is called her normal sea-going
condition, or 1910 tons when fully
equipped with all the coal and stores
she can carry. A war ship is generally
measured by her speed, her armament.
her protection, her turning or maneuver.
ing power and the distance she can act
upon from any base. The speed of the
Mohawk is expected by the Admiralty
to be more than sixteen and q half
knots-how much more has not been
stated, but her builders, judging by the
exceedingly successful results OF the
forward to attaining nearly eighteen
knots in this vessel. She is propelled
BY twin screws and has engines of 4, 900
horsepower. The boilers arc four in
number. of the navy type having tubes
in the ends Of the furnaces. The total
weight of the machinery is $50 tons, q
weight which, in an ordinary merchant
steamers machinery would only be
capable of being accompanied by about
2, 900 horsepower. It Is only by care
full combination Of strong and light.
but expensive materials that such a re-
suit has boon produced. The gun
armament Of the Mohawk consists
of six 6-inch B. I. R mounted
ON central pivoted carriages and
eight machines OF rapid-frin9 guns.
The torpedo armament consists OF
ten tubes, one forward and one aft.
each firing fore and aft above the water;
two on each broadside, under the cover
of the poop or foreoastle, and one on
each broadside in the open part of the
middle OF the ship. There are also two
| underwater tubes, one on each side.
L
torpedo tubes is partly by means of q
shield over the rear of the guns or tor.
pedo tubes to protect the man firing,
and partly by means of plating one inch
thick on the ships side. The ship her
self relies upon her extensive system o.
subdivision for protection, the part in
the vicinity of the water-line being par
| ticularly infinitely divided The Goa
bunkers are also arranged to give pro
lection to the boiler, engines and maya
| zines, and all the vital parts are Gov
cred by water-tight deck little be
| low the water line. The turning power
fof the vessel wil be great. as she ha;
very strong steeTinE gear placed under
| water and acting Oh q rudder of nearly
| 100 feet in area. 1t is expected that the
time Is turn complete circle with bott
screws going ahead will be less thai
| -four minutes, and that the diameter o.
| the circle will not exceed 400 yards
With one screw going ahead and one
| going astern, the time will be about the
same, but the circle will naturally %
much less The amount Of coal Tho
Mohawk can carry is sufficient to drive
her at ten knots speed for 1000 knots,
| or for about $500 knots at full speed
The vessel has two complete decks, the
upper and lower. She also has a pool
and forecastle- deck, each about fifty
feet long, between which is huge
| .bulwark, forming hammock netting
and giving the vessel an unbroken sheer
line from stem to stern. The boat i:
formed with a clipper>shaped stem
above water and a projecting ram be
low. The stern is like an ordinary
merchant ships, and the appearance OF
the ship is very yacht-like. Her rig ii
ito be of the three-masted schooner type,
with crows nest on the forecastle fol
working a machine gun from. The
vessel is built of steel throughout, anC
every precaution has been taken to in.
sure the proper strength with the great
est lightness. x Chicago Journal.