The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-22
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Orlando, the Latest Addition TO the British,
Navy. just Launched.

Orlando, thr Latest Addition TO the BrIiisi
Navy. Just Launched.
| Lond'n Corrospon 'ercc Of Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Orlando, the first of the "armor beltcd
cruisers building for the British navy,
was launched on the Tyne few days
ago by Palmer's Shipbuilding Company
Qimitcd) She is 300 feet long, So feet
wide and 81 feet deep, with normal
draft of II feet and total displacement
of 5000 tons. She is built of mild steel,
with belt of compound" or "stccl-
faced" armor 81 feet deep and 10 inches
thick on Ginch teak planting, which
extends for 200 feet on each side On a
level with the top of the "bclt"-that is
! feet above the water linc-and run
nlng for the same length, there is steel
deck 2 inches thick, which Mt distance
| OF 90 feet from each end slopes down
ward ut an anglo of 30 degrees, with
deck and plates 3 inches thick. The
openings of the decks are protected by
nrmor shutters or shcll-proof gratings.
The engines, boilers, magazines, etc,
! arc placed beneath this protective deck,
and the navigation Of the ship and the
firing of the guns will be directed from
"cOnning tower" covered with armor
plates twelve inches thick, placed ut tue
fore end of the ship, and communica-
ton to the various parts of the ship will
pass through steel tubes eight inches
thick. Tho ship is divided into one
hundred watcr-tight compartments, the
bulkhcads In some parts being cxccp-
tionally strong. The engines and boilers
Occupying four water tight compart-
mcnts) arc placed i'll the middle of the
ship, with coal bunkcrs on each side five
feet wide. Beneath the engines and
boilers there is n double bottom, divided
INTO compartments, to be filled with bal
last water. There is an open space be-
tween the bunkcrs and the ships side
The magazines arc placed in the middle
line OF the ship, fore and aft Of the en-
glncs, with storc-rOoms, shaft tunnels
etc, on either side. She will have two
sets of engines, on for each screw, of
the "triplc-cXpansion type" with forty
two-inch steam cylinders, indicating a
horse power of $500, and will steam
nineteen knots per hour. She has four
boilers, with six corrugated fiucs each,
capable of working to pressure Of 13O
pounds per square inch. Her steering
gear is placed aft, below the water line,
and she has eight tubes for discharging
torpcdocs. Her armament will consist
of two twcnty-two-ton guns, ten ivo.ton
guns and sixteen Hotchkiss quick firing
guns for throwing six and three pound
shot. Thc twenty-five ton guns will be
placed on the upper deck, mounted on
automatic carriages placed on revolving
platforms and protected by steel shields.
The siX-ton guns will also be placed on
the upper deck, five on each side OF
the small guns fourteen will Lc placed
on the main deck and one ut Tie top OF
each mast. Her ships company will
consist of 100 officers and mon, for
whom accommodation is provided on
the main deck. The builders have made
rapid progress with this ship, as the con-
tract was only given them in April of
last year. They have another ship of
exactly the same plan now building for
the British government. The contract
price for the hull and engines, each ship,
is e224, 900
Talking of armamcnts, one is reminded
that the Victory, Nelson's old flagship 1T
the battle of Trafalgar, was one OF the
ships inspected by the "colonial and In
dian visitors" who were the guests of the
naval officers at Portsmouth ten days
ago, and II comparison between her
bii't tilitu VI OilC VI lllC lllONcGu
ships illustrates very strongly the fcvo-
luton that has taken place in naval
architecture and ordinance since the be-
ginning OF the century. While the Vic
tory carried l0l guns Mt the battle of
Trafalgar, the entire weight of her
broadsido was only ,1G0 pounds, while
one gun of the lnticxiblc will throw n
proicctilo of LOO pounds. In other
words, one of the modern eighty ton
guns will throw nearly i've hundred
pounds more metal than the whole arma-
mcnt of the largest British ship engaged
Mt Trafalgar. The gross tonnage Of the
Victory was 2,2O0 tons, while the InAcXi-
bic has displacement of IL, 400 tons.
The former is wooden sailing ship of
the old "thrcc-dcckcd line of battle"
type; tho latter is twin-scrcw iron
armor plated turrct ship, carrying four
guns. The InicXiblc took prominent
part in the bombardment Of Alexandria.