The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-08-08

110.ton breeoh.loaders, which dischsrga9
projectiles Of 1900 pounds, with maxi
mum charges Of 900 pounds, each;9un
being capable Of firing ahead, and also.
II Consequences of thv conformation OF
the superstructure. on the side within
an arc Of 100 degrees; one 30.ton gun.
firing astern and on either quarters; 10
lye.ton guns, IL six-pounder and nine
three-poundor quick firing guns, be.
sides machine guns for smaller ammuni-
ton. In other words the Victoria will
be able to discharge from the broadslde
1850 pounds Of metal simultaneously,
consuming 5000 pounds Of powder.
She Is also fitted with eight torpedo
discharges. This stupsndous lighting
machine will have a complement OF
600 officers and men, OF whom Ito will
be engineers, stokers and other nor.
combatants. According to tho navy
estimates for the current year the total
Of the Victoria, including hull,
machinery and guns, Is G817,841.
The trial with open stokeholds, or as
1t is sometimes but enormously termed,
undor natural draught, came OF
recently under tho superintendent Of
Captain Stevenson, @. b., the head or
the Midway Steam Reserve. Captain
Symons. OF her Majesty's ship Pom.
broke, was in charge OF tile, navigation
Of the ship, and among those in attend.
ance were Mr.. r. J. Butler, who re-
presented the Admiralty; Messrs. p.
Watts, II. Black and M. Sandison, from
tho Elswick firm, the builders; Mr.. j.
H. Ferguson, Chief Inspector Of
Machinery Of the Midway Reserves;
Mr.. Mitchell, Fleet Engineer Of tho
ship, and BIessrs. Andrews and
Croker, who represented the engineer
Ing and constructive departments Of
Chatham Dockyard. Mr.. Robert
Humphreys conducted the trials on be-
half Of the contractors. The Victoria
was u for four hours, but without
unduly pressing the engines, as the con-
tractors were confident Of exceeding
the guaranteed power under the con-
ditions. at the end Of the trial the
following mean results were worked
out: Steam pressure In boilers. 131.16
pounds; vacuum, 27.8 and 26.8 inches;
revolutions, 1878 and 1876 by the star.
board and port engines; indicated horse
power. 1860 starboard, and 4182.1
port giving u collective Indicated power
Of 8038. 04. or 538 horses in excess Of the
contract. The mean speed realized, as
measured by patent log, was 10 knots.
The Of the observations taken
during the four hours steaming gave
the following results: Steam pressure
In boilers, 1884 pounds; mean air
pressure in %stokeholds, 1877 inches Of
water; In condeDsers, star
board, 27.4 inches, ana port. 81 inches;
mean revolutions, 1925 starboard and
100.37 port; medn indicated horse
power, starboard, 7107. 81 and port,
7l36. SO, giving the remarkable collec-
tive Indicated power Of 14.244, Sd, be-,
Ing no less than 2244. 81 horses above
the $4,000 guaranteed, great as that
was. The speed Of the ship was over
ia knots, the entire series Of results
being obtained at an expenditure OF 81
pounds Of coal for every indicated
horse power an hour. x
at the conclusion OF the trial tile
officers expressed great satisfaction at
the unique results obtained. e}IheI
Victoria returned to Chatham to COM
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