The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-07-13
A New Naval Terror.


A New Naval Terror.
New York World.l
A uew acquisition to Englsnd's navy
was launched recently and christened
the Vulcan. She is destined as twin
screw torpedo depot ship, but 10 fast
protected cruiser aud u formidable
entirely novel type.
TIE construction of the Vulcan was
begun on June 16, 1888. She is of 662O
tons displacement = larger, tn short,
than any of the large Indian troop
ships and three times as large as many
q cruiser. She is built Of steel, her hull
alone Weighing 3l7O tons, and her prin>
cipal measurements are as follows
Length, $50 feet; beam, GS feet; mean
drausht, % feet. The vertical keel is
of an unusually heavy and substantial
character and Ia feet inches high.
The cast-steel U-shaped sternpost Is
extra strong, weighing five tons. The
vessel is divided into numerous water
tight compartments, and is protected
by continuous steel. deck Inches
thick in the slope and q inches else.
where. The engines are of the triple
expansion type aud will give collec>
tive indicated horse power under force
draught of 10000. They will drive the
ship at a speed Of 90 knots (23 miles)
and Is knots (2O.7 milee) at sea. There
will be storage for 1000 tons of coal, an
amount sufficient for 300 miles steam
ing at 1S knots an hour. She will
have balance rudder similar 10 that
fitted to the Spanish cruiser Reina Re-
GENT and to the Inman steamer City
of New York. This will enable the
new war ship to turn complete circle
of not more than 400 yards in diameter
in little over three minutes.
AS a torpedo depot ship she will be
admirably adapted for the work. She
will be floating factory, full of fsrges
and workshops for the repair of tor
pedo boats and torpedoes. She will
carry an immense supply of torpedoes,
submarine mines aud all necessary
gear for submarine work on q large
scale. and she will also have upon her
decks small tiotilla, probably eight In
number, of second class torpedo boats
of the largest size. These she will be
able to moist overheard and dispatch
in all directions at a few minutes no.
tice. The Vulcan will also have a
torpedo armament of her own consist
ing Of six launching tubes, some OF
which are TO be under water. Regarded
more particularly as a cruiser She will
possess qualities which will entt,le her
to rank among the most formidable
unarmored cruisers Of the world. She
Will have weapons which at close range
will be capable of penetrating armo'
J. up to nearly 16 inches thick. The
quick firing armament will be thu
= most powerful of any ship in th'
world. 1t will enable her TO discharg'
on each broadsIde storm OF from
eighty to $50 prcjectiles a minute, ant
] should she ever be attacked by mar
i mored cruisers or torpedo boats sh'
: would be able TO give them warn
Fl reception.
! The old Roman wall OF London, iai'
o bare by the excavations for the nes
,. post Office at St. Martin's-le Grand, be
;; comes daily more Interesting to ant
n uuariaus AS further portions are ur
/, covered, The London ILLUSTRATED
J. News notes the fact and then goes ol
l. to say: "From the better view nov
r obtained, II is evident that the re
TO mans dug down about feet into tn
r London clay, filled up the trench fe
y . feet with rnixure of clay and flint
n surmounted this structure with fe'
of tho hardest concrete, and then lal
it tiles in sets OF three courses, each sep
,r rated by . feet of stonewOrk. App
p rently the wall was feet 6 inch
Of high. A bastion has been found
o. the northwest corner Of the ground g.
to ac,Iy coincidipg with that marked
all the map of Stripes edition OF Stow
Ill 1856, but seemingly Of later wol
be than Roman time5-probably med
u nval. Many pits have also been -four
,at filed with animals bones, viii
may either have been used for t
rubbish of the city, or for the reft
- Of the siaughterhouses In the butche
tic colony, which from Saxton times G
,n is,ed close by in Moorgate street,
TO- Wnen the site of the French Prot
vas ,ant church is excavatcd IL is expec
) a that complete section OF the wall
is the ancient town ditch may be
covered
led
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