Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-25
THE SAVANNAH
THEhlRST STEAMSHIP TO GROSS
The ATLANTIC OCEAN.
A Corrected Drawlng--she Carried The Stars
and Stripes at Her Masthead The Pioneer
Trip Was Made in 1919.

The first voyages Of steamship across
the tnntic were made In lSlu, by the SIT |
Ynnnnh, IN American vessel carrying the |
American nag and manned by an American
crew II seems emluoutly proper to pre-
serve IN authentic record OF the event con-
neCte1 Herewith IN our national archives
particularly since the Original log-bOok OF
these voyages Is In the collection Of the
United states National Museum. So far AS
Is known, NO reliable drawings of the Sn-
yannah were I'm existence A llthOgraph,
faulty In many Of the details of the hull
sails. and rigging has been the basis Of ali
previous Illustrations Of this historic vessel
In Wow OF this fact a corrected drawing
based upon carly descriptions of this yes
SCI. together with such "details OF description
Us are cNtant, has been made by G, IL.
Hudson under the supervision OF Capt j.
W. Collins. the United Suites commissioner
Of hsh ana iiSherles and curator of the see.
non OF naval architecture In the national
museum. Washington, u. C., whose famill.
ority with the history of nnvu urehitec-
ulre and the copstrugtun OF sailing yesscls,
contemporary with tho Savannah, has en-
Rbled lin 10 correct many errors and sup
ply tlc deficiency In the original litho-
graph.
RE following notes. explanatory Of Ger.
tain techncaltles in the drawing, have been
furnished 90 the American Shipbuiller by
Commissioner Collins; The history Of the
Savannah shows that she was designed
originally for sailing ship; that her con
sirucuon was already well advanced when
| II was determined to make u steamship Of
| hei and that she was rugged Us Il sailing
| vessel, steam apparently being considered
| ehiely UuNhiuty, TO be used principally in
| cullns or with light or head Winds Tile
| cuutcmporuneous lithOgrHpA and all other
| Illustrations Of this famous vessel represent
| her us q full-rlgged snip, with however, no
| salts loftief thHt topgullant sails with her
| mainlnust and foremost more widely sep
| artNed than On ships designed for sail alone
| and having round stern, The sailing shiDs
! OF that period Were usually rugged very lift
| lily, commonly carrying royals while the al.
| most universal type of stern was square
| NeIeriholeSs, II Is reasonable to suppose
/ Of tlt, ole
| equipment Of the Savannah may have felt
| that neht sails which oGu.l be used only
IN moderate winds, would not be necessary
on sup having steam as an auxiliary mo-
| tive power. and that her stern was round il
ny ne means Impossible. Therefore, not
having my authority for changing those
details, they have been reprcspnir1 M IN
The original Autograph; the relative posi.
TONS OF the masts, slnohe5tack and wheels
are also tttained. IN NJ details OF hull and
rig Win the exception Of those mentioned
the effort has been TO produce u ship Of inc
perl9d when The Savannah WIS built. ana
| special attention has been given 10 the do.
tAi,g of sails and rigging points in which
al Illustrations Of this ship. previously py-
iaht We're markedly erroneous and unsatis.
| iuclnFF tnc sup u represented MS close
hauled ON the starbourd tncl, IN a fresh
breeze with her paddle wheels In motion,
sAe, Is RISING ON the slope Of an Atlantic
awen. leaning Wen over TO the breeze. while
me yeasy save curling awny from nor
DOW ana sweeping IN foam along her sides
mlilga'es that she is moving AZ good
honu cIev+e1 ,,n a., a 49, elh mas JUST
ciIn,bing no li,. unu 'wo sehmen are seen
While in tie di5 1ftmSe an l4F, inc canvas.
yasrIs 'ui"''s oeio'e 'he WIND with square
The snyanpoh was a ,,u..,,
$50 tons bnrthen and was Ib niits snip o.
ii9'Nt ,N Nv i9rh, ny francis Pickett and
nornuEh % savannah. Ga. Al drst Size WIS
ihtehuel 70 ne used us a smiling pnplet iie.
t nNi Si,s SGM York 9n1 liayre, France. The
SnncGeI Eug ~ 81 ~ ~ ~ any tue vessel was
,ne a9 ~ AZ. stood upon tile stocks she AZ
N6o nm s1 ,'i,,ion ni NNpL Moses Rogers
stevens II, Vo nssoH,el Win Fulton and
,b yIN s,6rlro u was through his excrtIons