The Globe-republican., 1892-08-05
THE SHIPS.
A Lot Of Curious Information About Ships
OfMany Kinds and Many Nations.

The first, fastest, finest, biggest
ships in the world present a wonder
full study. At no time has such gen.
eral interest been directed to the
subject of marine superlatives in this
country as in the year 1891. The
greatest ocean highway in existence
is that across the Atlantic between
Great Britain and the City of New
York, and the records in which the
world is most interested are made
along that highway.
The fastest passage between New
York and Queenstown, both eastward
and westward, was made in the latter
part of 1891 by the steamship leu
tonic of the White Star Line. The
fastest passage from Queenstown to
New York was made in August, be-
ing five days. sixteen hours and
thirty-One minutes. The fastest pas
sage from New York to Queenstown
was made in October, being five days,
twenty-One hours and three minutes.
The first steam vessel to cross the At
lantic Ocean was the Savannah, which
crossed from Savannah, Ga. to Liv-
erpool in 1919. The first steam YES
sells to reach New York from Great
Britain were the Sirius and the Great
Western. The Sirius. ship of 700
tons, sailed from Cork, April 4, 1888,
and the Great Western, 1,34O tons.
left Bristol three days later. They
arrived on April %, the Sirius in the
morning and the Great Western in
the afternoon.
The greatest steam vessel ever
built, in SIZE, was the Great Eastern,
which was 692 feet in length. and SO
feet in breadth. The TeutOnic is 5s2
in length.
The largest turret ship in the
world, perhaps the largest battle ship
in existence, is the British battle ship
Hood which was launched at
Chatham, on July 80, 1891. The
Hood has displacement of IA, $50
tons. The largest American war
ship is the harbOr defence vessel
Miantonomoh. The finest war ship
in the French navy is the Brennus
which was launched early in October.
1891. Her displacement is IL, 900
tons.
The longest sailing craft afoat is
the British ship Lancing. She is
four-masted iron snip Of $500 tons
and 356 feet in length. In 1890 the
keel was laid in shipyard on the
Clyde of what was to be the largest
sailing craft in the world. Her tom
age was to be $500, her length $50
feet, and she was to have five mastS
The three biggest fOur-masted ships
In the world are said to be the Pal
grave, the Liverpool and the Pur-
itan. The Palgrave measures 3,OSl
tons, the Liverpool 3, $50 tons.
The three biggest American sailing
ships in existence last year were the
Rappahannock, the Shenandoah and
the Susquehanna. The Rappahan-
mock was burned on the South Pacific
November II, 1891. The largest sail
ing vessel in the world, says the skip
per of the Shenandoah, who rates his
craft next, is the flve-masted French
steel ship La France.
The biggest steam ferryboat in the
world is the Cincinnati, built by the
Railroad Company to
ply between New York and Jersey
City.
The largest steam engine in the
world is on the new Italian cruiser
A force of $4,000 horse
power is developed.
The fastest ship in the United
States Navy, it is supposed, is the
San Francisco, which on her trial on
the Pacific coast maintained during a
four hours run speed of 1877 knots
an hour. That was One-tenth of a
knot in excess of the record of the
The maximum speed
by the San Francisco was
20. 06 knots an hour, which is equiv
alent to twenty-three land miles.
One of the fastest voyages from
China to New York was made in the
of 1890 by the steamship
Glen Ogle of the.Glen line of Glasgow,
which arrived from Annoy in forty
six days. The fastest time was by
the GlenShiel Of the same line, forty
three days
The fastest passenger steamboat
plying in the waters of the United /
States is the Mary Powell, running
from New York City to Albany. No
body knows just how fast she could |
90 if put to her mettle.
The greetest fleet of passenger YES
sells owned by any one company is |
that Of the Peninsula and Oriental |
Steam Navigation Company. In the
feet are seventy.two steamships of |
1919, 27O tons and 1S9, 900 horse power.
The p. and o. steamships steamed
?. 500, 900 miles in 1890 without an &C |
cident.
The biggest fore-and-aft schooner
in the latest government list is the |
Golden Age. 1903 tons, built at Alb
bots Bridge, O., in 1883. The Gov
ernor Ames. built at Waldaboro, Me-,
in 1889, registered 1859 tons. and |
is the largest schooner in salt water. |
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