New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-14
VOMEN WHO HAZE CHRISTENED VESSELS.
wARSHIPS GET THEIR NAMES FROM WOMEN
WELL KNOWN EVERYWHERE.

"Ancient tradition" has this country preserved 10
madens the privilege being selected TO break the bot
Tie Of champagne over bow Of vessel and thus give
her the name by which Neptune and the world should
her. But this hoary precedent was departed from
at the launching II the 2OoO-ton cruiser at City Point
Works, Boston, when Mn. G. T. Allen. daughter ih-a"
OF President Allen OF the Central National Bank, ana one
Of asgnees OF tie works, broke the bottle OF wine
over the the vessel and sad In the name Of
King Neptune l thee Marblchcad' 1t Is possible
that a. in England lmehOnorcd custom Of having
only nadcns this service will not lie adhered 70 20
closely In the future departure from tabs rule was
made in 1855 whom the Of Chief Naval Constructor
Wilson chosen b chrsten one Of The cruisers, Scc"-
tay Whitney making tn" selection AS graceful compH'
ment in appreciation Of the able services u her husband
The Brit N Lord Admiralty has frequently selected
married women for this duty when ships OF importance
have been launched since 1sS2. when the batue-'hlP
Edinburgh was chr.sten,d March. by the Duchess OF
Ei.nburg. Then the Cal op' the Nsscl which ran our
Of harhOr Handsomely ana successfully al
the time when other vessels were wrecked the hurr.
cane chrIstened by Lady Phpp-- iofnby. wife ~
Admral-ln Chef Hornby, on June -, 1874 Thea FOL
lowed in order named tho Japlnese cruiser NaalWa
Kan, chrlstenel BY Lady Armstrong on March = lN7p
the batue.shp Camperlown by Mr.. W. II. Smith. wife
O, Lord Of the Admiral March -. 1855
the Jersey. by Lady Key wife Of Admiral oir A.
Cowb,r Key. March 81. lsSj; The AustIi,h cruiser
Panther, by Lady Armstrong. on June lJ. 1850 the
10 COOton battc-hip Benton by Gladstone. June
H. 1855 the armored cruiser Orlando BY Lady Palmer.
wife OF Sir G. NJ. Palmer. August s. 1850 also the
arHorcd cruiser Undauntcd, by LAZY George Hamilton
the armor,d cruiser Narcis-us. b. the wife u &.
II. Wilson member 81 raflilHent. on December 10,
1887; cruiser Barracout1, by the wife Of Captain
c. g.. Fame, May 49, 1859; the cruiser 'iod.
finch, by the wife Of Flag Captain A. {. Curtis on
May u.s. 1889 the cruiser Vulcan by the wife of Admiral
Gordon 49, 1850; the 9.0OOOn battleship Blake
by Lady O.. oggc Hamilton. November g. 1889, the
9OCOon baitlo.ship Benhcm by the wife q Admiral Hop
kns July 3. 1890; the II lj0ton ba:teshlp Roy al
Sovereign BIS Queen Victoria on February 20, lsJl the
Empress India sister To the Royal Sovereign. by the
Duchess Of Connsught May :, 1891 The cruiser Sappho,
by Lady Colonb. May .. 1901 the 1900 ton armored
cruiser ymon by the Warehouses Of salisbury July
o. 1891 the j0on battlc.ship Hood by Lady Hood.
Viscount Hood. July 80 1891, and the II 100
ton Latc.Shp solution By the wife Of Chief Constructor
W. H. Whit. May IS. 1892. The Spanish battle ship
Infanta Maria Teresa christened by Queen Chris
tina on the Ncron Balboa, on August 30. 1890
Then the Line steamships City Of New-iork
and City Of Paris ohrstcncd by Lady Randolph
Churchill aud Lady Colin Campbell, respectively when they
were launched in 1888 9th German Lloyd II amshp
Lain was christened by Mrs Bamwch on september D.
1889 Columbia. Of the Hamburg rcan wa cnFis
tened by Mrs. John Laird February - 1882 and the
Friesand BY Mrs. Marsiiy, August 10, 1882