The morning call., 1892-06-26
SHIPS OF ALL NATIONS.
Information about tho Steam and Sailing
Vessels Of the World.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
The fastest passage between New York
and Queenstown. both eastward and west
ward, was made in the latter part Of 1891
by the steamship TeutOnic, of the White
Star line. The fastest passage from Queens
town TO New \ ork was made in August,
being days, IS hours and 81 minutes. The
fastest passags from New York to Queens
town was made in October, being . days, y
hours and minutes.
The first steam vessel to cross the Allan
tic Ocean was the Savannah. which crossed
from Savannah, Ga, TO Liverpool In 1919
The frat steam vessels 10 reach New Ork
from Great Britain we're tie Sirius and the
Great Western. The Sirius, a ship Of 700
tons, sailed from Cork April /, 1888, and the
Great Western, 1910 tons, left Bristol three
days later They arrived on Apr, %, the
Sirius in the morning and the Great West
ern in the afternoon.
Tie 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 532 feet in length.
The largest tuTret ship IN the woTld-per-
haps the largest battle-ship IN eXiSieuce--is
the British battle-ship Hood, which was
launched at Chatham on JGiY 30, 1891. The
Hood has q displacement Of IL $50 tons. The
largest American WarSnip is the narb0r de-
ship in the French navy Is the BTennus,
which was launched early in October, 1891
/ Her displacement is II 600 tons.
The lOnges. sailing craft afiOat is the Brit
ish iron ship LaDeing. She Is a fOur-masted
iron ship IF 2600 tons and $50 feet in length.
IL 1890 the keel was laid in a shipyard on
1 the clyde OF what was 10 be the largest
sailing craft IN the world. Her tonnage
was 10 be $500, her length $50 feet aDd she
was to have i've mastS. The three biggest
f0ur-masted ships in the world are said to
be the Palgraye, TIE Liverpool aud tie
Puritan. The PalgTaye measures 3O61 tons,
the Liverpool $3.50 tons.
The three biggest American sailing ships
in existence last year were the Rappahan-
mock. the shenandoah and tie Susquehanpa.
The kappahannOck was burned on the South
Pacific November II, 1891 The largest sail
ing vessel in the world, says the skipper OF
the Shenandoah, who rates his craft next,
is the 6Ye-masted French steel ship La
France.
Tie biggest steam ferryboat n the world
is the Cincinnati, built by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to ply between New
York aud Jersey City.
e. The largest steam engine in the world is
on the new Italian cruiser Sardegna. A
force Of ., coo horse power is developed.
The fastest ship in the United States
navy, il is supposed, is the San Francisco
which on her trial on the Pacific Coast
maintained during t0ur hours run speed
of 1877 knots an hour. That was one-tsnth
of a knot IN excess Of the record Of the
Philadelphia. The maximum speed de-
Yel0ped by the San Francisco was 2006
knots an hour, which is equivalent 20 %
land miles
One of tie fastest voyages from China to
New York was made in the summer OF 1890
by the steamship Glen Ogle Of the Glen lin e
of GLASGOW, which arrived from Annoy in IS
DAYS The fastest time was by the Glen
shrl Of the same lines days.
The fastest passenger steamboat plying in
the waters Of the United States is the Mary
Powell, running from New York City to
Albany Nobody kn-ws just how fast she
could 90 if put to her mettle.