The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-06-07
SWEETEST o.. CRUISERS.
THE NEW YORK sMAsHEs
ALL SPEED RECORDS.

Sne heeIS On SSsS Knots In Inro05
Minutes Less Than Four Hours and
Wins More Than 100000 I'm
Prize Money for the Cranps-No
-Perceptible Vibrations.
A dispatch from Gloucester. Mass, says
The United States cruiser New York tfi-5
umphantly upheld, on her trial trip, her title
to be called the aeetest war vessel In the
world
Over measured course OF S2.65 knots the
MAGNIFICENT ship steamed at the astounding
speed OF 21.07 knots an hour, winning forhee
builders the largest premium ever paid many
country. d, p, 'ss,....z.,,,-
{ When twenty -one knots was predicted as
the speed for the new cruiser many hoped
butfew believed her engines would ever be
able to drive such an immense mass Of steel
through the water ct such rate. Her per-
formance will be echoed from one end gof
Europe to the other, for It places the United
States In the van among the nayies ofSthe
world, and gives us not only the most power
full, but the swiftest armored cruising vessel
There has been great enthusiasm In Eng.
land over the performance OF the cruisers
Blake and Blepheim, some claiming that the
latter has attained a speed Of twenty
knots. In the first place these vessels are not,
armored, but simply protected by four inch
decks over machinery and boilers. Even
equal speed from them, therefore, would be
nothing remarkable against q vessel carry
ing. in addition to six-inch protective deck,
a fye-inch side belt and two turrets, each
eleven inches thick. ~ ~ ~ "
In the second place neither Of these vessels
has ever had an official trial overs measured
course. The Blake broke down from leaky
boilers, after reaching speed Of 1877 knots
in shoal water and developing only 1900
horse power, while the Blenheim was gauged
only by patent log, which, it is claimed, In
dicated 22]I knots. 4stI
This same instrument on board the New
York showed q speed on her trial trip OF
twenty-three knots, and the difference be-
tween that and the actual distance covered Is
proof of how unreliable patent logs are as
official tests. n
The courselay between Cape Ann and Cape
Porpoise, q distance of 41.65 miles, with
number Of tugs and other vessels stationed
at intervals to mark the Hme and observe the
force and direction Of the current.
The New York passed the Yesuyius, the
southernmost vessel Of the line, at g. -, with
her engines making 1S0 revolutions per
minute and her steam pressure at 1875 pounds.
Tnis gradually increased to 135 revolutions
W AAA<sAAAsS<>AASNe
throughout the ruin. The Nina was passed
at :46, the Bennington at 10 05, the Fern at
10 al, the, Fortune lat 10 III, the Leydan at
II 05 and the Kearsage at II 25. 3
This was just one-half the required dis
tance and was made In Just two hours The
cruiser now made q long turn and ran for the
line, going to the southwark. She passed
the vessels as follows Kearage. IL ~ Ley
den, u 04; Fortune, u ~; Fern, u 10;
Bennington, 191; Nina, 1 go; Vesuvtus,
l Al. #a, s r@5s],t NyjS4
The return trip was made In One hour and
thirty-seven minutes. The first run was at
the rate Of 20 33, tre second at 21 :35, giving
as an average Il 09 knots. The horse power
developed was Il, 900. 's5&
She steamed S3.3 nautical miles IN throc
hours ifty-seven minutes and forty-hve
seconds, making an average OF 21.09 knots
per hour. y .
A feature of the run was the absence Of
any perceptible vibration in the great war
ship, though her bow wave was fully eight
feet In hei9ht, and the water fell upon each
side OF her cutwater like torrent from Nj
asara. Another peculiarly was the stern
wave, " wlich was pronounced by experts the
most remarkable ever seen in this county.
Standing upon the quarter and looking Oh,
the water was churned into foam as far aS
the eye could reach, and this extended about
twenty feet beyond the vessel on each sde.
The extreme velocity with which the New
York went through the water would make, Il
was thought, q wave Of great height, but 30
fine were the h1es Of the cruiser that It Was
scarcely more than Ave feet from crest TO hol-
low. Small as this was, however, the diver
eeIce Of the'water was something amazing,
and Whenever q tug was passed It was AmoR
swamped from the swasb. bsaf.j 80,
The marvellous record made may be stu
increased, for there was current setting on
an angle of forty-fve degrees to the course,
and when the corrections are added It ts fatr
to presume that the speed will be something
In the neighborhood Of 2L15 knots. OF one
thing the Cramps are sure-of receiving
premium ,of s200, 900, the largest ever paid
any shipbuilding firm In the world $50