The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
BNsLAND's FAsr FLYER HApOCK.
Firrt-cinrs Torpedo Bont that steams
Amnst I.'kc nm ENprc-r rnlr.


WASHINGTON Nov 1.-The brief despatch
| from London that reported the trial OF the
Havock on Tuesday gave her speed as thirty
miles IN hour. maintained for three consccu-
tive hours. II that means statute milesit il n
highly credltnhlc performance for this product
OF the Messrs. Narrow. and will set oven
Schichau OF Elhing to looking out for His lau-
rels H. however, 1t means sea miles. or knots.
| Ii breaks all records Of steaming ailoat. Even
Russia's Adler. built ut ElbinG. with her 2G's
knots for two hours, and her remarkable 21i
knots for ono hour in the open sea. would he
far surpassed by tho llavock II her speed werc
30 knots. at the mouth of the Thames
Italy has had Schichau boats built for her
with II guaranteed speed Of % . knots. md the
Pathan. la"row boat. is said to havo made
"a knots off Bombay. Tho French lnns-
uuenct built by Orollc at Nantes, was report
ed to be designed for % knots. ono Nosmani
boat garo Mt Cherhourg over ~ knots in II
two-hour run in the opcn sea. hor displaco-
ment being about 49,, tons. one OF Argcn-
tna's Thornycroft boats made 24.6 knots on
trial. and Braails Marcilio bias also built 10y
Thornycroft, exceeded % knots on the meas
ured mile and ~ knots during two hours.
while her predecessor the Iguatcmy. did still
better. But all these fast torpedo boats. It
is seen, are far below 80 knots. France. how
ever. Is to have rst-clnss torpedo boat, u rep
tons. ). 800 horse pnwer. and n speed OF 80
knots. so that II tho liavuck $ speed was really
reckoned in statute miles it will presumably
The contract for the TIavock did in fact call
only Tor - knots. CARRYING II load o! go tons.
but, their construction was postponed. md
twelve OF them seem now to to forthcoming.
Six We're expected to have their trials before
tho end Of this year. The names OF the twenty
are tho Hnyock. the Hornet. which were tho
first two; built by the Messrs. narrow. tho
hn ITt hal I'm rirp
the Daring, the Dasher. the Drcuy tho Ferret.
the llnsty. tho Janus. the Lightning, ,ho Lynx.
Surly the Teascr. and tn" Wizari. '' These
torpedo boats. which in the estimates IRE
placement of 10 tons. and carry three rapid
fire guns our Gushing has 10 tons ,iisrMcc-
mSnt "nd tho E,gsJon -" TOPS but neither
Tho length Of the IlavocK and her mates is
1SO feet. and the beam lSs lcet. A dcscrip-
ton OF them. given, by. n technical writer.
describes them as having the rising Goor
characteristic Of the Poplar boats.
ons" nss % % 81 '"r Hosi' .o or sS 9a
ana tumn,e h"ns on the TOP s;1es long Sxrtsnce
speed ana seaw"rthlnrss ~ hsgn degree 1hs latter
turtle back forSad is "o"c"tr T @
arranged; ana t., "" .l"mh' an ,mptoyemtnt on me
qualities in the tSrre boa Ii" i1rts back "MT eS
inr aft a. nearly To the position Of the
Here swept IN on each sid" to ION the coming
., iL Sne n,sr In re "',r%yers howey"r T."
coming tower IN tns Mai hHitt"hu protection Is
to the decking abHft tue aud
ms protection Is increased b. mVh huiwarks ctrh
side at that position, The shielding against water
Of deck houses placed here and advantage has been
tnken OF the position to mount two Gp"undrr quick
hrinS guns. these guns could be worked AZ bad
ward when working the guns.
Another noticeab Bile feature is said to be u
water-tight flat forward. about at the water
line. carried far aft as tine forward boiler
room bukhead. SO that practically II double
bottom is obtained for this part. 1t Is divided
Into various IoceptarIes for ammunition aud
stores There are three torpedo dischargerS
consisting OF q double torpedo gun on n turn
table aft and u tube in tn" hull forward. which
be pointed toward the object OF attack. 4
transporting carriage for the torpedoes moves
railway which runs from the comm.
tower TO the turn table.
The !IavOck is TO lie n seaEOing torpedo vessel.
and accordingly has AN extra Quilt Of boats.
including a !i-tont WlialehOnt andtwo 1n-tout
Betthon boats. The ruulcr is considered prr-
ticularv efficient. There are about % water
tight compartments incuGing l3athwnrtship
feet Of the boats length. and the wardroom
and cabins at occupy about 30 feet. whis
much attention is paid to the comfort OF tho
crew in ventilation and living space. this ho-
ing great need OF torpedo craft. The engines
are triple expansion. with cylinders oi X. ~;
and .Eit. inches aRd a working pressure Of lSJ
pounds. Copper instead OF steel tubes arc
used In the boilers.
The performances OF the other boats Of the
1iavock class vii! now he awaited with the
greatest interest. 1t plain that they set tho
standard OF speed in such craft very high