The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-12-23
A ROYAL YACHT.
That OF Emperor William OF Ger
many.
1t II Palatial In It's Appointments and
Armed as Thoroughly - II In
tended for War
shin.

The Hohenzollern is a magnificent
vessel, and looks more like cruiser
than a yacht. 1t is built of steel,
painted white, and propelled by twin
screws, connected with double set of
engines. It's average speed is nineteen
knots an hour, and this can be in
creased to over twenty knots an hour.
The Hohenzollern has two wheels, one
at the stern, the other near the bow,
the latter worked by steam, the former
by man-power, both being painted
white and gold, with nickel spol1es.
The yacht, says London Queen, is
armed with eight quick-fring Krupp
guns and with its graceful outlines sits
high in the water. 1t has three masts
and two tunnels, painted yellow, the
gilded imperial German crown on the
Prov and the Hohenzollern coat of
arms in black and silver, surrounded
by laurel wreath, on the stern. The
deck is covered with linoleum and over
large part there is an awning, where
in fine weather the emperor has
luncheon and tea parties. In the fore
part of the vessel is bridge reserved
for the emperor. 1t is approached by
mahogany stairway and has mahog-
any railings.
The emperor's apartments on the
middle deck amidships are on the port
side, those of the empress and her chill
dren on the starboard side. Wainscot-
ing, doors and staircases, as well as
other fittings and furniture, are of very
light-colored, almost white, maple
wood; the ceilings white, picked out
with gold the rocco chimneys Of
nickel, and the walls covered with ere
Gus apartments. The lofty and spa
cious dining saloon on the middle deck
is twenty-five feet broad by seventy
five feet long, but by an ingenious ar
rangement of portieres can be made OF
any size the emperor pleases.
It is upholstered in gray and white,
and, like the whole of the vessel,
lighted by electricity and warmed by
steam pipes. On the center table
stands the Queens cup, won by the Me-
teor at the recent royal yacht squad
ron regatta at Cowes, and on another
table the County Down cup, won by
the Meteor at the royal Ulster regatta
in 1892. Above TINS saloon Is the prom
enade deck, with the smoking-room
at one end and the emperor's bridge
on the other. The smoAing-room is
very comfortabl furnished and lined
with porcelain plaques, on which illus
trations of German battles by sea and
land are painted.
On the upper deck is one of the en-
peror's worl1ing-roo furnished with
telephone Hanging on the wall is
the log book and on shelf are some
nautical books. Another worl1-room
and a conf erence-room are on the mid
die deck, their walls being decorated
with water-color sketches and photo
graphs of the queen, the empress OF
Germany, and her children.
The saloon intended for family gath
erings is decorated in blue and silver
and fitted with furniture of maple and
a fireplace of marble and nickel. The
empress bedroom contains a bcdstead
of nickel. with a counterpane Of red
silk and hangings OF gray satin Ad-
joining the emperor's room aft are the
apartments and the mess-room
of the imperial suite, while the Off
GERS mess-room and cabins, fitted uE
with oak furniture, are situated for
ward The Kitchens on the deck be-
low are splendidly fitted up The Ho-
henzollern is 11G meters long, with IA
meters beam, it's tonnage 2,400, dis
placement 4,200 tons, and horse power