The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-05
THE HORNET AVID HER CLASS
se-e Of the Torpedo Beats th.t Co-s Nssr.
est e. the Specs or the EreIish Flyer.

est 10 Nne specs ot the bHwNsh ftyers
wAsHrNoroS. March 4.-Ths recent run Of
the torpedo boat destroyer Hornet achieving
. speed OF 20 knots. has caused her builders to
declare that she IL the fastest boat Of any sort
ever constructed.
Apparently the claim il we'll founded. The
Hornet seems to be considerably faster than
her sister craft. the Havock. which was built
by the same firm. Ysrrow 4 Co. and the Havock
had appeared to be about the fastest boat in
the world. A speed OF ~ knots had been con.
trscted for with load OF 30 tons. and II has
been beaten easily. As % knots means about
32il statute miles. Il is like the rush OF q rail-
road train.
Tho Havock. about four months ago. in very
heavy sea. with the water taken aboard even
finding It's way to the engine room. attained a
mean speed for three hours In succession OF
26'I knots. the boilers keeping up an ample
supply OF steam. with the rressures ranging
from 100 to 40 pounds and the engines aver
aging 300 revolutions per minute. The brief
despatch about the Hornet does not say for
how long q time she maintained her % knots.
There have been several boats In past years,
however that Appropriated to this speed.
The Thorneycroft boats. built for various
countries. have been wonderfully fast. The
Ariete. built for Spain. 10 said to have reached
n rate OF ~ knots a q hour. and her sister boat,
the Rayo. 25t, knots; but that was FOR runs Of
only knot on the measured mile course. The
Rayo. however. made 24.0 knots Tor two
hours run past the More to sea, and the Ariete
third Thorneycroft boat. called the Coureur.
two hours run. All these boats moreoyer.
were built six or seven years ago and they
SsTns sRrs c beam snd Of 4fGFeet
dEaught OF not quito I'VE. and displacement
For Argentina Thorneycroft built the Mura-
Is Ion ehy speed u t rssoa iS rI ss
after section Of this boat m axes a great diner.
ence In her speed. and she Is slow IN shallow
wsf sc s SS%GqGG ~ on
For Brazil ThoIneyeroft built the harcilio
msts an .v whSs d !,s u RnO9s whs m
%es an rn IN '!S miles hour
During tho run steam was blowing of from
S1h e Int wtS an q air I pfs.S9s 81
In preceding years some fast .Y.rEow boats
Thofne -construct.d for the Argentine Repub-
S sss,e 81 91 aos !n s .adq2Rs
knots respectively. A sixth boat. the Bathurst.
S Sts {sIrcT Boat 5S iAfS over
seven years ago. attained speed OF % knot:
an nOur, ana nor sister snlD bpoe0 OIL Z4.!p.
Of "A feet. Yarrow boat built Tor the British
navy several years ago; HAVING length OF l35
tons Of coal. The Pathan, one Of three boats
tried OF Bombay In 1892. is said to have made
schichau of IElbinr has long been famous for
trs and hss p Psd seod
prior to tn: performances OF the Hsvock aud
ah tai In hAF In In hA IA at Aft In
the world. She Is 152 iest Inches long. II II
feet beam. and Of about $50 tons displaee;;
horse-powe gave her n mean, with six runs OF
q mile each. Of PA knots: while tor two hours
had several boats built for her By scsiehau'
with . displacement OF 13O tons and q guar.
sateed speed eaoih to ths ,h hd n%. namely OF
many is said to have many sehichau torpedo
boat: Of "a ~ AMI even "a knots o,,o,,.
One Of these. built BY Normand. gave 2O;7
for two hours and a third little over II
knots Five French boats OF only 70 tons are
auto. Averns and Dauphin. OF about i 25 tons.
are expected to exceed that speed Tho Lans-
Susnett . built by 0rio,is at inntss Il sad TO
mand boat. at Cherbourg. gave - knots In
two hours run in the Open sea; her displace::
this builder is to construct a boat OF rs tons
and 3.2f0 horse power with speed OF 80
kuOts. IL so no Will carry OH tHo out
at present these latter apparently belong to
larrow with the Havock. A speed of 24ti
knots are assigned to tho Mousquetaire. 1874
feet long and l5I broad.
The general description OF the Havock and
the Hornet. and especially OF their boilers. has
already been given in these columns. They
are called torpedo boat destroyers. since they
are designed TO orerate against an enemy''s
.nd FIRST sstr Lord a Sf tss
Admiralty put 1t. "a torpedo boat is essen
TALLY the weapon OF the weaker. and OF the as
sailant, rather THAN the defender ofcommerce;"
hence the new British movement tends TO
construct boats designed for operations
against an enemy,s torpedo iotilla, since his
armorclads and other big vessels can be more
than ovsrmAtched by british vessels OF sim
liar classes. The two already spoken Of are
the pioneers among score or more OF their
class INN ediately contsmplated; They are
1SD feet long, with q beam OF 1SS feet. the
rise OF the deck being about inches. The
Gushing has a length between perpsndiculars
OF 1873 feet 9 inches. and q breadth of IL feet
10 inches. so that 1t will be seen how much
larger the English boats arc.
The CON plsm ent OF the Hornet is said to be
about 40. and the berthinF Of the crew forward
has been carefully attended to- on account OF
the sea-ksepinG duties OF vessels OF this class.