The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-15
A ROYAL YACHT.
That of Emperor William of Ger
 many.
It Is Palatial in Its Appointments and Armed as Thoroughly as If In- tended for a War
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The Hohenzollern is a magnificent vessel. and looks more like a cruiser than a yacht. 1t is built of steel, painted white, and propelled by twin screws, connected with double set of engines. Its average speed is nineteen knots an hour. and this can be in- creased to over twenty knots an hour. The Hohenzoliern 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 spoles.
 The yacht, says London Queen, is armed with eight quiclz-fring Krupp guns and with it's graceful outlines sits high in the water. It has three masts and two tunnels, painted yellow, the gilded imperial German crown OF the prov and the Hohcnzollern coat of arms in black and silver, surrounded by laurel wreath, on tEe stern. The deck is covered with Iinoleum and over a 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. It is approached by a 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 chis dren on the starboard side. Wainscot- ing, doors and staircases, as we'll as other fittings and furniture, are of very ight-colored, almost white, maple wood; the ceilings white, picked out with gold; the rococo chimneys of nickel, and the walls covered with ere tonne, varying in pattern in the vari- ous apartments. The lofty and spa cious dining saloon on the middle deck is twenty-five feet broad by seventy five feet long, bat by an ingenious ar engagement 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 this saloon is the prom enade deck, with the smoAing-room at one end and the emperor's bridge on the other. The smoking-room is very comfortable, 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 em- peror's working-rooms, furnished with a telephone. Hanging on the wall is the log book and on shelf are some nautical books. Another worlz-roOm and conf erence-room are on the mid dle 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 bedstead of nickel, with a couaterpane 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 cers' mess-room and cabins, fitted up with oak furniture, are situated for ward. The kitchens on the deck be- low are splendidly fitted up. The Ho- henzollern is.116 meters long, with 14 meters beam, it's tonnage 2,4OO, dis placement 4,200 tons, and horse power 10000.