The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-27
H.M.S. ROYALARTHUR.
Visit of Admiral Stephenson, of
the British Navy.
wARsHIP GREATLY ADMIRED.
First English Man-of-War to Visit the
sound Since 1sss-A Nine-Inch
Gun and . Torpedo Boat.

At 7 O'Clock last evening the British
flagship Royal Arthur, the second longest
.wsrsbip in the world, sailed into the har-
Dor and dropped anchor. being the first
British warship 10 come into this port
since 1853
The water front was soon lined with in
terested sight-seers, taking a view of
Q1een Victoria's big fighting machine,
and making comparisons between the
Royal Arthur and some of Uncle Sans
boats. Many of the on-lookers were max
ing guesses as 20 her length. but in the
majority of cases were deceived by their
eyes. as she was lying farther out in the
harbor than was apparent, being some
thing over mile from shore.
The correct length of the Arthur is 367
feet, her beam is 60 feet. and she draws y
feet of water. She is one of the first class
protective cruisers, built in Portsmouth,
England, and is comparatively new
boat, being launched February 20. 1891. at
the same time that the Royal Sovereign,
the largest warship in the world. was
launched. the latter being $50 feet in
length.
The Arthur carries thirty-nine guns. her
armament consisting of fourteen 6-inch
ing 45-inch Nordenfelt and 3-pound and
6-ponnd Hotchkiss guns. Her quick dr.
ing 6-inch guns carry projectile weighing
100 pounds, and can be fired at the rate of
twenty shots in three minutes, while the
6-pound and 3-pound guns are capable OF
being fred at the rate of twenty shots in
one minute. The Nordenielt guns are the
most rapid of any, being capable of firing
continuously at the rate of 800 shots per
minute. The large 9-inch gun is the most
interesting of all, principally from the fact
that 1t throws protective weighing $50
pounds. and if it were fired in the harbor
the conclusion would. it is stated, break
every window in Seattle.
Her deck is made of l0-inch protective
steel and she is heavily armored about
the guns. She is a twin-screw vessel, car
ryiug eight boilers, has triple compound
engines. and is capable of developing be-
tween Ia 600 and II. 900 horse power. In
test, running for seventy-two hours, she
averaged 1875 knots per hour. and, under
forced draft. has made "a knots in an hour.
Her tunnels measure eIghty-ive feet from
the boilers to the top, and her masts are
hollow, and of sufficient size for a man to
go up on the inside to height of about
fifty feet. where peep holes are placed for
the purpose of scanning the horizon with
out the lookout being seen from another
ship.
Besides number of large boats, she
carries one torpedo boat. which of itself is
capable of travelling at the rate of twenty
two knots an hour.
After being placed IN commission on
March q. 1895 she sailed for Esquimalt.
b. g.. arriving there May 4. to relieve the
flagship WarspIte, then stationed at that
place. She then sailed south on q cruise,
touching at Santa Barbara San Diego.
Monica, Magdalena bay, in Mexico. and
went as far south as Valparaiso, thence
returning TO Esquimalt. from which place
she started on her trip up the Sound.
Her crew consists of $50 men, together
with forty-seven officers, the principal
ones being Rear Admiral H. 4. Stephen
son, G. b. Capt. +. B. Trench, Commander
X. ii. s. Stokes. Lieuts. Nicholson, Mog-
gradge, Hon. V. A. Stanly, Davy, Loring,
Henneage. Sub-Lieut. Ii. Edwards, Mid
shipmen Tin order of rank) Wilson, Aling-
ton. Maitland. Napier. Pringle. Horace.
Johnson, Shutter. Howard, Ward and
Wigram.
IL was thought by many that the vessel
would remain in the harbor until after
July 4. but it was stated on board last
evening that she would sail at O'Clock
this morning for Vancouver, B. c., to at
tend the Dominion day celebration.
n. T. Snowden, of Victoria, was on
board, being guest of Admiral Stephen
son, and accompanied party of he off,
GERS 10 the Rainier hotel last evening.
The object of her trip up the Sound was
a matter of considerable conjecture among
the people along the water front, but il
was stated by Lieut.. Stanly that it was
simply owing TO the fact that they had
day to spare and the admiral wished to see
Seattle.
Up TO late hour last night people hung
about the water front listening 10 the
music discoursed by the band on board.
which is one of the finest in the British
navy.