The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-08
THE LARGEST SAILING SNIP.
The Potosi, which Was Launched ut
Bremen June o.

The POtOsi, Which Was Launched Mt
bremen June o.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
The new five-masted sailing ship Potosi
built at TeckIenborg's yard, Bremen, for a
Hamburg firm o. Laeisz), was launched on
the 9th Of June. The new ship Is of the fol-
lowing dimensions. Length over ALL 1874
feet (English)s length between perpendicu-
lars, 1862 feet; width over the plating amid
ships, forty-nine feet nine inches; depth
from upper edge of keel to under the main
deck amidships. thirty-one feet two and
one-haif inches. Her register tonnage is
1855 tons gross and $3.50 tons net; displace-
ment on an average draft of twenty-five
feet, $3.50 tons: carrying capacity, about
$50 tons. Siemens-Marten steel is the
material If which this colossal sailer is
built, in accordance with the regulations
of the Bureau Veritas and the English
Lloyds for the highest class and under
the special survey of those institutions,
and with extra stifeniDg and strengthen
ing arrangements in view of the heavy
masting and enormous wind pressure of
the sails.
Two steel decks run over the whole
length of the vessel, the upper one being
lined with yellow pine, and besides this
there is another deck in the fore peak
with wood. The collision bulkhead is of
exceptional strength, and in front of this
is placed a steel receptacle for the chain
cable The structure above the main deck
comprise a short poop deck. under which
is placed the steering apparatus, bridge
house seventy feet long containing ac-
commodations for a crew of about forty
four men. a passenger cabin. the cooks
galley, provision store, hospital, and a
spacious sailroom; then there is a forecas-
tie, under which is located the cable cap
stan, and which provides storage space
for lamps, oil, paint and boatswain's
stores. frassrs- se. -,.e...-4 ... ia-
The steering Of the ship is effected by
means Of an apparatus placed on the
bridge deck and furnished with pair Of
teak hand wheels connected with the steer
ing gear under the poop deck by means of
a rope of galvanized steel wire. The rud-
der itself consists of frame of cast steel,
into which steel plate is riveted and the
pintles are inserted. Besides the large cap
STAINS for raising the anchors (the latter
Weighing about three tons), there are two
others on the main deck, a large one on
forecastle, two on the bridge deck, a large
one on the poop deck, besides thirteen
winches for working the sails and loading
and unloading the cargo. There are four
boats provided, two of them being large
iron life-boats, Francis patent. The ship
will be rugged as a f1ve-masted bark, with
double maintop and maintopgallant yards.
The masts and the larger yards are of
steel, the hight of the mainmast being 30
feet, and It's diameter at the deck, thirty
four inches. All the standing tackle is of
galvanized steel wire and the running gear
partly of wire and partly of hemp. The
spread of canvas, with all sail set, will
be equal to about 5000 square yards.
The Potosi is the largest sailing ship at
present existing, and the only other five
masted sailing vessel is the French ship
La France, of DunAdrk, but she is of
smaller dimensions than the Potosi.