The St. Johns herald., 1895-07-25
A ROYAL YACHT.
That O? Emperor William Of Ger
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It Is Palatial in Its Appointments and Armed as Thoroughly as IT In- tended for a War
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The Hohenzoliern is magnificent vessel, and looks more like a cruiser than a yacht. It is built of steel, painted white, and propelled by twin screws, connected with double set of engines. Its average speed is nineteen knots a1 hour, and this can be in- creased to over twenty knots an hour. The iIohenzollern 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 spolses.
 The yacht, says London Queen, is armed with eight quicls-fring Krupp guns and with its graceful outlines sits high in the water. It 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 a laurel wreath. on tEe stern. The deck is covered with hnoleum and over a large part there is an awning, where in fine weather the emperor has luncheon and ten parties In the fore part of the vessel is bridge reserved for the emperor. It is approached by a mahogany stairway and has nahog- any railings.
 The emperOr's apartments on the middle deck amidships are on the port side, those of the empress and her chis dren or 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 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, but 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 Queen's 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 smoking-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 worlIing-rooms, furnished with q telephone. Hanging on the wall is the log book and on shelf are some nautical books. Another work-room and conf crence-roOm are on the mid dle deck, their walls being decorated with watercolor 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 q fireplace of marble and nickel. The empress bedroom contains bedstead of nickel, with couaterpane of red silk and hangings Of gray satin. Ad- joining the c,nperor's room aft gre the apartments ard the mess-room of the imperial suite. while the off cers' mess-room and cabins, fitted up with oak furniture, are sitnatcd for ward. The kitchens OF the deck be- low are splendidly fitted up. Tine Ho- henzollern is 11G meters long. with II meters beam, it's tonnage 2,4O0, dis placement 4,@00 tons, ard horse power