Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-23
GIANT OF THE OCEAN.
Largest Sailing Vessel In tho World Go
Ing TO Baltimore.
baltimore Americana

The largest sailing vessel In the word
will come TO Baltimore In February to
load her first cargo and begin her first
VOYAGE from this port. She VIII spreaH
1900 square yards Of canvas, ana carry
over 500 tons Of coal to San Francisco
n VOYAGE OF 1900 miles. The vessel IL
the transatlantic four-masted scre"
steamer Persian Monarch, OF the Hsoh
Line. between New York ana l|ohuo"'
She is now at Newport News. va, oslhs
converted into a full-rlgged, four-nlas'en
sailing ship. Her masts are just ioot
short Of the height of the column Oh 'he
Washington monument. FROM the "ee'
IN the topmost point Of the ships mast'
is ISL feet The masts from Geek -
truck measure lJ9 feet. the fore, Walh'
and cross Jack yards are 95 ieet, III.
bowsprlt and tbb0om. 40 feet; length OF
s,,,rt,er boom ~ feet: royal. 56 feet. top
Gallant - feet, upper topslh' - r.
and lower ward, 3 feet. The lower has'e
and wards are OF steel, the masts usnls
p inches in thickness at the deck ~
ship will carry thirty sails ii"s
enough canvas to make an u""''S
milo square. Her mainsail and miz%"h-
IN contain 20SD feet OF canvas each.
From, the stern 10 the point OF the DOW,
snrit tha vessel measures Ill feet, Is 80
batween uerpendiculars. 8 feet 'hcn
hro,dth and - feet / inch depth OF
bolI If stood on her stern, WIN her
bo,v uointed heaVenwari, her poWNp,'t
roint would rise g. feet higher thail '"c
ton ~ the flagstaff Of the New torN
World building. the hishest IN Nv
York. She could carry the buli"i"s ~
her hull. To load the vessel WIN h.r
cargo Of coal It will require tne con.vu.-
Of over 2-o coal hoppers, eacn CSl,S ."7
~ tons The few sailing vessels tua' di-
proach the Persian Monarch III 81 at.
tha Frerch nve-mastel. steel-parN
I,.o,co 2cet tons: the British four-mast-
- srin Tjyarnool. $3.50 tons; the Ameri-
ca, fo,,r-moeted ship Roanoke. 3.i" IONS
ord Tho American four-mas'ed snip sum
orioob qo,S tons. The Pnrsi1n MON"
arch's gross tonnage is 3''-'.
ORIGINAL SHAPE.
-,,., iron hull Of the vessel retains us
ort.,ir,l shane. with the exception 'na'
,b, main 4 ok has been cut down betwr
~, boneos She retains her four ouih-
boode and water-ballast apartments "N,
hcr 50O-h0rse-powar compound 'hSiue' ',n
co,l.hrrkers have ben tax out. 'h
a.cls there are three houses. the lp''-
c,stI. for thirtv-twO seamen; briaEt-
bous, amidshirs. and a poop-d ck. IN
tho brflga-housr IS a cabin meaSurlnE
~ bv - foot finished in mahogany Tor
Tho captain and mates. The oince'S
rooms ana three staterooms for paSs'n-
g.rs are finish Il In black walnut. steam
viii be used to hoist sails. l'ad caro-
and work the capstau. Captain Coliler,
formerly Of Lint Rrothers' lines wlli
rrohqIIv b. master Of the vessel. |, Is
said she viii change her British regist r
70 an Am rlcan one. and insure win
American underwriters. II cost S'"o
- couver. tho shin into a sailing vessel
Sha has been at tn y wport News Snip
hurding and Dry-Dock Company since
November.
ADDITIONS To THE PURITAN
FLEET.
The British steamship storm King now
I'm mort. on her first visit to Baltimore,
g. Il m. speclm n Of marine architecture.
she is built of st l. measures 80 feet
o,..r al and 3f5 between perpendicuiars.
gia,. beam IS y f-ct inches, AMI depth
2; foot . inches. II saloon AFT Is ~
faet long. % feet wide. AMI Is nnlsh'
in uahoeany. birch. and ash. II con
taing 4 captain's room and seven iars-
st3tsrooms for passengers ana TWO ut'n
roo,rs All the officers are am n'p9'
whore there are quarters LOT t"r ~
tain and three mates, thF l''' -,
boa,swain. carpenter. COOKS 'h'sa- 80.
ami TWO bath-rooms-in all, thirteen
anar,ments. In the forccastle are tn'E.
,r,n ar-rucn and nine seam n. 1he uppvi
al, and the deck-hOuses are unuSu" ~
r,,nv There are five steam-winches 9"
d.ck The bridge Is 80 fe-t long. ara th'
hriaga-housa feet 3 inches In l,hg H.
I-,,u white boats hang from the "aEi'S
Tho stack has two broad bands ot bh''h
on1 t,vo Of rel Yer foremas' Is riISt
v.ith flrasail. topsai. and topgalant III
tha enrlue-roOm is a tripl- engine Win
c,r.rI. .-s measuring 2S. g. and Y inches
v,,.h , stroke ~ IS inches. and speed
of twelve knots an hour The doupi"
nj boilers have a working Ir ssure o'
iro r,uuds. The ship's MT tonnage i
2l23. and gross tonnage. 3.,l' Ter stlI
| IS comuosed Of Captain OroshY. Chlri
officer charles Ross SecOnd-othcer VIII
| liam Patterson. am Third-Oficer Pet-l
%i,er The Storm King is 10 run IN IN
Puritan Line between Baltimore anl
Antwerp.
Sine, she was built. I'm 1890, she has
ben running between London, Montreal
Antwerp AMI New orleans, with on
| trip to the East Indies.
The Belgian King. formerly the Come
mara. Is on har way here to enter IN
Puritan Line, also. She Is a three-maste'
iron steamer. built in Sunderland in 1881
She is 3fj feet long. II f-.t beam. an,
p feet inches depth. Her net tonnag'
Is 2.l67 and gross tonnage. "a. She ha,
compound cylinders measuring Il ana 5
Inches.