The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-08

The Italian corvette Christoforo
Colombo, Bertoloni commander,
arrived in port early yesterday
morning, after a trip of eleven
days from Tahiti. She anchored
in naval row alongside the far
famed Kaimiloa and afterwards
fired salute to the Hawaiian flag.
The man-of-war is on a tour
around the world and will remain
at this port for four or five days
until she has completed taking on
coal. Efforts are now being made
to have her remain over until
Monday, and it is very probable
she will do so.
Leaving this port the Christoforo
Colombo will proceed to Vancouver
and thence to Esquimalt. She will
then make a trip down along the
west coast of America, through the
Straits of Magellan, and after a
call at Rio de Janeiro, will start on
tie return to Italy.
The Colombo sailed from Venice
in November of 1894, and conse-
Quently has been on a cruise of
over year. She was commission
ed for two years cruise around
the world. During the year already
passed she has called at many
ports, among these being Port Said,
Alden, Bombay, Colombo, Calcutta,
Rangoon, Singapore, Bangor, Hong
kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe,
Yokohama, Vladivostock, Siberia.
After leaving Russian waters she
went back to the coast of China,
and was there during the engage
ments in the Yalu river between
the Chinese and japanese. From
China she went to Manila, and
then to Batavia, Adelaide, Mel
bourne, Sydney, Tasmania, We'll
lington and Auckland, n. H., FIJI,
Tonga, Samoa and Tahiti.
The warship is quite a graceful
looking vessel, and was built at
Venice, where she was launched in
1892. The impression has been
spread abroad that the Christoforo
Colombo was here before, but such
is not the fact. An Italian man
of-war of the same name was
here previous. The present Chris
toforo Colombo is new boat.
Her principal dimensions are as
follows : Length, 24S.5 #. breadth,
81 it,; depth, 1853 #. displace-
ment, 3400 tons. She is bark
rugged and carries very creditable
spread of canvas, with which she
can maintain speed of about II
knots under steam, it is an easy
matter for her to make ii knots.
The Christoforo Colombo is built
of steel, and is of the unarmored
class
Her armament consists of six Il
inch breech-loading guns, four six
FOUNDER rapid-firing guns, besides
several smaller ones.
The total cost of construction
was s7S6,0O0. The warship carries
nineteen officers and 225 blue
Jackets and marines. The officers
are as follows: Alexander Bertolini,
captain commandant; E. Prespitero,
commander; Due dies Abruzzis, NJ.
Cogin, n. Rimbo, L. Resio, E. Fri
gero and J. de Fillyyer, heutenants;
S Aymerick, Z.Winegrear, E. Fenzi
and E. Arrivabene, sub-lieutenants
Z. Slugbeck and Yarock, midship-
men; DR.. Belli, Assistant Surgeon
Ginra, Paymaster Politi, Chief En-
gineer Riceci.
One of the officers aboard the
Colombo is Prince Luigi, Duke of
Abruzzi, a nephew of the present
king of Italy and third in line of
succession to the Italian throne.
Yesterday afternoon Captain
Commandant Bertolini, accompa-
MED by Consul Schaefer, called |
upon Colonel Mclean at military
headquarters. The usual military |
honor of calling out the guard was
accorded the visitors. Colonel Nc
Lean will return the call this
morning.