The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-18
THE CORVETTE ELLIDA HERE.
THE NORWEGIAN TRAINING SHIP
LYING AT THE GORDON WHARF.


Her Cruise For Instructing the Uu-
der Omcers-shc Carries Twelve
Officers, 124 Men and an Excellent
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by the HarbOr-
master, the Norwegian Consul and
Obers-shc VIII he Open TO the
The EIIida's Officers.
The Norwegian corvette Ellida, Capt. N.
T. Schiott, arrived from Pensacola yes
terday morning, and is moored at the
Gordon wharf. The Ellida will remain
here until next Tuesday or Wednesday.
The corvette is one of the training ships
of the Norwegian navy, and is on cruise,
the principal purpose of which is to give
instruction and training to the men who
are to become under-ofiicers in the navy.
But there are other objects in the cruise
of the corvette, the exercise given the Off
GERS as well as the men, and then it is
the policy Of the Norwegian government
to now and then let its flag appear at the
masthead of a government boat in those
ports which receive a large number of
Norwegian vessels. Savannah is just like
one of the home ports of Norwegian banks,
as they form the principal class of sailing
vessels which handle the traffic of this
port bound to foreign countries.
The Ellida is a small vessel of 600 tons
register, wooden hun, and her length over
all is about 1876 feet with about % feet
beam. Nevertheless she carries an excep-
tionally fine armament, consisting of five
iifteen-centimeter breach loading rifles,
two mounted on each side and one at the
stern, one twelve-centimete breach load
ing rifle mounted at the bow, one III
centimeter breach loading rifle, two 81
mllllmeter rapid fire Hotcnldss guns, and
a torpedo tube with five torpedoes The
large guns are Krupp's make, but they
have the old style of mechanism at the
breach. Her speed is twelve knots an
hour, and her engines have 7O0-horse-
power.
The EIlida carries twelve officers and 124
men in her crew. The officers are:
Capt. n. 7. Schiott.
Commander FIR. Parr.
Lieut.. L. Armindsen.
Lieut.. $. Oppegaard.
Lieut.. G. Bugge
Surgeon j. Jansen.
Lieut.. Il. Otto.
Lieut.. 7. Kramer.
Lieut.. q. Dahl.
Lieut.. j. Isaachsen.
Paymaster II. Schive.
First Engineer Haagensen.
on leaving Horton, Norway, on her
cruise, the Ellida went first to Falmouth,
England, after which she went success
sively to the ports of Santa Cruz, St
Thomas, Monte Criste, Montego Bay, ia
maica; Belise, Yucatan; Vera Cruz, Mex
leo; Pensacola, and from there to Savan-
nah. After leaving Savannah her next
port will be Punta Delgada and then Cher
bourg, France, after which she Will re-
turn to Horton, the principal naval sta
ton of the Norwegian government.
Capt. Schiott, Lieut. Dahl, and several
of the officers of the Ellida speak excel
lent English, and conversed readily with
those who went on board of her yester-
day. Mr. j. l.. Rankin, the acting Nor
wegian consul, and Capt. John Reilly,
harbormaster visited the corvette shortly
after her arrival, and others went on
board during the morning.
The strictest discipline is kept up on
board the Ellida, and for that reason spec
lal hours are assigned to the visiting pub
lie. Capt. Schiott will be glad to have Sa-
Vannahians take a look at the corvette,
and has arranged to receive any who may
call between the hours of 10 and u O'Clock
in the morning, and between 2 and 5
O'Clock in the afternoon. This applies to
every day that the Ellida remains in port,
ing, that being one of her objects in COM
ing into Savannah and she puts to sea at
ter leaving here.
The officers of the Ellida have been ten
dered the courtesies of the Commercial
Club and other institutions and their stay
Capt Schiott, however, would make no en-
gagements until he has formally seen the
mayor, but the mayor is at present out
of the city Among others a number of
resident Norwegians and others now in
port visited the Ellida during the day.
Lieut.. G. b. Maher of the revenue steamer
Tybee will pay the Ellida an official visit
in uniform to-day. Various entertain
ments will no doubt be arranged for them
while they are here