The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-02
new TORPEDO BOAT.
Description Of the One the II. 6 II. Com.
pany Will Build.

Detailed drawings of tho torpedo boat to
be built by the Harlan g. Hollingsworth
Company ore being gotten out by the
Company and from them 1t Can be seen
that the boat will have hull based on the
finest model, and ono that will insure
great speed cannot bo questioned. her
length will bo 23l feet inches over all,
which Is nearly 80 feet longer than tho
majority of the other torpedo boats. Her
beam Will be only % feet, thus giving Ler
u very razor.like appearance Her load
displaceinent will be over 400 tons and
her grentest draft Is u little over feot.
With this she will be able to navigate
very shallow rivers. The bow Is cut away
to allow her to make way through tho
water with enso. Eleven feet above the
water forward will have much TO make
this boat less Liable to ship water than the
others of her class, which usually have
very small free.board. Tho eleven feet of
free board at the bow tapers down to 5 feet
inches amdship, and then her long fat
run aft adds much to her seaworthincss
Powerful engines will be required to
give the boat the speed for which tho con
tract calls and tho greatest care Is being
taken by the builders to this part OF the
ship. There will be two sets of triple ex-
pansion engines, of the four cylinder tpye
each having two lower pressure. cylinders
of 81 inches in diameter, one high pressure
of 2l% inches and an intermediate one of
32I inches. When running at full speed
they will make 400 revolutions minute
and have stroke Of Is inches
-Four Thorny-craft water-tubc boilers,
with working pressure of 24O pounds, and
an indicated horse powor OF 120J in the en-
gines, will supply tho steam. These Will
be placed in two compartments, while the
engines will be in one. In addition to the
engines for driving the boat there Will be
smaller engines to operate the steam-stear
ing gear and to run tho dynamos. which
will furnish the electric light for the
vessel.
Tho armament will be particularly
strong. A battery Of seven 6pound rapid
firing guns will be part of her equipments;
Ono each Of these will bo in the forward
and aft canning towers. These towers
will also be supplied with stearing gear,
both steam and hand and there will also
be another steering apparatus on deck lor
fair weather navigation.
Tho other 6-pound guns will be located
on tho deck, ono being Oh each side or tho
forward coming towers and the other
throe along tho centro limo nmidshlp.
Each Of these guns will be supplied with
19S rounds of ammunition. Being de-
signed especially as q torpedo boat she will
bU fully equipped for sending forth these
grim dcstroyers. Two lS inch tubcs will
be placed on tho contre line just forward OF
the aft coming tower. These will be used
for the discharge OF Whitehead torpedoes.
-Four of the deadly instruments will bo
supplied to tho boat, the two spare ones be-
ing carried in cases on the deck.
Lnoleum will cover the decks and such
wood as Is used will he treated to make ii
fire proof. Bunks for twenty mon will bo
placed forward, and just aft of the engine
room will be sleeping quarters for twelve
firemcn, and abaft OF these are accommo-
dations for three nachinilts, followed by
tho room for the petty officers. The quar-
ters Of tho chief engineer, captain and tho
mate arc in the stern. Although the
space Is limited the general plans show
that everything Is being done to make
them aS roomy and comfortable as the
circumstances will permit.