The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-22
A NEW AMERICAN BOAT.
Ie!icctlnn of the Shipbuilder's Art in
the Fhfnccss Arnc--Timc Records

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Perfection of the shipbuilder's Art in
Inc Ih1nccss Arnc--Timc Records
Broken
If there lie any doubt as 20 the ability
OF the American artisan to .ura out
q perfect ship an Inspection Of the new
Prihcess Anne, built by the Delaware
htVer iron Steamship Building ana En-
| Sine Works FOR the Old Dominion
steamship Company, Will surely dispel
my mlssiVinEs in tat direction The
f!lncc9s Anne. u departure IN nomen-
claiuFe from the time-honored custom
Q. me Yankee company. has arrived at
New York, from the yards Of her build
efs. chester. on the Della ARE
Engilsh shipbuiide.s have repca tcdly
poasied OF their alacrity in beating all
iccofus IN turning cat 4 ship. In IN,
Pilncess Anne ali American records
were broken. and many foreign ones as
we'll. The Old Dominion Company in
contracting for the now floating: palace.
inserted a clause ;ha, she mus. be ready
Tor delivery In eight mont tbs Thn sp= c-
flea; lions We're particularly exhaustive.
ana the innovations asked fo!. Were, also
many. The only shipkuilierG that W uld
assume the contract We're The successors
OF Jonn Roach. The vessel il was
agreed. was 20 be compile Cd August Is,
next, under a bond OF f.. fixture, or SlO9
TOR each days failure, and 4 :.milar bo-
nus TO the builders for each day III y
s'Heu IN mat time AS result. the
ship Is completed and the constructors
VIII receive ten days premium
Thc Princess Anne. will natural dra RI
ana an average revolution Of seventy to
the minute made the run from Chester
10 sandy Hook inside fourteen hours
She is designed foe 4 speed Of sixteen
knots, but being in the hands OF the
builders representatives they did not
send her along faster than thirteen
knots pc" hour on an average There
was heavy beam sea and 1 stiff breeze
between the Delaware H!cakwater and
Highlands of Navesink. but the shin
showed herself TO be an excellent SCI
boat. She is 800 feet in length over all
has 4 beam OF ~ feet and 4 depth OF
hold Of PIX feet. She has three decks
and four watcr-tischt bulk heads. Her
! tonnage is :, lG0 tons. Her upper main
Geek - bu!lt OF steel as is also her up
per between decks. There are electric
bells in all rooms. The craft has two
Steel pole masts designed 10 carry fore
and aft sails. ana one funnel which Is
oval in shape, and so feet tail from The
crate bars. The universal electric fire
a!a!m and modern fire plug appliances
are among the Innovations The saloon
ana cabins are WaiHscoatcd in red ma
iOSuHS- All me joiner work Is by Will
liam Rowland, of New York The IN
holstery OF the lower cabin IS old gold
plush and The upper saloon blue plush
The carpets arc of velvet. The vessel
will accommodate 800 frs class passen.
GEES.
The engines Of the Princes Anne are
OF the triple expansion condensed tyne
the cylinders being 81, Az ana Is
inches in diameter for the high, intermc-
date and low pressure respectively anu
a common stroke Of 81 inches. Steam
will he generated by four tsingle-ented
boilers. each OF II feet 3 inches diane
te: and - feet In length. The workin.,
pressure is 1870 pounds TO tho square inch
Propclling power Is obtained from a
single screw made Of steel in one cast
| ing.
The company will turn the vcn,cl ovc.
to the public for inspection at New York
Wednesday afternoon, the 2Sth instant.
between the hours OF and ) y. m The
day after this reception the Princess
Anne VIII leave on her initial trip 10 Old
! Point Comfort and Norfolk. The fol :.
lowing Officers Will take her out: Captain
j. G. F'ulphcrs. promoted from the
Jamestown; First Officer Ira w Tapley.
| Chief Engineer J. =. Sundall, ruracr w
II. Mayer and Chief Steward ". j.
/, Owens.
The Princess Anne Is he one hundred
and twenty.ninth vessel that the Deia-
ware firm has turned out These. repre-
sent $4,000 tons ana are exclusive %
the government vessels. The firm built
the Pilgrim, Puritan, and Priscilla, of
the Fail River Line.