Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-21
CUNBoAT IN 1900 PIECES.
Tat b the Way q warsl,ip II to Re
Slipped from England to
Lake Ny0ASa.


English naval constructors nre very
much interested in a gunboat which has
Just been completed forService on Lake
Nyassa, in Central Africa, and = is to
be shipped to that point in pieces like
Il Chinese puzzle. This boat, the Guen-
lolen, is now split up into 1,5CO pack
ages for transportation. A reporter OF
the London Echo describes the boat il
his account of his interview with J. A.
l;ennic, of the engineering firm which,
built the Guendolen:
ESQ there is going to be fighting on
Lake Nyassa?" remarked, tentatively.
Il never said So" he replied, with fit
ting diplomacy.
EEcE that's my mistake; I merely
judged so from the fact of your taking
out what OF lake would be considered
first-c!Sss battleship, for the Guen-
Golen is heavily armed,is she rot?"
"fes, if you call six Maxims and four
I1otchHiss guns big armament. She
is intended to replace the three small
gunbcots now on the lake which are
practically obsolet', and is a vast i'm
provcment on them in every way. Her
length is 136 feet, beam % ard tonnage
$50, and with drauCht of four feet six
inches is intended t. steam 10 knots"
II suppose the depth Of the lake did
not neccssitate n shallow draft vessel?"
"Ey no means, as there is plenty Of
water even close ;rshore; that enabled
us to have twin screws, for en- shallow
water such as the Niger or the Khoia
(by means &c which the Russians in
1894 penetrated far up toward ChitraD
81 81 g Oh
She is quite a normal type, except for
the fact that she is fitted with Fraser's
underlined boilers, and will burn wood
fuel, of which there is an abundance in
and around the lake; coal is only
brought UP frcn the coast for the use
of two CT three forges, at cost Of some
e 10 per ton, such is the difficulty of
TRANSPORT"
"And that difficulty will be increased
in the caSa of a gunboat, should i'm
agine?"
"Not so much as you Think" said Mr..
Rennie. "Ycu see, we can only bolt,
not rivct her together in the yard here.
so as to insure the perfect fitting to-
gethcr CT every part. In this condition
the Cue::Gc!E:l was Inspected by Sir Ed
ward Feed. who expressed himself as
tacrCu~H'r satisfied with her. Then
she w. t':';- . 20 C:cccs. every niece be-
ing rr@v ";'s'v numbered. AID O? n
small model these numbers ere marked
off, the internal fttirgs-cf course the
model is only of the outside Of the hull
! having their proper numbers marked
on scale drawings. Drawings and
model accompany the ship, which is
| split up into $500 packages. that con-
tanning the boiler Of 2H tons being the
| heaviest, so that on her arrival there
| need be TO difficulty whatever in put
ting her torethcr again"
Mr.. Renrie added that if one of the
! packages should be lost, it would be
difficult 20 replace II. The packages
are to be TRANSPORTED fer miles over n
rough courtrv by bullock wagons. ard
as extra weight is an important consid-
Grafton no snare rarts are carried. Com
mander Cullen, T.. y. r.. tho commander
| in chicf CT The lake, has charge Of the
transportation. arI he will sunerintend
the assembling Of the Darts.-N. Y. Sun.
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