The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-02

7 delayed by strikes. At present. however.
( tine men employed Boo the construction OF
the yacht are working ore.tme and as
only the best artisans In the United
! kingdom are engaged for The task lt is
more than likely that f Queen Victor a
! goes 10 the South Of France in the early
spring of 1900 She viii Boz able lo cross the
Channel i'm the new boat.
This huge pleasure craft IS TO ba $50
feet in length, 90 feet BEAM is feet
! draught and her displacement $500 tons.
The hull is to be- of stool sheathed with
wood and covered with copper and Will
be provided with double bottoms. Sho
viii have three tunnels and two masts.
The vessel viii have orlou. lower main.
upper ana f0recastle decks.
Speed is 20 be am important considera-
ton, and the yacht viii have two sets Of
triple-expansiOn. fOur-cyinder engines
driving twin screws and having an indi-
Gated horsepower Of 1900. THE lieh-
pressure cylinder of each engine viii Dee
90 II inches In diameter Che intermed-
tate cylinder IL IL inches in diameter
and two low-pressurc cylinders 53 inches
in diameter an having stroke of 20
inches. steam viii Doe supplied hy cleh-
teen Belleville boilers. working at n pros
sure of $40 pounds. which win Doe reduced
40 the engines TO 90 pounds The CRATE
area under the boilers will Dee 80 feet. and
the heating surface viii be 5000 square
feet. This machinery is expected 60 drive
the vessel through the water ut speed
OF thirty knots an hour, with the engines
making 40 revolutions q minute.
The new yacht will be FAR more olaho-
ratoly decorated than any vessel Of this
kind previously built Heretofore the
Admiralty has been averso TO giving out
In ffr atf
Queens yacht. but IL r. already known
that by the time tho yacht IS launched
her estimated cost viii be nearly S1o00GO
and that by the time her interior fittings
have been I'm place S3'0.000 more viii have
been expended making her total cost a
million and half dollars.
Some idea of the .maguiicence and
cost OF the hull may Doe gained from
the fac; that recently the Admiralty ore
dered 700 feet OF rope moulding for the
sides Of the yacht The moulding Is 10
be carved out Of solid mahogany and
Is TO represent n hfteen-lnch cable laid
rope. When I'm place fl W.n be richly
gilded.
The bow Of the yacht VIII be decorated
with a shield bearing the royal arms and
surmounted by n crown three feet in
diameter The shield itself viii be set or
with scroll work from which ornamental
carving viii trail back some fifty feet on
each side Of the stem. Tho stern Of the !
vessel viii be even more handsome than |
the bow.
on the starboard quarter will be n |
ten foot figure Of britannia. and ON the !
port quarter a similar sized figure OF !
Neptune I'm the centre Of the stern will |
be an immense shield bearing the ROYAL |
arms. with the rose. shamrock and this |
tie underneath.
II has not been stated yet as 70 just |
what armament the new craft will carry.
Although she is built for pleasure II is
moro than likely that she will he fairly
well SUPPLIED with guns as are the pleas
ure craft OF al governments nowadays
from that Of the Emperor William 20 |
President McKinley's official yacht. What |
Is to become OF the present royal yacht |
has not been determined though II IS |
probable that she viii be preserved IN |
one n England's dock-yards as nautical |
Gun losity.