New-York tribune., 1900-12-02
THE QUEENS NEW YACHT.

A PERIL THAT LED TO ITS CONSTRUCTION.
From The London Chronicle.
The new royal yacht which the Prince Of Wales
Inspected az Portsmouth on Monday last has been
ad nauseam. Her speed. her tonnage, her coal
eapaclty an tnese things have been related. But
known az all which: now that the yacht is com
To begin with the reason why new yacht was
ordered is known 10 very few people Every one.
Victoria and Albert IS y usy sS Of beng the the veteran
ship OF The navy Lst-she dates from the Crimean
new yacht was required The old ,'v. and A. Is
fast or faster than the escorting cruisers that
usually accompany her; while a thing Of beauty
looks go she is far and away superior 10 the new
yacht The real trouble is that, dating from the
sklfu al keeping ships ahoat than now, She has
long before the new yacht was laid down
Of the Queens voyages the Victoria and Albert
was steaming through fishing feet, when sud
aeniy there descended sea fog, blotting out every
thing At once the yacht was slowed down, and
fishing boat might collide with the fragile yacht,
would almost Inevitably have been sunk. Hastily
presISGns & Ier Iis dread possibility were aoe
was annoyed by the below Of the siren, and sent
an order about the horrible noise" II was neoes-
sary 10 explain something Of the situation TO her
and al once. The officer in command OF the yacht
proceeded 10 do SO, telling the Queen that they
were IN fog. hshing boats all around, and col
lsiOn least possible.
''Oh. the poor fishermen," said the Queen Keep
the siren going-it would be awful If We ran aSly
So The siren hooted during the three hours fog.
the queen al the time IN state OF great perturpa-
peril than the fishermen. Fortunately no fishing
boat came near, but IL all a matter OF ProVi-
The queen. fun OF soIictude for the purely myth
cal eanger she had conJured up as looming over S
yacht not in an agony Of apprehension for the "
and A The incident was, Of course, reported. Il
equally, OF course, kept quiet; but the new
yacht was decided very soon afterward and
laid down so soon a building slip was
How the new yacht met with an accident in
dock. the criticisms heaped upon her, the of1cial
acknowledgment Of an error in her design-al these
ttss 80 eoHe Ne.S 70 iSa "a 80
removed all trace OF that The lofty masts and
tunnels have al had 10 be shortened nne raised
forecaste has been all removed. save in the e1,
treme bow. where 10 do would have entailed
The once shapely yacht has in consequence Of
these changes grown squat-she has gone through
SIe mstron OF twenty years later She is ma
tronIy looking craft now. but she is steady and
solid where before. owing TO that error in design,
She was far too lively 10 be satisfactory.
Among the many Internal changes in the yacht
the removal OF many two feet thick sound proof
worthy Of notice II only because of the utiitarian
end OF some Of these latter For the noE-hamma-
bic wood was chopped up fashioned into dummy
sailors. and put on board the Beileisle when that
old ironclad was pounded By the Majestic; and be-
meath the hail OF lyddite ali but OF these dunn
mics were reduced TO fragments in the battery OF
n Is taken for granted al Portsmouth that when
the Duke OF York takes his long postponed trip TO
Iner, as was stated in The Daily Chronicle al
ths 5 hs Hs cTer AdRe but fbi bs ne S9go
unent would seem 10 have fallen through. Pos
fsneies grow strongest in the direction Of smart
show ship" and, OF course, royal yacht lends
se aeeree ~ eomfor 5 is % obanSbie To Austraa the
compliment Of royal yacht chi may aso he sSeases
supply Is very small for such service