The evening times., 1900-03-24
TRIAL OF THE GLORY.
Official Test of EngIand's Powerful
New BattIeship.

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New Battieship.
The British Embassy in this city re-
Gently received the following report re-
garding the trial trip of the first-class bat
tleship Glory:
"Her Majesty's first-class battleship Clio
ry, OF 1880 tons displacement and, 13,5oo
indicated horsepower, built and engined by
Messrs Laird Brothers. of Birkenhead, has
just completed her official trials in the
English Channel. On these trials the ad-
miralty were represented by Messrs. W. j.
Berry, assistant constructor, and j. III.
Ellis. engineer inspector, and the dock
yard by Messrs. Godbear and Roberts, the
vessel being in charge of Captain Parr, OF
the Steam Reserve. The contractors were
represented by Mr.. Roy M. Laird and Mr..
K. Ratsey Beyis, jr. A thirty hours trial
at one-fifth of the contract power, and
another thirty hours trial at about four
hfths of the contract power having previ-
ously been satisfactorily completed. the
eight hours full power trial took place On
the 23d ultimo 1t was decided to make
this trial over the new twenty-five fathom
course recently plotted out by the Ports
mouth Reserve and the vessel proceeded to
Portland on the 22d. having previously
completed her anchor trials at Spithead,
and anchored there for the night Pro-
ceeding next day, the eight hours trial
was commenced at s a. N. Four runs were
made on the course off the Start in the
teeth of moderate westerly gale, and un-
der the somewhat adverse circumstances a
speed of 1874 knots was obtained.
The vessel was then headed up Channel.
and throughout the entire trial the engines
and boilers worked satisfactorily. Messrs.
Laird are to be congratulated on the sue
cess of the working of the boilers, which
are the first installation of Belleyille boil
ers that they have officially
tried. The results of the trial were as fol-
lows: Mean steam In boilers, 275 pounds;
vacuum-27 inches starboard, 26 inches
port; revolutions-10S.5 starboard, 1867
port; indicated horsepower-7,021 star
board. 6,724 port; total mean indicated
horsepower, collectively, 13, 745; coal con-
sumption, LIS pounds per indicated horse
power per hour. 1t may be interesting 10
state the results of the thirty hours trial
at l0,2J0 indicated horsepower, which had
taken place a few days previously: Steam,
$50 pounds; yacuum-27.4 inches starboard,
26.4 inches port revolutions-99.4 star
board, 942 port; indicated horsepower
5,253 starboard, 1894 port: total. eollee-
lively. 1851; coal. II pounds per indi-
Gated horsepower per hour; mean speed,
1913 knots.
After finishing the eight hours full
power trial, the usual stopping starting,
and reversing trials ETC., were completed.
The principal dimensions of the Glory are:
Length, 300 feet; breadth, extreme. "A
feet: displacement at load draught 1850
tons Her propelling machinery, design
ed by Messrs. Laird Brothers. consists OF
two sets of triple expansion engines, each
having three vertical cylinders Of 80, 49,
and so inches in diameter, respectively,
with a piston stroke of 81 inches. They
each drive a four bladed gunmetal screw
propeller. The engines are designed to de-
Yelop 13, 500 indicated horsepower at full
power. Steam is supplied by 20 water
tube boilers OF the Belleyille type consist
ing OF 10 generators of nine elements and
five of eight elements. with an economiZer
to each boiler. The total heating surface
Of generators and economiZers is 80, 200
square feet, and the CRATE surface 1855
square feet.
The Glory is the first battleship OF the
Canopus type built by private contract to
be delivered and there is no doubt that
the completion would have been anticipat-
ed but for the engineers strike, and the
delay in obtaining deliveries Of material Of
all kinds particularly the armor. The yes
sci will now be rapidly brought forward for
commission. and her gun trials will take
place shortly