The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19

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and that the mizzen boom had also
been cracked. The main skysail-yard
was used to reinforce the mizzen boom
and heavy splints we're put on the
main upper topsail-yard.
A court of inquiry was called yester-
day morning by Captain Gibbs The
captain deserves great credit for bring
ing his vessel to this port instead of
putting back to San Francisco and for
the manner in which he handled his
bark during the whirlwind and the trip
to Honolulu. He was congratulated on
every hand and his many friends are
happy to see him safe in port.
The Olympic will make temporary re-
pairs here and after discharging her
cargo will return to San Francisco,
where she will be overhauled,
The Olympic is an American four
masted bark of 1854 tons. H. Hackfeld
q Company are her agents.
Lost Man Over board.
The big American ship Henry VII
lard arrived off port from Savannah
about o'clock last night and dropped
her anchors. She will enter the harbor
this morning.
The Willard was 139 days on the trip
around the Horn. Captain Quick is her
commander. During a heavy gale of
wind one of the crew was lost over
board The accident occurred in lati-
tude SO degrees, / minute south and lon
gitude rs degrees, 8 minutes west. The
man was working on the mizzen top
gallant-yard, falling and striking the
ships rail and going overheard. AL
though everything was done to rescue
the unfortunate sailor. he was not re-
covered. st s+ zs4t- 4-t-s
Worlds Naval News.
OF all the ships-o war gathered IN
the dead Queen, the Japanese battle
ship Hatsuse was described in the Lon
don Chronicle as "far and away the
finest vessel present
The German armored cruiser "B,
building at Kiel, as to nave battery
otheT than thar first Intended. TIN.
two 94-inch guns will be replaced by
four S.26-inch, and the remainder CT
the battery will be ten 5.9-inch and
twelve 3.4-inch rapid-firers.
The foreign vessels of war in Asiatic
waters numbered 152 on January 19
last, not including Japanese ships. The
several navies represented were as
follows: Great Britain, IS; United
States, 26; Russia, 20; Germany, IL;
France. IS; Italy, 8; Austria, 4: Ho.-
land, 3; and Portugal, 2: Included III,
these totals Russia leads with ten ar
mored ships, Great Britain, 8; Ger
INIT A oot
France, 3; Holland, 2; Austria and
Italy / each.
The armor plant of the Beardmore
Company, near Glasgow, is part OF
the concern which has taken the ship
yard of the late firm of Napier & Son.
Little has been said about the develop
ment of the enterprise of this compa-
ny, and it's armor plant comes as a
surprise. 1t has a 12,000-ton press and
two smaller ones, and thus far six fin
iShing shops have been completed. The
output of armor averages from BOO TO
600 tons a month, and the sn1pyard is
full of work, considerable tonnage
being ships for the British navy.
Two forrnda BILE battleships for the
Italian navy are shortly to be laid
down, one the Regina Elena at Spezia,
and the Victor Emmanuel at Castela-
mara. They are of moderate tonnage,
but are to have great speed and heavy
length of 475. Is feet over all, So feet
length on water line, IS. 46 feet breadth
and 1900 tons displacement. The en-
gines, of 10000 horsepower, are TO give
a speed of twenty-five knots, and the
coal bunker capacity of 900 tons VIII
give a cruising radius of 1000 knots.
The armament consists of three IL
inch, twelve S-inch, twelve 14-pounderS,
twelve 6-pounders and four torpedo
tubes. The armor will be 9.s4-inch
Krupp, maximum thickness. The We
tor Emmanuel is f35 feet length on
water line, 1873 feet beam and dis
placement of 1885 tons, her speed,
armor and armament being Identical
with the Regina Elena.
AS has been predicted, no
additional battleships nor armored
cruisers have been voted for. instead or
which the Secretary is requested ito
prepare plans and specifications of two
sea- going battleships and two arrnora d
cruisers, carrying the most suitable
armor and armament for vessels of
their class, and to submit to Congress
general description of such vessels
on the first Monday in December next,
and the Secretary shall re-
view and further consider the question
whether such ships shall be sheathed
or unsheatehd, weight and extent of
turrets; whether any changes should
be made in the number and kind OF
guns of the various sizes heretofore
used in similar ships; what, if any,
torpedo tubes should be built into large
ships; extent to which electricity
should be used for auxiliary purposes,
and all other questions which have
arisen and are now pending among
naval architects and ordnance experts
concerning the construction of battle
ships under modern conditions. And
the Secretary shall report to Congress
his opinion to such an extent as he
may deem expedient upon the foregoing
questions 1t is pretty large con-
trace with which the Secretary is con-
fronted and will involve much time,
thought and labor Oh the part of the
several experts to be called IN to settle
The various questions involved. BIT
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