The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-27
BATTLESHIP RECORD BROKEN.
THE KEARSARGES FAST TRIP
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
From Portsmouth, Eng, 10 Bar Harbor In
q Days. a Hours and lS Minutes--.An
Average Speed OF lS.A2 Knots an
Mour--I3eats All the Nayies In the world.

Days, a Hours and rs Minut es--yAn
Average Speed OF IS.A2 Knots an
Hour Beats All the Nsvies I'm the world.
BAR HARBoR, Me-, July 26.-With another
record dangling from his belt Capt. Joseph
N Hemphill Of the United States battle
ship Kearsarge steamed into Frenchman's
Bay shortly after noon to-day. Once
more the great American ship has proved
herself the king battleshp of the word
This time she made the run from Ports
mouth, England, to Frenchman's Bay,
distance of about 1900 miles, In days
4 hours and Is minutes, doing IL at an av-
erage speed of 1912 knots. Her former
record was 1882 knots for distance Of
5000 miles. But her run homeward was
even more remarkable than her run across
than the figures show, for In her homeward
trip she had to encounter the strong head
sea ald head wind.
In the past iifty-three days the kearsarge
has run $500 miles, and Of this she has been
in port twenty-four days. During the en-
tire homeward trip there was not single
breakdown in any part Of the machinery
from one end Of the great ship to the other
Kearsarge had in her bunkers ,5Ss tons OF
selected Welsh coal, and when she arrived
here she had only 4l0 tons, giving her con;
sumption of LIS tons during her trip.
Tomorrow her bunkers will be replenished
ut the coaling station at lie Nome.
The average horsepower which was
attained by the engines under the ordinary
draught was Q. 700. while the greatest she is
capable of under forced draught ss II 500
horseI power. In spite Of this great power
there was no appreciable vibration Of the
ship.
The trip was filed with interesting Incl
dents and it was in spite Of little incon-
vcniences that the great trip was made
On July II at 1:45 o'clock i'll the afternoon,
the American ship left Portsmouth under
the most favorable circumstances aud things
went on all right until the night of the 10Th.
At II O'Clock n strong gale was en-
countered, and shortly after midnight the
ship was forced TO drop to the lowest speed
she used during the trip, ten knots. The
highest speed under which the ship ran was
fifteen knots.
The storm lasted until o'clock on the
morning of the 10th. and then the tatLlesh'p
once more picked up. The next obstacle
encountered was an iceberg The Captain
was on the lookout for icebergs. as they
are unusually troublesome this summer.
and he had the temperature of the water
taken every fifteen minutes during the
trip.
On the oath the iceberg was encountered
and the ship was again forced to run under
slower speed. Everything then went
along without hitch until the Bay Of Fundy
was reached; and there a heavy fog awaited
the ship. Again this morning outside Mount
Desert Rock fog interfered with the ships
progress.
1t was about o'clock in the evening
when the Kearsarge dropped anchor in
the upper bay, There was no official
welcome by the fleet No salute was fired
for the pride of the navy She came in
quietly, slid up to the place assigned to
her and dropped anchor.
Hundreds of people were lined along the
shore path awaiting the vessel, but many
of them hardly realized that the Kearsarge
was slipping by, 80 quiet was the whole
performance. Capt. lHemphill was ex-
tremely pleased to get back home.
"I'm glad to get hack to Gods country"
he said. He spoke most enthusiastically
about the trip and though he has been
getting only about three hours sleepa night
for the past seven or eight weeks, he was in
the best of spirits and cheerfully answered
all the questions which were put to him.
WASHINGTON. July 28.The Navy Depart
ment has received woro of the arrival Of
the batt.eship Kearsarge at Bar Harbor
this evening little over nine days out from
Portsmouth, England
This breaks the battleship record for
long -distance runs, not only for the United
States Navy. but for every navy in the
world.
On her recent trip to Europe to join tho
European squadron for temporary service
during the visits OF that squadron to Kiel
and Portsmouth, the Kearsarge made the
run from Tompkinsville to the Needles in
ten days and sixteen hours, an average speed
of more than twelve knots an hour.
This also was a record-breaking per-
Torrance for battleships. 1t was made
without orders, but the run completed
at Bar Harbor to-day was conducted in
accordance with directions to Capt. J. N.
Hemphill Of the Kearsarge, from Secretary
of the Navy Moody.
The object in making this quick passage
was to observe the working of the boilers
and machinery Of the vessel to obtain
certain data desired by Rear Admiral
Melville, the engineerin-chief of the
navy.
1t was generally supposed at the Navy
Department that the kearsarge, which
left Portsmouth on July H. would not reach
Bar Harbor before tomorrow. thus cover
tnr ha Il or in Tar