The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-28
TESTING OUT A BATTLE SHIP.
Severe Scrutiny Which Modern Destroyers Undergo
Before Being Accepted
FORMAL


It anxious yet proud for builders design
big battle ship when applied
expose any lay fangs bring
to the the manifold queer capces which
sells like horses peculiarly prone The skill many
months about undergo searching
tigaon which foresight apply big
check is about to change
of powerful ships
launched the Shkishma belonging Japan may play very
prominent the which that and Russia
plunged be interesting the trials which this sen
did levan underwent before being handed by the
Thames shpbudng Company 10 her purchasers
looking but and seamanke Japanese sailors lhe
tay work the ship back the little island empire in the far
East stood under orders prepared for emergency which might
and preparations made for the first trial. slow speed
speed pronounced
satisfactory and matter OF ac the least formidable of the
in the of interested parties Then enthusiasts
with gear which the rudder per-
formed evoutons startling angles and pronounced It excellent
Next day after the boilers had been carefully cleaned and
hauled the their notch for speed and
durance during
authorities neither few frivolous But in jus
British engineer that while
y welcoming difficulties he H seldom happier than when
fully meeting them.
board being verified for all deficient
up terbalas and coal And talking of coal the
experts how much of this precious fuel
which, by the specially handpcked and selected being
consumed to maintain the steam pressure
very interesting
several of them weighing nearly apiece LET
try their holding power on the sea bottom then drawn up again
thing department the Shkishmas economy
well found and in perfect working order.
The auSiary the smaller guns
weapons themselves
but their mountings pass any or suggested
being where possible effected remeded by staff
the spot Meanwhile the electrical fittings with which
warp appointed from light telephones had been
tested and presently the trials
The tubes which these deadly missiles discharged had
previously tested during the steanng firing
the real thing had the approval of the experts
technical for the average follow but
they thorough Truly the officer who his steel
knob releases destruction
dealing engines the direction of enemy warshp holds terrible
In his hands
Perhaps o the most important applied to
guns and the Of their discharge for after the
of rounds have taken place the and
of the Shhima infinitely examined that every
that the decks had sustained strain
terrible of the firing. Needless during this
rial carefully with glasses rounds
Of dropping proc passing vessels
The big trial arduous of endurance for the
run crews we'll thing find the
he afternoon following asleep decks with
perhaps only coamng for pillow
Battle ship trials in this invariably conducted al
most solely British staff who had been employed the
re OF mighty fabric, and they work with wonderful enhu
a uncesng edeavor the best possible out OF
hat portion the wonderful organization under their charge be
run engine
Nearly article in the ships equipment duplicated 50
hat there shall difficulty hitch the trials by want OF
nart to replace which has collapsed under the strain
The trials over the technical expert satisfied the Cap