Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
A Wonderful Ship.

A WOluCIlul Oulp.
The new steamship Caronia, of the
Cunard Line, which made it's first voy.
age from Liverpool to New York
couple of weeks ago, is wonderful
vessel and is of enormous size. She
is the largest vessel ever built on the
Clyde. Her outside plating alone
would cover three acres Of land, and
100000 steel rivets were used to Sc
cure the hull. Some of the rivets
used in the ships bottom are seven
inches in length and weigh 81 pounds.
There are eight continuous decks
including an upper promenade, and
each of the turn shafts is 225 feet
long and 2 feet in diameter. The
Caronia is a prototype of the unhn-
ished C4rmania, except that the lat
ter is to be driven by turbine engines.
The Caronia's 8 engines are Of the quad
Iuple expansion type.
The chief measurements of the Ca
ronia are:
Length over all, CTS feet; breadth,
723 feet; depth from shelter deck, 50
feet; depth from boat deck, 80 feet; ;
depth from bridge, 81 feet; gross ton
mage, $1,000, displacement, 10000
tons.
Either of the twin tunnels of the
ship is wide enough for two railroad
trains to pass through it abreast, and
each smokestack rises $50 feet above
the keels or inside bottom of the hull.
There is so much height between the
plating representing the cellular dou-
BILE bottom that $500 tons of water
ballast may be carried.
The engines and boilers weigh over
5000 tons, and the bow anchor weighs
over 80 tons. The anchor cables
weigh 125 tons. The quadruple ex-
pansion engines are capable Of devel-
oping 10000 indicated horse-p power
and represent new system. The
high pressure cylinder is nearest to
the boilers. and is adjacent to the low
pressure cylinder, which in turn is
next to the second intermediate cylin.
der. The first intermediate cylinder
is the last of the series, and the result
of the combination is that the thrusts
take place at such parts in the circle
of revolution that each cancels the vi
bration of the other.
This arrangement of the machinery
makes the tremor so slight that even
in strong seaway billiard might be
played on board without annoyance
or discomfort. The rudder weighs 25
tons, and each steel plate is 80 feet
long, with an average weight of 3
tons. For $50 feet amidships the hull
is fitted with bilge keels. The unus-
ual strength of the hull was demanded
for armed cruiser service, the ship be-
iug fitted for II large quick-6ring
guns, magazines and the like. In
addition she has a steel-lined treasure
, chamber.
Besides the space on board for the
465 members of her crew, the new
vessel has accommodations for 3,lOC
passengers, a new departure of fourth
class emigrants being feature. There
are no fewer than 25 bulkhead doors
below or near the water line, all Of
which can be simultaneously closed in
Is seconds by the turn of lever
on the captains bridge.
Although the Csronia has l3 enor'
nous boilers, she is not intended as q
greyhound, and is designed to make
Is! knots an hour. The vessel was
built by John Brown & Co., at Clyde
bank, Glasgow. Her keel was laic
September II. 1908. and she was bap.
tized 81 months later by her sponsor
Mrs. Joseph Il. Choate. wife of Am
bassador Choate.