The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-17

Uneraded from the rainy Northand the British Bona
poked her around Diamond Head yesterday
morning and with her guns laundering
and Stripes the channel and anchored Naval Row be-
the Patterson and the Bear The cruiser left Esqumat
the fourth of March and made erey trip down. The first
days of the made fine weather but four days ago
the Bonavenre into the teeth of the Kona that swept the is
lands few days and she bucked her way through heavy
seas the rest of the trip.
The vessel is her way Hongong where she has orders
relieve the cruiser Thets Admiral Knowess Chinese squad
Just what work will assigned cruiser officers
do not know Yesterday the time spent cleaning the ship
and today She will take $50 coal She will her
Saturday While coming her anchorage yeser-
port propeller Two divers work almost all yesterday
dentanglng the cable Much interest shown the work
of the divers who had the latest improved equipped with
telephone through which the could communicate with the Of
fcer in the boat above
AS the cruiser mooed Captain Nblack of the Ma
val Station made official call Captain Toese Later British
Consul Layard and Vice Consul Davies called At the after
Captain Torese paid his official call Governor Carter
the capitol The Hawaiian Government Band part
the leadership of Captain Berger executed God Save the King
the officers entered the capitol grounds.
made conclusion when looks
at the Bonavenure There is little beauty her long gray sides
coated with dull paint The ugly looking muzzes that project
everywhere give impression of the pentup within the
hull while the grnnng mouths of the torpedo tubes suggest
awful death in the Wteheads wake There really big
the vessel but there smaller that broadsde
would rip any ordinary craft to pieces
The Bonaventure of the Astraea class" eight ships
and built in 1892 The Flora of this class and practically
sister, well known these having gone Den
Island little year ago. The tonnage 1900
her length feet her beam 1850 and her draft Her battery
consists of 6inch and nch rifles 6pounders and pound
There 8nch torpedo tubes above Her
inches thick the deck inches engine
and three the coming The
by vertical triple expansion There eight Tended boil
e The normal coal supply but the bunker
capacity which the ship steamng radius
miles On her trial the Bonaventue
hours under natural daught and four
ed draught.
The officers of the Bonavenure Captain Torlesse Lieu
tenant Garfort Lieutenant Morres Lieutenant Amedo
ant Nixon Fleet Surgeon Hewlett Engineer Commander
Fleet Paymaster Ling Surgeon ubbe Engineer
Assistant Paymaster Hughes SubLutenant Pognand Cerl
Smith, Gunner McDairman Codns Torpedo unne
Williamson, Artifcer Lambert.
The Bonaventure British manowar TO leave the
Canadian Pacific Station This month the British
from Canada and their places taken by Canadian mill
tia In line with the policy of giving Canada complete home
have been withdrawn and the Naval Station Esqumat will
in The trip of the Bonaventure Cana
reached this port
Considerable heard yesterday over the French
of the British cruiser This explained the fact that the
English of their fighting ships either after old ships
the line which have of commission ships of other
countries captured destroyed by British vessels in war The orig
na Bonaventure French rgate in one of Eng
lands with France When she became English she
retained her old and after she he
and the of the victory of long
in succession of modern cruisers.