Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-24
Average of 1910! Knots Per Hour
Maintained During Forced
Draft Run Yesterday.
BOUND DOWN THE COAST NOW
Performance Of Vessel Disappointed
People Here But it Was Very Salts.
factory Considering the Adverse
Conditions--Estlmated HORSEPOWER
Exceeded by Over Four Thousand.

The battleship Virginia completed
her official speed tests yesterday in q
four hours forced draft run down the
coast OF New England, during which
she developed q speed OF 1901 knots
per hour, exceeding her contract speed
by just OF of one knot.
On her standardizing test held over
the measured Onc-knot course off
Owls Head Island. Me, last Tuesday,
1t was ascertaineu that the Nirginia'S
engines would have to maintain 1898
revolutions minute in order to attain
her contract speed Of 10 knots an
hour. On the run yesterday the war
ships engines turned up an average
OF 129.5 revolutions per minute, which
was an excess Of .02 of revolution
over the number required to drive her
19 knots. 1t was upon this basis that
the naval trial board figured her speed
Tor the four hours. no legs or mark 5
being used and the actual speed made
by the Virginia during the run is not
lnoHn.
People Disappointed.
The announcement Of the official
speed OF the fighting namcsake Of the
Old Dominion came as disappoint-
ment to the people OF this city, fOr il
was generally believed thai The ship
would make at least 1871 knots an
hour OH her run yesterday, while some
thought that she would develop as
much as 1872 knots an hour, for she
made o. remarkable mile squirt at the
rate Of 1884 knots on her staudardlz-
Ing trial Tuesday.
When it is considered, however, that
fJa .,.,1l, ~.
the Virglnia's engines had to turn up
30 more revolutions each minute than
the engines were built to develop, her
performance was very satisfactory.
Forced Draft Run.
The Virginia weighed anchor at
Rockland early yesterday morning and
pointing her huge nose seaward she
proceeded to Monhegan Light, off the
coast Of Maine. where the four hours
run began. Immediately after leaving
the harbor the vessel was put under
forced draft and when she dashed
across the starting point she was run
ming at 10 knot clip, while huge
volumes of black smoke belched from
her three tunnels.
Notwithstanding the fact that The
Sea was comparatively smooth the
mighty warship plouehed through the
water at such a terrific speed that she
threw huge waves over her bow and
all during the four hours run her
fo'castle deck was flooded
Little VIBRATION
Throughout the entire four hours
the, %arship's engines worked with
Z 1IaI1ted snoothneSs and there was but
slight. Vibration noticeable on the veg
rel although her .pelGorous engines
were, turning up 1913 REVOLUTIONS each
minute, and thcy averaged 33,G0Q
horsepower
AT the conclusion OF the four hours
run the Virginia was put through the
usual manoeuvers, her steering gear,
anchor hoist, etc, being subjected to q
rigid test.
After the tests were over the vessel
proceeded TO Boston Light, where the
naval board OF survey was transferred
TO TUG anu then the Virginia's prov
was again turned seward. She is
now well OH her way down the coast.
The vessel should make the run down
iii about forty-siX hours and should
reach here Saturday afternoon.
Sister Ships Tied.
The average speed of the Virginia
is the same as that made by the Rhode
Island, her sister ship, and q produce
OF the Fore River Engine Company, of
Quincy, Mass. as that vessel also dc.
Ncloped 1901 knots All hour on her OIL
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