The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-11

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marine architecture that is going on
increasingly. Almost daily there come
details Of a new leviathan, and while
the launching of the Mauretania and
the Lusitania is still fresh in many
minds, and while the Olympic is still
creating wonder with her gigantic
size as the largest vessel in the
world, there are assertions that even
a larger vessel is to be laid down.
But Honolulu has had an opportun-
ity of witnessing this great progress
OF the shipbuilder's art, for in recent
| years the size and character of YES
| sells trading to this port have under.
/ gone some great changes. There was
time when the Pacific NAL steamer
| China was palatial liner, but now she
is relegated to the ranks of the inter-
mediate. Then followed the Siberia.
the Korea, the Manchuria, the Mon
golia, the Tenyo Maru and the Chiyo
Maru, each vessel in it's class being
an Improvement on it's predecessor.
The latest word in shipbuilding. as
far as Honolulans will know from per-
sonal observation, will be the new r.
K. X. liner Shinyo Maru. From time
to time word has been received of the
progress made in her construction, and
now arrangements are being made TO
give her fitting reception at each
port of call on her initial Journey. |
From accounts that have reached this
city, she will be a great addition TO
the Pacific fleet. Her fittings will
compare with any, and the only re-
spects in which she will differ from
the Tenyo and Chiyo Marus will be
IN improvements that have since sug-
Sested themselves to the up-to-date
company that is producing her.
There will be a palm garden on the
new boat, that has not made it's ap- 6
pearance on the other two liners. :
There will be wider and higher pas
sages, but taken all round the prog =
ress of shipbuilding has not been 7
great enough to make the Shinyo Maru '
vary to any appreciable extent. To II
see the Tenyo or Chiyo is to see the g
Shinyo, that is, externally. The lines "
Of all ,hree vessels will be alike. The
fittings in all are elaborate, but the :
/. *. K. is a company that caters for +
nc comfort of its patrons, and any c
hing that will give greater pleasure is Y
included in its ships. Popular officers s
re a material factor in the popular y
ty OF ship, and these are to be +
.ound in the vessels of the T K. K. v
leet. To mention names may seem +
but the names of Pursers v
Reed, Cavarley, Chapman and Gras- 8
3ett come to mind. t
The Shinyo Maru mas been de- t
'cribed in these columns as fully as
t is possible for any boat to be rep +
'esented before she is completed. To Z
describe the Tenyo or the Chiyo Maru Il
Is the Shinyo Maru would be rather S
But there are many G
'oints that are known, because they J,
lave been given out by her owners. D
The new steamer, like the other two
iners that preceded her. was built at
h Mitsubishi Dockyard and Engine 81
Works, Nagasaki, and was only laid g
own after the directors had assured u
themselves that there was a real de- p
nand for another vessel of so fine o.
lass. Her symmetrical lines will hide VI
er enormous size. She is $50 feet 10
4 length, with beam of 63 feet and 20
depth of 3S1a feet, and while these =
reat figures will be appreciated on ~
aper, as she steams into Honolulu "
near September next she y,
ill not look anything like a giant "
hip, for she will be built as a mail
ner and not as a freighter.
AS turbine engines have proved sue "
essful in such boats as the Lusitania III
nd the Mauretania, the Chiyo Maru ~
nd the Tenyo Maru, to say nothing ="
the success met with in ships of ~
ar, this class of propulsion is being ~
lied upon for the Shinyo Maru. AS 1i
ated in the STAR she has had trial -
ip, and has developed a speed OF
enty-one knots. To obtain this rate =,
ree propellers will be used, and ~,
cam is developed in thirteen boilers.
eventeen thousand horsepower is 20
seded to get this great speed, and tb
e propellers will perform ?70 revolu- n,
ons minute. The advantage of car. m,
ing three propellers must be appar- he
1t to all, for the chance of being Ar
,peless at sea through loss of blades tb
failure of one engine, is practically pa
|, as the ship could always make Ar
'rt in her crippled condition at Pr
irly good rate of speed
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