The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-02
Shipping And Waterfront News
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provided with two Diesel engines, de-
veloping 800 horsepower, and is in
tended for the transport of ore from
New Caledonia to Europe. The sails
and motors combined are estimated to
give a speed of seventeen knots in
favorable weather and when the lat
ter are not required the shafts are
uncoupled and the propellers run
free Apart from other uses, the en-
gines may easily help the vessel off
lee shore, as well as ct her out Of
region of Gains.
THoUsAND-FEET LINERS.
Sydney Daily Telegraph; Liners of
1000 feet in length are apparently
coming nearer every day. There is,
! it is true, no official confirmation OF
the statement that Messrs. Harland
and Wolff are laying down still an
other biggest ship in the world, this
time $50 feet long between perpendic-
ulars But there is more than one
circumstance which gives ground for
accepting the report For one thing,
when the Olympic was despatched on
! her maiden voyage it was promise
! that the Titanic should be followed
| by a third big ship. For another the
| Belfast Harbor board has been dis
cussng the question of widening and
Ilengthening it's new craving dock,
which is already large enough to &C.
commodate vessels of the size of the
! Olympic and Titanic. AS no other
dock in the country can at present
take these vessels, the disposition of
the Belfast board to forge still further
ahead is interpreted as significant.
The new Trafalgar dock of Southamp
ton, England will, of course, presently
| be able to accommodate the Olympic
and the Titania. But it will not serve
for a much bigger ship On the other
hand, Liverpool which is very anX-
iOus to keep the Cunard line in the
Mersey, will presently have craving
dock which will practically accommo-
date a vessel 1000 feet long. 1t may
| be that Belfast is no more than de-
sirious of keeping ahead of Liverpool
but it may at least point to the fact
that gantry at Queens Island is be-
ing extended to a length of 1896 feet.
Anyhow, the harbor board have, right
ly or wrongly, got it into their heads
| that bigger ships are about due. 1t
Itranspires that it will be quite easy
| to widen the entrance of their craving
dock from ninety-siX feet to 1O1 feet
and to lengthen it by another 100 feet
or 200 feet, practically without putting
! it out of commission. Clearly, Bel
fest is ready to continue to set the
pace, and by it's example to offer
much-needed encouragement to other
harbor authorities to make ready for
the 1000-foot ship.
THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY,
Sydney Daily Telegraph: Progress
reports, which have been received
through the High Commissioner (Sir
George Reid, indicate that the build
ing of the Commonwealth battleship-
cruiser Australia and the protected
cruisers (second class) Melbourne and
Sydney in British yards is proceeding
satisfactorily, and it is expected that
delivery will be made within contract
dates. When these vessels are COM
pleted and the local construction of
a third second-class cruiser Ito be call
ed Brisbane) and three more destroy
ers Ito be called Derwent, Torrens and
Swan has been carried out, the first
Commonwealth naval unit will be an
accomplished thing. 1t is so designed
as to form the foundation for navy
on a much larger scale under the Hen
derson proposals. The Royal Austria
liam navy in it's first stage will consist
of eighteen vessels, which appear in
the official list as follows:
Australia, 1920 tons, turbine en-.
gines, building by John Brown & Co.,
Clydebank, delivery date, September
80, 1912.
Melbourne, protected cruiser, second
class, $500 tons, turbine engines, build
ing by Cammell, Laird & Co., Birken
head; delivery date, August 1E, 1912