A COMPLETE IRON CLIPPER.

Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3823, 23 October 1877, Page 2

A COMPLETE IRON CLIPPER.

X remarkable ressd. which -we may state will ■nrobably Tieit New Zealand in a few montnSjis tbns 'described by the Melbourne " Argus':—The Inch Green is a nearly new vessel, having been launched from the well-known building yard of Messiß Gaird find Co, in July of last year, for Messrs W. Lindsay and Co. She is to all intents and uurneses on sron clipper, everything about her beirib iron or steel from truck to kelson. The royal masta and yards ore steel, and all the houses on deck are iron, the life-boats being of the same material, and almost the only timber about her is the dec* pltretiusr- The luch Green w barque risged ami of 1091 toas register, andbmlt on very nasdsome lines, giving- her quite a yacht peartnce. There is a comfortable poop cabin aft, Very cicely set with policed woods, gilding, ftc, but the berthing plaoee have an unfinished appearance, from the abeeace of the usual lining boards. This, however, keeps down Termin, and the iron is coated with a composition called patent cork cement. *mich presents a rough granular surface, and is eaid to be a pood non-conductor of heat, ine interior of the vtswl is covered with this material i The Kfe-beate. «s" already mentioned, *re made of iron, corrugated, as to give them* «linker bwilt appearance, and tiey cost £100 eacb. i The vessel in order to fit her for thetimbertrade is fitted with bow ports, capable of tiking in 30»n lum*ber. and from end-to end ehe is furnished with all manner of patents and contrivances to facilitate work.