“The Press” In 1866

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31206, 2 November 1966, Page 16

“The Press” In 1866

November 2 RED WHITE AND BLUE.—The "Daily Telegraph,” of August 27, gives a very full account of the voyage of the Red White and Blue, a miniature full-rigged ship of 2j tons register, from New York to Gravesend, with a crew of two men and a dog. They started on the 9th of July and reached Margate on the 16th of August. The following is a description of the vessel:— The ship Red White and Blue, of New York, 2 38-100 tons register, is a metallic lifeboat, built by O. R. Ingersoll, New York. Her dimensions are as follows: length, 26ft; breadth of beam, 6ft lin; depth of hold, 2ft Bin; from decks to keel, 3ft. She is like all lifeboats and whaleboats, sharp at both ends, or stem and stern alike. She has a watertight compartment of 4ft at each end, and

cylinder compartments along each side. She is decked over, but has a cockpit for the steersman around the mizzenmast She is ship-rigged and sparred in proportion to her size. . . . This extraordinary voyage was performed in thirty-four days from New York to the chops of the Channel, thirtyeight days to Margate, and forty days sixteen hours to Gravesend. Captain Hudson and his companion may be fairly congratulated on having safely accomplished so perilous an adventure. Whatever other result may have been achieved, no one will deny them what credit may attach to the demonstration of its being possible to cross the stormiest ocean in the world in a cockle shell.

The Red White and Blue was conveyed to the Crystal Palace from Greenhithe on Saturday.