SHIPS AS THEY ARE, AND SHE'S AS THEY OUGHT TO BE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 154, 11 May 1864, Page 4

SHIPS AS THEY ARE, AND SHE'S AS THEY OUGHT TO BE.

tl'u •• r.\;- i«:arr." fjl'ttl ',11th' t. in' hu,:is sljll t}-(. ijT.solV' tl in t.v>* uu* :i;iwami A'lniir:.! ; »Surti>nu> ci.mp!ain> to tiu* I'i.ncs tha; ihr i-f vxpu-ii'iu-f havo bvi-n r.v-k .-K-J 1-y i5-t* A'lMira';;.. bur he 11'•! rulhioct'iid fn j.ai'i iruiar.-'. \ 1 what lilt* ]rs-t»i-s >o ]iav»« ifcu. lie : i»ut errors ami fai'lis. but not tho ?hi)!.<--. I'pon ; t jie *\\ arrior ur.u hor tin.- uritos a.< follows ii From ?.fr. RcolVs (th.c present (.'hief Constructor of the _\av\) ' at C ivi-n.vifli. as narrated in iho Tints ut' ihe 27th of Xowmber last, it appears that Utc lol!owin»r (jpjjiion.% niv distinetiv avowed or inlcmd: Xhttt tlie * W'arrinr* i? lU(> t'ect h»d lout;: rhat >he :s defiea-nt in tarr.iaLi p»*-\v. r. liar.lot' Nicrr- 1 nnd had luo :;i-' at ii:*au!it ot* v.nn-r, id! <»f which , 1 aiv indul;it;'.hi\ s: lt -h M-rioii- U a> to :vnd» r '.hi- ! viwm»l iia'iu ii' iidt w>rU\->. !'.»r war oi: ri Mtnhinv water, uavrov, jias- ; rivi it, hnviM-.;;*.- iikc Spithea i- in Ta--!, h»r ; t»Ueh a war a> is now {?n in Anari-a. lher , uttarl; i»r utirinv. ?»' r. lv»*eil al>r> ih ,- ': ire- vi r\ iSiut all x\w ironchuis are error> <>r misami t hat. in Intnsv the Admiralty will hui'd tla ir vessels fiiaidt-r. « lnu}>».r. ai.vl hanaiier, a»:d that 1 L'rrai expeiiro involved in i oi:>i. ' t'C iU»i*hi?» r.jul works i. r.\ vith the r iT;M r'.'e !•. \}\ - ot ir<.*da wa> nvt iii'i'. 'm; \ . \» ij:.r ti,- i> to he u--i i- : Ai--* llic. C ... lie-;-.ui.a <.•«<>! Tv \vi>rk> h< - jdetit; tor ".hi* W i:» i \ purp<>>« of ar; ».n<n :odat inllileUelJve el \i wlneii aie i»*-1 to i.o lv* p ated in >;;:e or in !o ( iii; Kitlirr lids he dene i.r iho \r-'-e!s .:i t.ne-la n ! ii-Uii up.'' 'ihat the * and ln-r e.'a->are too f.nd j that a >i,iida-v aiiU haiader er;l'i woaid hi- mo;e eth*e- ! . ti\e. hcia-M io !-■ i.-;ute true. i ; itt r-;m! i> m, it- ! tentia), aial the Admiral doe:- not tell us the lom-au*. iit wha-h M:.;d! of water and i.aia'.oa >s tun j he i(>niiiii.i *,' w,;!; the maximnm of>pevil. W hai i.- ' tlic >i;:e ami huild which will unite tia- minimum <•;' . tonuaLie tt'e maximum of ?*peed. aiid «arry one 0:* moiv i;un> ot i_ r rcai ram.-,e ami wei*. in uf n.eiai. Ii ! must he leiremheivc ti;al the M*rc\v rcijuirtdepth ol imna'i.-ioii ior tall pover, 1.-ut vc hn\o oi'n ; and nevu* ha i ail>»\cVed the ijhesliom at w: a : • ?izc the tic.-ired vrjot in n,uv 1 e ol.ta:!.ci». fan it 1 . i',ot hy a mod i; odd of u ton-, or two thou-and. or w here ? '1 lie 5S\ atTK.r i -.hi l (-ne v.er : t «>f >j p-'.a; oi' v. alt r v oi:!';a-- lier .-er*. a-. > i*> iaip >i*a>, an«i wiun rlu 1 «an ae!, >n erhni ha». : .i\ a* she in- ! v»»mb!v (i'.-t's, >he ret.u.iiVi an aret-r to tome Vuui.d in. i.iii.- heii-u tile ta.-e a mor«- a« tive ei emv, ; etpiaily fa?t, thou »h with fur I'fWi r yui:>, wuuhl have an advantage over the s-hi[>. as the .-mailt r siud idniLkr eia t v.oidti hi uhlo to take up any |uo?t Juvounddv. ly the ' W ;:niur'.-' inability to tiun cuiekl\. 1/ut Milllm* (aie.MJi '.i n-n.ain.-, wlietlicr a .-nail- r ( r 1 inoie hi.iu'v ve:?vi e : uld the 'Warrii r' in 1 6peedr 1> her t uo > mons linage u e»r.-arv Tt» t i>e Jull power of the sett w'? I'ntii tln.l point he ax er- • turned the condemnation of the largest el:i.-< of wartliip?« lannot fairly he pronounced, for if they cannot be ctjUfdlcd in .-peed, tiiey have • no mo-t im]'ovta!'t redeeming them from the utter charged again.-r tl.em. "Lponlhe rtecnr invention of the double :«crew, Admiral iartorins observe-:— 1 think thut 3lr. I'ccd i> much mistalven in lii< estimate ol tiie value of the twin screws. 'iius a]i- ; }ilieation of the >v.rew ii» atined to p!uy a nn»-t imporiant part m \Jj ♦♦ Uoyal as well as the c<»mna-reia! Jiuvy. it can i;ive liiat j>ower ol" pivot-tui-ainu* :o e?bential in buttle, and ior es-ape in moments ol imminent danger of shock or shipwreck, quite unattanir.ble by any anangement of a single si-rew aided by the best eonst:mted rudder. 'ihi> \ ]jo\vor is entirely diiien-nt and from .-jieeit. ami frctjuenily antaiiuid.-tic to it. particuiariy to that speed which is obtained by great length. Willi the twin screws " a ve->el tan be turned round and round like a top without ahead or astern"—an ine.-ti* ; mable wldeli will be cheaply bought by the sacntiee u{ a litLle .-peed. ] iiavc, iiowe\er, jjood , reasons to believe that the contrary is the case—that -peed will he gained, and not io.-t. by the use ol' the twin iltcw ? ." Are we lo understand Admiral Sartorius' proposition literaily, thai by a double ?crew a \c-m-1 can be turned routid and round like a top without m»im: ahead '? (.'an a vessel ever steer without *ii i<i either ahead or :u.Um, r.o matter how liule ? Must not a Yc&sel iiove to alieaii wlien she eona-s to m oheiiicuce lo her In ha a lee lias filled ln-r ;d'tir-.-ail and lnou-u ahead, if «'n!y jor a few yard-, before she is cheeked by the htad sail. « >r, to , eite u stronger exxtmpi*..', a vc.-.-el at single aia-ju-r in a tide-way oilujiu-lv the r-ireiiin, when in olad'encc lo ln-r hcim .-ho shei*r». • It may ; be only a lew hci, hut ihere is Jhe mov;m'id ahead. A vc.-sel eai.not sti.t r without yoiiijr either Ittstcr or . blower liian the water, ami il' -iie In; uniicr ai.\ m«»v- ; in- j owcr Mia h -he lou.-t u<» aiieatl t<r u, an*l j cannot. >pin l-oamt !dve a lop. We haw j.-oj iiie jae-un ptiun to <_li-]<lll v the naut:cal pi , oi>t)s!i ioji ol .-o 1111.Ji an authority a- Admiral j ►"artoriu.-, b;i; it -ttn.s io u- ihat lie < o;dd not mean , to he Luuii i siood si ra ti; b\ iiie card. I.nt wiiha.*mali j ail<jwaiiee iul' ;ulik' i»ti.e m<t uucUslomary r..- • lion. ;