A Remarkable Ship.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 100, 17 January 1894, Page 4

A Remarkable Ship.

Anton* t». vro-W which the llraztltan (■ >\ .1,111. nt Itatre ju»t pun-hawd •n the I nn <*d stat*-4 for n*e against the n!»*f <i.«( i 4 ill- Itestniyer. a retnarkal . trail, th- :i4, li’ion of lll*' faiuoi- IV tain hnr-ain. Until now the v*-al h»< been r. uini l on le.v from h.» own* r« by the I 'iuihl State* Admiralty. Sim 1* not a very u< w I. awl •fc.fwetda for mean* of • no on a sahsoana* -nn |il.u**i in b> r how i, winch ill-, 'name* a projectile or lorj* lo ih a * balance of 10l> yartior W. Th tun 14 nearly 10 feet below the aorfac--. ami is built of t im.. *l. -tr. nirlhi ne*l bv steel nn.>. It i« '1 at the breech, ih. i ilew which closes the muzzle heiii -a in .1 by a sen. - of lever* just b. f..r. ;he moment of discharge, nml cl *ii.j tmtomatically a* the projectth lea*••» rbw gun. The latter is a steel t .i| It. SOf< in Ung'.h. con.anting its hea<l a rbarge of HUOIbs of gun Col on. The IVstroyer is 190 feet lonn. *a.l built of iron, her stem and si. rn I* ng of similar form. She can, th< rel .fo, go astern as well as aheail, and i* af ere.it length in proportion to h* r breadth. In her lighting trim she et|- e 4 but s few ti.rbes of her sid. s above veau r.