SPEED OF STEAMERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 618, 22 September 1909, Page 9

SPEED OF STEAMERS.

; It is poßßiblo to arrivo at some indication of tho inorease in the number o! high-speed tcbEels ,by. on analysis of the figures given in. "Lloyd's Kcßistcr.',' It vrtll be Been that, taking all countries,-there are now 101 etoamere cap?o"- ■ ol exceeding 20 knots, aa compared with 58 in 1901, and;oieat in 1891. This.development,, lit is,true,, in .-largely duo> to Channel steamers and mer craft, and is the conEcquonco, fur- »,«/ tho development of the turbine. Of ! the' 101, thirty-four stoamure are propelled by'ParfO"f. turlnnee; ao. that iU'wllT bo recognised that this new esßtora of propulsion lias had-a very- direct.influence on-tho development in speed. It will.bo noted ; that Oreat, Britain takes quite place, and that , of tho « vessels' addod slilco 1901 to the list of. 20 bnottersv 31 are. Britieh-owned, the number now in 1«?1. With, tho pxceptwn of , tha . United (states, where a number of coasting, vessels have recently..'been, added-inaking ten 20-knot-ters, as compared: with four eight 'years 'agotho inoreaßO in tho number of fast ships of foreign Powers la Very, slight. Of speeds behvpen 19 and 20 Uuots thoro has not been a great development.' Including all' countries, tie num. bor was 17 in 1891,.which was exactly doubled in 1901, and fromthie thero has'been on in. crease during tho past' eight ■ years ■of eight vessels, making the total now. 42, of which' the united Kingdom'owns 27. '■■■ , ■ ' . The same, remark", applies with eeual forco between 18 and 19 knots, the total now being 85, aa compared with 47 at the beginning of tho century. 6f tho total, 6:1 are Urftiah-owned, as compared with. 38 K in 1901. . Taking all vessels gcecdipß .17 Knots; in speed, an 3 numbertol 553, totauv owns 206, .'which must, be reokoned as-a'moEt favflurablo roßult.-"lSngineer." ..

: . E.y.s.-. EUAPEHp, fkoh London! Alter voyire from London, the New Zealand BhippifiK Uompany'a iß.H.B.Euapohu dropped anchor in the stream 'shortly «i. f' o j3 P-™'>«leraay and, medical' inspection boing satisfaotorys. sho woe brought alongside and berthed.: at. Wo;: 1 south: Queen's Wharf at a auartcr to four... ■. ... ■■.-■: ■ Leaving Wyraouth ; on August 7, the KuaDehu experienced fine: weather as far as'■ Sriffo whiph was roaaheaon August 12, After leavinß Tonorifle,. light' variablo wind "were mW Jrtth tor a few aaye, nod then moderate 6outh-ca6t tvado. wwda .and' moderate eea»- until Oape Town jv4s reached on August 27. For two dare after .Cape Towu was letV behind,, a d™iation waa mauofronr the usual courne in the hoDO of pickiug up thp War.atah.but no sign "of ?£o jnisemg :vessel_ Was seen. Moderate'following teas accompanied: the vessel'aa far , urleigf.fn. e i/ 6 u east> and'then fino weather prevailed till Hobart was reached on ■ Thursday last. After anding, .150; tons of .pargi)7,the Unal stage 01 S° « oy . Bse w(l8 "oameacci line wcathe? on the first day: save place to moderate souticast galei, and these, later, veered round to the north, and retarded the progress of the vessel consderaWy. ■, On,: reaching longitude 168 ■ east flno weather-was again met with, and era. tiuued tUI ■ujctval, vessel has 382? tona of cargo o for thie. port and,l3JJ. tons for Lyttel. Saiuro^n^'t 1 ; Pr ° bably 6aUfor tta,«owf£i Captain Frahoia Forbes is eUU in command of the Buapohu,: and the . officers aesociatcd with him are as follow:-Ohief officer, Mr. 0. i ? Mead; second, Mr. P. P. Crawford (lato:of the Wakanui); third, P. B. Boucicault; fourti Mr. G. D. Stedham (late of the Kaipara); SSper!' 5. nal «y "Oicer, Mr. B. D. Botti sUrgeon; Dr?\V. Y- D^ n ¥r cy: D oh i? f , engineer, Mr. S. \t Scott : florid, r Mr. B.•, Byles (late of the• Eimutaka)thrd, Mr. A, 0. lirora (late■ of the Papanui : chief refrigeraUng engineer,! Mr. P.,T. Woodall chief steward,'Ml" W. T. Janes. ' ■ ■ ool ' au ' nn^nSmh^ 1 ?^ 1 !?, "? I?' "J^W"'POblished S^Sttd^iSS^^^^° O O kO4 D , a , r&'

The_ schooner Clyde ;ia now .due'from Grey, mouth with a shipment of .timber. . The Union; Company's collier Waipori is to teave Wcstport for .Wellington.' some . time t^ The Kosamoud. learca Nelebn'.'for.iPiotbn, at An alteration is. now announced in the Indra-K-SfTSoJroW:" 16 W ' U ?bt . r ° ach ** Mr. T. B. \SeweU is joining ■■■the. Rosamond temporarily as second officer, and Mr. H, Fraokley is proceeding-to; Sydney forjorders.. ' . .j, , . _At 11 o'clock'; last nirtt. ' the ■ Arahura left We6tport for Nelson; and she is timed to leave the latter port at noon- to-day, for Picton '. and wellingtoa.....•;, ~- ... ..... • : , Th ?T T,? Mr ■ Bt ? am " Tomoana. left liyttciton fpr Wellington last: nicht, and is to ■ berth atthe Glasgow Wharf, this morning for. Homoward loading.. ■ \- , ■ .:' . ' ':\ Work in the ongine-room of the Hinemoa will not be completed in time to admit of tho reasol sailing for Oook Strait to-day, but she will 1 probably leave to-morrow morning,"* .