THE P. AND O. COMPANY’S ROSETTA

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2123, 13 December 1880, Page 2

THE P. AND O. COMPANY’S ROSETTA

The P. and O. Company’s mail ship Eosetta, says the *' Sydney Morning Herald,” ia unmistakably a valuable addition to the company’s fleet of vessels, and shows that the company are advancmg with the times in insuring punctuality and efficiency in the performance of the mail service. The Eosetta on her maiden trip has given proof that her steaming powers are all that the present conditions require, by landing the mails m Australia two days before the contract time. The Eosetta is the first vessel built in Ireland for this company, and on inspection it will be fonnd that she differs in many respects from others of the company’s ships running to this port. The saloon ia a very handsome mid, in fact, a costly one. The pannellings are composed of choice and highly polished mahogany, satin, and rosewoods. The staterooms are roomy, amply supplied with fresh air, and each is fitted with an electric bell communicating with the steward’s department. In two of the berths there are novel experiments in washing stands, which fold up against the sides of the_ cabins. At the end of the saloon there there is quite an elaborate and capacious sideboard, and in place of settees in the saloon there are row of_ chairs, which revolve on pivots, and give sitting accommodation for seventy, three persons. A spacious flush deck is a noticeable feature, more particularly as it is not lumbered up, as is too much the fashion with leading steamships of the present day. The second cabin is forward, and though only fitted up for a limited number, it appears, is an_ exceedingly comfortable apartment. The builders of the Rosetta are Harland and Woolf, of Belfast. She is propped by powerful engines supplied by Messrs Howden and Hons, of Glasgow, and they are on the compound principle, surface-condensing, and with inverted cylinders. These are 94-inch and 54-inch, with a stroke of 64-inch. The screw is four-bladed. and is 19 feet in diamster. The engines are of 700-horse power nominal, and on the trial trip the speed attained was 141 knots. The average speed under ordinary circumstances of wind and weather is 12 knots. The Eosetta is supplied _ with engines for cargo haulage and for working the ground tackle, 4c., and, in Jfaet, wherever steam can be utilised on board it ia done. The agents in Christchurch for this lice are Messrs Dalgety and Co.