THE PENINSUIAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIP FORMOSA.
i his fiiiP vps'-ei, " ln.jsf arriv*] i p«stt»rrl -jy, nfrer a iun of 75 (lavs 6 hour \ from Southampton fiucluflino li (lavs stoppage;) it wik om agieeahk' dut, to rejioi t i 1i 1 n supplement to \h» Si/divy Wormng Heialti, ii 1 * tin-se-cond -ipum-s-liip lai'! on bv \hv P & O Company foi thwse colonies. Sheis huiU of lion, and carrips tbir vas's. b«injr <-qtMie«ik r»r »< j d forward; her hurtli. n'e '576 ton- and of VOO !.r>rsp-power and ber cine dimensions sire as follows:— Lengih overall 211 feet. „ on Ue.-l 19i v Depth of hold 16 „ Beam «6 In leipfct to her moire power, fill that modern engi neeiing soit-ncc could do for a ve^el o( lier calibre sip l»rir-i to have bren fioue. She is fitted will) a paii o' low-working steeple engiiiPS manu^iclu^d b\ Vles^rs. Smnb and Rodgeis of Glasgow, the builders o ibf vessel. Tlip dinmfter of flip cylindnr^ i 5.. .. 4ft " Stio^eof piston 3 ( t. 6 in. " Di.imeler "f fan or screw 12 ft. 1£ in. " Pilch of ditto 12 ft. The engii)"* are of 180 ho'Sf-poA-i>r, hut calculated t^ worl up to Their icvoluiions aie 37 per niinu c hut, by the intervention of a pinion, tl>e screw sb.if ni,ikct> 2^ revolutions to one of the enginfs; bay i)l per minute. Her engine-hou^e liaa two tubul.i boilers fitted \v)th bia^s tubet, each boiler having foil' safety valves; nnd, in addition, bHinu furnished wnh Ldnili's new patent surface blow-off valves; n nove invention, which the intelligent engineers of the Formosa report to have succ eded admirably. Eve \ modern improvement has br^-n brought to be.w upoi "nch dep.utnvnt in the engine hou»e, the whole ol wliosh airnngements reflect erent credit upon the oi h'ceia in cb.)i><i» of thib important br.uich. 'I he chief s,iloon on ihe main deck, is nenllv and coirfortflblv furni^lied and li.is I wel i e state ca'uns, co'ita.nuio ivi'o b''iili- earli. Tin ie are, aNo. ten sate cabins 'u\< j .'n (led -t' ' height of which are 8 hh J > j t. Com foil rather than s-i»c \' appears to li.uv bfn studied in ill ec'jninu«lati >ns for the passengers ; but ihere i s j.( 'i one point o\» ilooKed., which we .he quite sure will h. r'od'id a most one m all iheoe oceanic steam -lups. 'I here are no state cibins with single berths: and thus a pa^spnsrer to or fiom Europe, desirous i<j hHCur« the !nean>* of letirement for >-tudy, writing, or 'itheiwis' 1 , cannot, unless he pay a double late of pa< money, report lo those modes of occupying his ntin dut mg a long voyage of l6,(H)() miles, which to intellectual m>fds is of f.n higher luxury than that of a well :t|>p"inteu t.ible md cellaiet. Tins overaigl't in respect to the cabin arransemei.ts has a!r» ( idv caused «pvc/a gentl' men jiroce din^" to Knglmid lo sive the nrpfercncto evi-n <«lo«-^ uling VfSStls wherein they were cualileu to obl.iin tl a: ar-coTiJii.ndiiuon foi «myle pa^sengei which the Chut>an and ',]■>■* '\usiialiun did not piole>" d give. A double bedded cm " iwj i>p put up nith iluiin. a short voyage between poic- n» ICurope ; but ilunn. one of ten or iweive week-, there me many obviou di-, ! )«> - reerible- urteiiiling surb an arrangement winch Jev\ first cla-s passengers would like to encounter The Foriuo-aV saloon and cabin of the -econd cl.isare very comfortably fitted. '1 here aie iweive canine com uuing (as in first class) two berths each ; and pveiy provision for the comfoit of the pnt-sengt'i appears to have been made.— Sydney lie) aid, OctobtrV^.
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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 689, 20 November 1852, Page 2
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602THE PENINSUIAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIP FORMOSA. New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 689, 20 November 1852, Page 2
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