'JHE QUEEN OF HIP SOl'Td AND THE GREAT BRITAIN SCREW SIEAMERS. (To the Editor of the " Plymouth Gnnidian.")

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 689, 20 November 1852, Page 2

'JHE QUEEN OF HIP SOl'Td AND THE GREAT BRITAIN SCREW SIEAMERS. (To the Editor of the " Plymouth Gnnidian.")

gIRg 1Ri — 1 !) t^t > tw o splendid steamers have been brought prominently bi foie tbp pu'-lic of Jiile. The Quppn (.f thd boutli appears, from Us recent visit to Plymouth, t'> he gaining ution the wondering f.icultif & tit the mhabi'ants, so inucb so as to induce them 10 think tlmtthev h ive nevei .>een a Inrger sciew ship — iirlped I have mvi with many of Kite who would readily at.ike a large bet upon the mzi--of these two steamers, and atiiirn stoutly that the Queen of the S>iuth is Hip larger of the two. Tber is a l,ivoriu-im in most tilings, bin in tli.it moie gallant portion of tlie coininuiii.y, the '■e-i luring portion, it ih pattuulirU manifest when sailors have a yam upon then ci ■((, heuce as the comparison of which 1 -.peak bin b^en ni.ule by some of them, and us sour \>-\ jipr ■;• ci'i-ul iif-d freely amount them, I hope to giw (hem urn,a lufoim.itiou upon this --uJ'ject. Let us b' J#in with the Gre.it Cm 'in. Having si-ei this l'*vjarh.iri Btti)m»r before and s-ime the unto«ar>l Mtrtin'ling m Diunlium Bay, it is fair to sMite tlia tlie stum^tli of the ship ha» been by iluit event taiih proved. Ev<r_) sailor and lover of his countryman * skill mu-t liave lamented that a ship of such henuutu hues ami capabilities should hive met with such a fain The Great Bntatu is tiow, what she aluays ims, th»' lonopst sl)i|) m exi-tence, beiu« 33Ofeet lung —compan th.it v\jth ilip Qui en ot Ihe South, which is SiJ4O left The oreadth o( the beam of iheGnai Bntain if 01-^ leei that of the Queen of the houth is 39 feet. '1 he depth, of (lie G. B. is 35 feet, the Q. of the S. is 25 feet. Tin Gieat Britain will cairy 3000 tons, of jjood.s, und i*2ou tons of coa's, making 4ii()() tons capacity, but this may not be considered as the buiden, in nautical lauj>uag< —3,500 tons burden ih the legiiter —while the Queen of the South i& registered 1,777 tons burden. Jh> piigmeb of the G. B. ar/» nouuntilly 500 horse po«ei hut they will work up to 800, 'I hose of the Queen c Sout i are 300 hoise. Tie G'eat Biuam h.w six h«ileis, while the Queen of the Si'ulh h»b but four. Euhei of thed<* b^iler^ can be used independently of the other. Several other particulars might be mentioned, by which ltwiuld be seen that tin 1 two ships are vi no respect Mimlai, except thai they arc both propelled b_\ the screw, and that boih ships are built of iron. ISo doubt this brief description of these two noble ve-se s will be sufficient to clear up ilip doubts of the non-eon-vincd, a.d pel haps give us all a feeling of interest id their future career. It might h-lp the lJea.s of oui bci'ptical iiiemls it they were told that tb-Great Britain i>» as long as Windsor Teir.iue, which is seen to an aitv.uii i>»e Horn the Hoe, and that the Queen of the South wu)d be as long if two houses Ironi each end were luke<> off. Yours, &c, LiiTLt. Briiain. Plymouth, June 22, 1852.