THE LAST MAN-OF-WAR.
The English Navy has now got the fastest man-of-war in the world. The Iris which has just been commissioned by Captain Edward - Seymour, c»a steam eighteen and a half knots an = hour. She will bo a most valuable cruiser iu war time especially against , fast privateers, and she is no small „, vessel, being over four thousand ton*;. and carrying a stiong armament. She is a curiosity as the first large steel ship afloat, and is built for lightness and , strength combined. Beoides ten large - guns, she carries ten Whitehead torpedo -. boats, also two fiatling guns, oue of which is fitted for use in the tor.top. . She is built in fourteen watertight com- • partm?nts and her captain haß constant drill in shutting the doors, being solved that they shall be efficient, m . case •* accident. She hns two fejpewa and two distinct stoke-holes, and her coal * arranged to form a sort of armofaf of coal to a great length of the ship. She carries electric light?, the sailing pinna*. \ of the Captain, in which the survivor* r ; escaped, is now afloat again for- the firat ,i time and a kedge anchor from the -old -. .Royal - George, and a . black', poodle generally keeps the watch on her quarter "•« deck. Her lines are beautiful, and Vfta'-. J is exactly like ft large steam yacht f?- c j • tjj
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Temuka Leader, Issue 305, 16 October 1880, Page 2
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227THE LAST MAN-OF-WAR. Temuka Leader, Issue 305, 16 October 1880, Page 2
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