RAPID STEAMBOAT TRAVELLING.
Twenty miles an hour seems a tremen- " i: ; dous speed for a steamboat, yet that is ; ' the rate obtained by a little yacht which " has just beaten the fastest river boat on the Hudson. Her length over all is 64ft, ■ her beam lift, depth of hold in the centre 7fft. This little boat is capable of attaining a speed of twenty-seven miles an hour, - a speed exceeding that of the fastest torpedo boats. Indeed, the Company who built her did so with a view of fur- ' nishing a type of vessel whieh would ibe useful for the ordinary purposes of pleasure yachting, and which could in case of need, be placed at the disposition of the Government to be used as a torpedo boat for the defence of a port. The.., engine is of pecular construction ; it ig . described as an annular valve inverted compound engine; it has two cylinders," . one of 12in and the othev of 21in in ; diameter, with 12in strode, With the maximum steam pressure of 1601bs, it will make 46Q revolutions per minute, and this with very little wear or liability '! to. break doiyn,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 12 October 1885, Page 2
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191RAPID STEAMBOAT TRAVELLING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 12 October 1885, Page 2
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