The following particulars of the new Holt liner Stentor, one of the most recent of ithe fine batch of cargo steamers built for ithe O. S. S. Ca., which arrived here on Thursday, are given by the Singapore Bree ress Dimensions—length, 440 feet; beam 52 12 feet; depth, 33 1/2 feet; gross register tonnage, 6,700, carries 3,000 tons water ballast." She is fitted with triple-expansion engines, and steam is supplied by two Voilers working ata pressure of 180 Ibs. per square inch. Her trial runs showed a speed of 134 knots, and the vessel answered her helm so well' that she turned in-2.6 times her own length, occupying 5 mins, 17 sees. "in the manceuvre, which is equal to the best results from twin-screw steamers, The Stentor's cargo outfit includes 17 winches and numerous heav derricks, one being capable of lifting 35 tons. She has complete electric light installation. Tu some respects, the Stentor constitutes a new departure in shipbuilding, as in the main hatch pillars have been dispensed with, their duties being taken up by intercostal girder frames between tle deck beans, with the hatch coamings forming part of same. This allows of a much larger hatchway, which is a most important feature in vessels engaged in the China trade carrying, as they do, very bulky packages. "The same system of the construction is carried out in a modified degree in the remaining portion of the vessel. The sternpost of the vessel represents another novel feature in this class of single-screw steamer. The deadwood is completely cut away, and for the usual casting hay been substituted a wrought steel tube, which forms the afterpast, and upon which the rudder is hung pintle, instead of six as by the ordinary rangement. The remainder of the stern frane consists of an arched mild steel pluto of a U, section to the lower forward end of which is attached a steel casting forming the post for the rudder. The rudder is of the balanced type, and has been designed so that its displacement is equi to its own weight.
Capt. Jackson is in command of the Stentor, which was bult at Belfast and engined at Liverpool,
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