The new sloomer Fengtien, which arrived here from Greewock on Thursday, the 13th inst., for the China Navigation Ca., Ld., and is to be immediately put upon the Tientsin rua, is, ae we have said, a sister of the Siuntien with improvements, and a very fine specimen of the modern light-draft passenger and cargo boat. The Fengtien is 267 feet long, 40 feot in beam, and 18 feet in depth, and was. constructed by Scott's Shipbuilding and En.
Gineering Ca., only twenty weeks elapsing from the time her keel was Inid until she was fully completed and equipped. Her displacement is 3,200 tous. She carries 33 firatecl>ss foreign gers, the cabins being most comfortably fitted; with electric fans and electric lights, and with five bathrooms, two for Ladies and three for gentl-men.. 'There are also cabins for 54 ist-class Chinese passengers,' with suction fans, and two bathrooms, and for 44 2nd-class Chinese. Her promenade deck is a great feature in this steamer, extending. us' it dues, almost the whole length of the vessel, there bei supply of life-belts in boxes on this deck, She is provided with an entirely new pattern of windlass, the Intest patent of Messrs, Clark, Chapman & Ca.
The Fengtien made a most successful trial trip on the Clyde on the lst of May last, doing 13.33 knots, and started for Shanghai on the Ist of June. She left Port Said on the ith of June, and Singapore on the 6th inst, arriving at Shanghai on the 13th inst. making the whole trip in 42 days, and from Singapore to Shanghai in 74 days, her average speed for the voyage being 11.7 knots, She was finished so.quickly that Captain Dewar could not get home in time to bring her out, as intended.
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