A now river gunboat named Outer has just been bolt for the German Government to be added to the fort in water. It has been construct. evgioed by the well-kawa firm of J. U, Tecklenborg and Ca. of eestemande, and re-erected by the Shanghai Dock and Engineeriog Ca, Ld. at their International Dock under the aopervirion of Herr Max Biese of the former firm.
The vessel presents an extremely ad. is built throughrmoured steel which combines the advantage of great strength and extreme lightness, The quarters for the officers, crew and hospital have been thought out and arranged for the high temperatures to be met with in the upper Yangtze doring the summer months, while to add to the comfort refrigerating machine has been installed of the very latest pattern.
The machinery consists of two Schultz water tube boilers generating steam at a working pressure of 16 kilogrammes per square centimetre, and supplying same to two sets of UN
505 jon surface condensing engines ranaing at 360 revolutions per minute and derelnping 1,700 indicated horse power capable of driving the vessel at a speed of 144 knots, The official trial took place on the 28th ultimo, outside Woo-sang, with most satisfactory result, Il requirements being niore than falGlled in every case, with the resalt that the commission appointed by the Admiralty bad the merchant marine fag banled down on the retarn trip and the naval flag hoisted, denote ing that thy Otter bed been taken over and placed io commission, We ander-stand that Mr. Bieso is well satisfied ork of the Shanghai ud has been authorized to econgratalate the Firm on haviog fished the whole work mach less than the contract time,
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