Southampton Naval Works Co

1891. Nile paddle steamer.

1891.

of Woolston, Southampton

1891 'SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF A STEAMSHIP AT WOOLSTON
Some little time since we recorded in our columns the successful launch of a large sailing ship, named Katy, built by the Southampton Naval Works Company and the first vessel constructed by the company. Another vessel, this time a screw steamship of 900 tons, named Faunus, was launched on Saturday morning, and was really the first vessel the company contracted build. The new steamer is 210 ft long, 29ft. 2in. beam, and 15ft 2in. moulded depth. She has been built of steel under special survey, and is placed in the highest class at Lloyds, 100 A1. She has triple expansion engines, the diameter of the cylinders being 13½, 22, and 34 with stroke of 24 inches, designed for speed of 9½ knots. There are two single-ended boilers, with working pressure of 160lbs. The vessel has double cellular bottom throughout, she is of the raised quarter-deck type, with long extended bridge, and she has been specially designed by Mr. J. H. Biles, the general manager of the Southampton Naval Works Company, to suit the requirements of the timber-carrying trade, though accommodation has been provided for four passengers in one state room. The vessel has two masts, and with the view of obtaining the highest speed with the lowest possible consumption of coal, the builders have fitted her with a brass propeller. The new steamer has been specially designed to carry the largest amount of dead weight, and to give the greatest possible speed upon the small dimensions both ship and machinery. In order to achieve this object, there have been introduced the latest ideas with regard to form and machinery, which had been so successfully applied on the Clyde, especially to passenger vessels. The new steamer has been built to the order of Mr. Justus A. Waller, of Gothenberg, for the Concordia Steamship Company, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The launch took place in the presence of large number of spectators, including many workmen employed in the yard of Southampton Naval Works Company at Woolston. while numbers of people took up position various places from whence a view could obtained, and in addition there were several small boats afloat in the vicinity. The weather was beautifully fine for the occasion, and everything passed off without the slightest hitch, admirable arrangements having been made by the manager. Mr. Currie. .....'

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