Note 180 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Built on the Clyde by Mr. R. Duncan, in 1840. Left Liverpool on her first voyage, July 4th, 1840.
Material of vessel Wood
Length, keel and forerake 207 feet
Breadth of beam 34 feet 4 inches
Breadth over paddle boxes 54 feet 8 inches
Depth of hold 22 feet 6 inches
Depth over planking 24 feet 8 inches
Tonnage, builders’ measurement 1,156 4594
Tonnage, new measurement 1,15513100
Tonnage, of engine-room 53570100
Tonnage, register 61943100
Length on deck 203 feet 7 inches
Breadth of deck 31 feet 9 inches
Depth of hold 22 feet 2 inches
Length allowed for engine space 70 feet 7 inches
Draught, mean, one-half of coals consumed 16 feet 10 inches
Area of midship section at mean draught 520
Displacement at mean draught 2,050 tons
Kind of engines Side-lever
Collective H.P., nominal, per Admiralty 403
Cylinders, diameter 72½ inches
Stroke of piston 6 feet 10 inches
Diameter of paddle-wheel over floats 27 feet 9 inches
Number of floats on one wheel 21
Dimensions of floats 8 ft. ⨉ 2ft. 10 in.
Kind of boilers Flue (4)
Number of furnaces 12
Grate, 6 ft. 2 in. ⨉ 3 ft. 222 square feet
Total heating surface in boilers 2,698 square feet
Coals consumed outwards to Boston viâ Halifax 440 tons
Coals consumed homeward from Boston viâ Halifax 450 tons
Mean draught of water, ship leaving Liverpool 17 feet 2 inches