No. VII.
MEASUREMENTS OF THE ALABAMA.
We are indebted to Messrs. Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead, for the following measurements of the Alabama:
Length About 230 feet.
Length between perpendiculars, " 213.8 "
Breadth of beam extreme, " 32.0 "
Depth moulded, " 19.9 "
Draft of water when complete, with about 300 tons coal in bunkers and stores on board for a six months' cruise, " 15.0 "
Engines.—300 horse power collective.
Rig.—Three-masted schooner, with long lower masts and yards on fore and mainmasts.