The Red Cross Clipper Ship Royal Edward.
We this week give an engraving of the new iron sailing-ship Royal
Edward, of 3500 tons burden, and classed A1 twenty two years, built by
Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Co., London Yard Ironworks, Isle of Dogs,
for Messrs. Fernie Brothers, and Co., of Liverpool, and forming one of
the Red Cross line of packets to Australia, dispatched from London by
Messrs. Charles Walton and Co. The Royal Edward is commanded by Captain
John Shaw, late of the clipper-ship Empire of Peace, and is of the
following dimensions:- Length, 223 ft. 6 in; 36 ft. beam, and 24 ft.
depthof hold. She is built in five water-tight compartments, and,
besides being a very handsome model, possesses the novel feature of
having steel bowsprit, masts, and yards, ensuring great strength, with
lightness aloft, which by increasing her stability, makes her more
seaworthy in rough weather. She has admirable accommodation for
passengers, as well as large capacity for cargo. The construction of
this vessel has given such satisfaction to her owners that they have
ordered a sister ship of Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Co., which is
now in course of construction.
The Illustrated London News, May 14, 1864.
Transcribed by Lars Bruzelius
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