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190 in casings both of engine room and after cabins designed specially for this vessel. The vessel is provided with large fresh water and oil tanks, the latter of a capacity to enable the vessel to run 900 miles at full power. On her trials this vessel attained a speed of 12%4 miles per hour, and dur- ing a special trial made in bad weather TAE MaRINE REVIEW has proved herself to be a very good sea boat with excellent maneuvering qualities. Owing to the construction adopted, the absence of the vibration usually associated with motor propelled vessels was a most noticeable feature. The Manatee has proceeded to her destination under her own power, and is the first motor engined vessel built in England to make an ocean passage. New Steel Steamer Comanche ae accommodate the growing traffic between Seattle and lower Puget Sound ports, the Puget Sound Naviga- tion Co. recently decided to build a new steel freight and passenger steamer. The. companying drawings. Comanche will register approximately 800 gross tons. Her principal dimensions are as fol- lows: : Length, over all, 175 ft.; length, be- ENGINE ROOM BOILER ROOM | olen ath aart eeet Sae ero t Pepa if od ma rect eT Wee ere Veit ts vos (fraecea Mca ytey mere «sya eh (Mle cera Srs= ee Vy ee ety tA at 1 May, 191¢ all stores, fuel oil, fresh water, passen- gers, crew, baggage, furnishings and cargo. There will be a double bottom anq a deep tank forward of the boilers for fuel oil. main and upper. The frames and side plating are carried to the upper deck, which is wood. The deckhouse, pilot house, and texas are wood. There are five watertight bulkheads. The oil com- partment bulkhead will exterid from the keel to the lower deck and the bulkhead forward of the boiler room is to be oil tight to the lower deck. The oil compartment will be formed by the shell plating to the lower deck, a steel, oil tight flat on lower deck, bulkhead There are three decks, lower, eee BB Relies sity i tg c OUTBOARD PROFILE OF THE STEAMER COMANCHE. eorder for the construction of the new steamer, which will be named Comanche, was given to The Moran Co., of Seat- tween perpendiculars, 165 ft.; breadth over guards, 33 ft. 9 in.; beam, molded, 31 ft.; depth, molded, 15 ft. Ae ins: forward of boiler room and oil bulk- head in forehold. A longitudinal bulk- head will divide the oil compartment i= = Be Sea VP \ AK /\ MAP NAR NK NAT 1 Kye PRE RCE h aW Ne} AW NAW NA CABIN =p = EH an AWN AR ATM ART AT AT ay Ly x K AL nl S UPPER DECK. PASSAGE CALLEY tle, who commenced work in February, and expect to have the steamer in op- eration early in the summer. The outboard profile and main and upper deck plans are shown in the ac- ii ENGINE SPACE ea MESS kKOOM ~ Deck PLANS oF THE STEAMER COMANCHE. depth of hold, 13 ft. 8 in.; draught, mean load, 11 ft. 6 in. She is designed for a dead weight capacity of 320 net tons on her mean load draught, which capacity includes close to the center line of the vessel. The capacity of the oil tanks is 25,200 gals., or sufficient for four days' steam- ing. A fresh feed water compartment, with a capacity of 21 tons, will be pro-