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feet ; depth of hold, 13 feet 6 inches ; tonnage, 350 tons, old measure- 

 ment; bowsprit, outboard, 23 feet 6 inches; jibboom, outside cap, 23 

 feet, foremast, above deck, 43 feet; fore topmast, heel to head, 34 

 feet; fore topgallant mast, heel to truck, 29 feet; foreyard, 55 feet; 

 fore topsail yard, 46 feet 6 inches; fore topgallant yard, 34 feet 6 

 inches ; maimnast, above deck, 47 feet ; main topmast, 34 feet 6 inches ; 

 main topgallant mast, 31 feet; main j'ard, 60 feet; main topsail 

 yard, 46 feet 6 inches ; main topgallant yard, 34 feet 6 inches ; miz- 

 zenmast, above deck, 33 feet 6 inches ; mizzen topmast, 27 feet ; mizzen 

 topgallant mast, 25 feet; crossjack yard, 41 feet; mizzen topsail yard, 

 34 feet; mizzen topgallant yard, 24 feet; spanker boom, 28 feet; 

 gaff, 21 feet. 



The Savannah cost about $50,000 when ready for sea. She was 

 equipped with one inclined, direct-acting, low-pressure engine of 90 

 horsepower, the diameter of the cylinder being 40 inches and the 

 stroke 5 feet. The boilers were built bv Daniel Dod at Elizabeth, 

 N. J. 



" The side paddle-wheels consisted of eight radial arms, held in 

 place by one flange, and were arranged to close together like a fan. 

 They were furnished with a series of joints, so that they could be 

 detached from the shaft and taken in on deck when storm or other 

 circumstances required it. Her shaft had a peculiar joint at each 

 end, arranged for the purpose. The wheelhouse was made of canvas, 

 stretched over an iron rim." 



The ship sailed from Savannah, Ga., May 22, 1819, and arrived 

 in Liverpool, June 20. Nearing the British coast, she was mistaken 

 for a ship on fire. The London Times of June 30, 1819, alluding 

 to this event, says : 



" The Savannah, a steam vessel, recently arrived at Liverpool 

 from America, the first vessel of the kind which ever crossed the 

 Atlantic, was chased the whole day off the coast of Ireland by the 

 Kite, revenue cruiser on the Cork station, which mistook her for a 

 ship on fire." 



Subsequently she visited Elsinor, Stockholm, and St. Petersburg, 

 returning to Savannah from the latter city. After her return, she 

 was divested of her engine and for several years ran as a sailing 

 packet between New York and Savannah. In 1822 she ran ashore 

 on Long Island and went to pieces. 

 Made in the Museum. Cat. No. 160,364 U.S.N.M. 



Model of steamship. 



The screw steamship Cuba, was built at Philadelphia, Pa., by 

 Neafie & Levy, in 1875. The steamship Oriental, a sister ship, waa 

 built in the same vear. 



