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Show TRIAL OF THE NEW CUNBOAT. Tha Government' New Cruiser, Concord, Tried Today. New Yokk, Nov. 8. Special. By direction of the navy department the trial of the new gunboat Concord took place today on Long Island sound. The Concord was built in tho shipyard formerly for-merly owned by John Roach. - The contract con-tract for building the Concord was awarded in 1887 and the keel was laid in May, 1888. On the 8th of last Mrch the ship was launched. She is required to develop 3-100 horsa power, and the contract price for tho hull and machinery ma-chinery complete is $490,000. The Concord Con-cord is of the same style as the York-town, York-town, of the White squadron, and is almost the same as that vessel, with the exception that she is required to develop de-velop 400 horsepower more than her sister. |