Show HIS reputation CAPSIZED air william whits white deposed because royl royal yacht proad cranky information has come to the naval intelligence office that Bri england gland a most famous ship designer after years 0 of conspicuous service covering a period of greatest naval development has been removed from IOTO office because of some mistakes akes made by his subordinates which have caused much discussion both in naval circles and the royal family in the last six months battle ships armored cruisers fleet torpedo boats and other types of war ships had been successfully designed and constructed under his direction and no serious fault or flaw discovered in any of them could bo be attributed to poor design PI Pio bably no naval architect was more widely known that bir william white the british chief con an official with high rank and large pay but in tho totter letter part of his career troubles came upon him in the simple design of a royal yacht sev oral eal months ago the 1000 yacht built tor for the queen capsized at her dock because of want of proper distribution of weights and calculations made showed that gross carelessness had been displayed in her design which resulted in her being and altogether unsafe british officials were shocked that such an could occur to a vowel vessel built for royal persons and fill all the blame was at onee once placed on the chief constructor ile he was waa held responsible for the lack of attention being given the plans that led to a websel being bill built it that woul boull I 1 turn over alongside alon galde hei pier eh eb pec lally in the case of a ship that should bo bf mole moie seaworthy an mil 1 safe than perhaps any other bulit built for service borvice the injuries to tho the ficht ro re ived in capsizing rendered lier her unfit for faither consideration sir william was at once detached from nd and recently it hits haa been decided to place some one else at the hea heal I 1 of th construction department in the british service the construction corps irv his already been antagonized by the line contingent and while in pro motion nici tion Is recognized the calef constructor tor ta IH usually talen taken aiom civil life and has come in the past from some of the great shipbuilding ards of the country vir mr watts one of the famous designers of the armstrongs has been tendered the office of chief constructor and will probably pro babli be the successor to sir williim mr watts present salary is said bald to be much lai baiger ge than he would receive in the construction st corps of the navy but the honor attached to the position Is one that few naval architects would be willing to decline A new yacht to Is now being built on plans that will insure safety under all conditions sir bir william white will mill lecese fi a and retire from service beaton hw her ald |