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A. M. G. SEBILLOT MARINE VESSEL. v No. 293.793. Patented Peb.-19, 1884.

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AMEDEE e. snBILLoT, or rams, FRANCE.

MARINE VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,793, dated February 19, 1884,

Application filed July 19, 1883.

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Be itknown that I, AMEDEE M. G. SnBILLoT,

of Paris,France, have invented a new and Improved Marine Vessel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectofmyinvention is to provideanew and improved marine vessel of a novel shape, which vessel is to be so constructed that a very high speed can be obtained with the greatest possible economy of motive power, and which vessel is practically unsinkable; and to this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, all as here inafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved marine vessel. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a crossscctional elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a front end view of the same.

The vessel is constructed with three longitudinal compartments, A B B, of which the former is a middle compartment and the last two are side compartments, the parting-walls extending from the bottom of the hull to the deck. The middle compartment is made very narrow in relation to its length, and is made very sharp at both ends. The middle compartment alone would form a vessel of extremely sharp lines, but would have no stability, capacity, or strength.

For the purpose of making the vessel wider and giving it the desired strength, capacity, and stability, the side compartments, B, are formed on the sides of the central compartment A. The said compartments B gradually increase in width from the front of the vessel to about the middle of the same, and then extend to the stern at a uniform width, and are rounded at the stern, as shown. The side compartments, B, are made fiat-bottomed, and do not extend down as far as the bottom of the middle compartment, A, so that that part, A,

of the middle compartment projecting below the bottoms of the side compartments, B, forms an enlarged or widened keel portion of the entire vessel. The vessel is also to be divided into compartments by a series of transverse (No model.)

partitions or bulk-heads. The ship has a very easy motion, as the pointed bow of the center compartment, A, cuts the water easily, and the foremost parts of the compartments B slide smoothly on the water and penetrate it easily without repelling it. The lines obtained are very fine, and yet the vessel has a broad bearing-surface, and thus has great stability, on account of the flat bottoms of the compartments B B. The top of thefront of the compartment A is tapered from the front upward, to form a prow to cut the water. The vessel is much safer in case of a collision than other vessels, for if the prow of my improved vessel runs into another vessel, the prow only will be injured, and-as that is very narrow much water cannot accumulate in it; and if the front compartment is filled with water the front of the vessel will be drawn downward but a short distance, as the bulk or larger part of the vessel is toward the rear. The transverse partitions or bulkheads prevent the water from flowing into the rear part of the vessel. If the side of the vessel is struck, only one of the side compartment-s, B,will be torn open, as the same presents sufficient resistance to prevent the prow of the striking vessel cutting completely through it and striking the main hull A.

Sailing-vessels, screwnopellers, and side or stern wheel steamers can be constructed in the manner described. Screw-propellers, although in general use on ocean-steamers, are not as effective, if very great speed is to be obtained, as wheels are; but the difficulty has been that side-wheel steamers had to be built very broad, and often the wheels were not properly immersed, especially in rough seas. In my improved vessel the wheels D can be arranged in the rear parts of the side compartments, B, the paddles projecting from the bottoms of the compartments B, as shown. The wheels will always be immersed sufficiently, as the bottoms of the side compartments are always immersed. I

I do not abandon or dedicate to the public any patentable feature set forth herein and not hereinafter claimed, but reserve the right to claim the same, either in a reissue of any patent that may be granted upon this application, or in other applications for Letters Pat ent that I may make.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A marine vessel divided into three longitudinal compartments by partitions or walls extending from the bottom of the hull to the deck, the side compartments being formed on the sides of the middle compartment and the latter projecting below the side compartments, as set forth.

2. A marine vessel constructed with three longitudinal compartments, the middle compartment being tapered toward the front and rear, and the side compartments gradually increasing in widthfrom the front of the vessel to about the middle, and then running at a uniform Width toward the rear of the vessel, substantially as herein shown and described.

AMEDEE M. c. SEBILLOT.

W'itn esses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. SEDG-WICK.

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