Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLI, Number 26, 26 June 1903 — Ka Mokukaua Nui o ke Ao nei. [ARTICLE]

Ka Mokukaua Nui o ke Ao nei.

| Ma ka la 13 iho nei o Mei, 1903, ua hoolanaia ma Kalaida (Clyde) ka Mokukaua Pelekane "Commonwealth" e i ka Fainfield Shipbuilding Company, a i o keia ka mokukaua nui hookahi o ke iao nei. Aia ma kahi o ka hookahi tauj sani tona kona oi mamua aku o kekahi ! mokukaua Farani, lapana a Amerika paha, a ma kahi o ekolu tausani tona i oi aku mamua o kekahi mokukaua Rukini a Geremania paha. He 16, 350 tona kona kaumaha piha, 18% mile kai ka mama holo o ka hora, 425 kapuai ka loa; laula, 78 kapuai. No kona mau lako kaua, e hookauia ana maluna ona he eha pu o 12 iniha anawaena, umi pu 6 iniha anawaena, umi-kumamaha pu 12 paona, umi-ku-mamaha pu 3 paona, elua pu mikini, ame eha pahu topido. He 22 iniha ka hohonu o kona pale kila o ka aoao, he 29 iniha ka manoanoa o ke kila ma kahi o ka ilikai a he 7 iniha o ka oneki. O ka moku mua keia o ekolu mokukaua o ke ano hookahi e hanaia aku ana e Pelekane no kona aumoku kaua.