'A handsomely - fitted steam launch for the use of Admiral Hobart Pasha on the Bosphorus has just been shipped to Constantinople by Yarrow and Hedley, the builders. The boat is 40 ft. in length, 6 ft. 6 in. beam, and has a draught of 2 ft. 3 in. She is fitted with engines of 7 (nominal) horse power, capable of working up to 20.'