'A steam launch to be used, it is supposed, as a torpedo boat, has been landed at Aspinwall, and brought by train to Panama. This launch is of extremely delicate model, being 72 ft. in length, and 9 ft. beam, and it is said to be capable of making 20 knots an hour. This latest addition to the Peruvian navy was immediately sent down to the anchorage of the Pacific Mail Company in order to receive the finishing touches to her engines before beginning her voyage to Callao.'