35* 



from Tables III, IV and V. The triple turret has been extensively adopted in Italy, 

 Austria and Russia, and is under experiment in America, while France is proposing 

 turrets to carry four 12 inch guns in each, but turrets containing more than two heavy 

 guns have not yet found favour in Great Britain. 



Table IV. The World's Dreadnoughts. 



British 26 

 French 9 



Russian 7 



German 19 

 Austrian 4 

 Italian 8 



Totals 42 31 



*Launched but not complete. 



SUMMARY OF SHIPS 

 U.S.A. 13 



Argentine 2 



Brazilian 3 



Chilean 2 



20 



'*Not yet launched. 



Japanese 



Turkish 



Spanish 



Grand 



Total 



101. 



"Not yet laid down (Dec. 1912). 



The Armoured Cruisers " Edgar Quinet " and " Waldeck Rousseau " (E. B. xxiv, 

 012) have been completed by France. The " Giorgios Averoff " of 9956 tons, 24 knots, 

 7 inch armour, four 9.2 inch, eight 7.5 inch guns, &c., has been completed by Orlando of 

 Leghorn, and another vessel of 19,500 tons has been ordered of the Vulcan Yard, for 

 Greece. Germany has completed several cruisers of the " Augsburg " type (E. B. xxiv, 

 911) but new vessels will probably be of 5,000 tons and 27 knots and carry 4.1 inch 

 guns of improved type. A number of vessels of the "Dartmouth" type (E. B. xxiv, 

 909), including the " Melbourne " and " Sydney " for Australia, have been built in Great 

 Britain, and the sister vessel " Brisbane " is being built at Sydney, but eight light ar- 

 moured vessels of a new type are now being built for the British Navy. Italy is com- 

 pleting scouts of the " Quarto " type (E. B. xxiv, 913). 



