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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



Armies of Mexico, South America, and Asia. 



* Including native and white troops. 



The Torpedo Fleets. 



TABLE SHOWING TORPEDO BOATS AND TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS OF NAVIES OF THE 



WORLD. 



The New Navy of Japan. 



BATTLE SHIPS. 



COAST-DEFENSE VESSELS. 



Itsukushima, steel. 

 Matsushima, steel.. 



4,278 

 4,278 



1889 

 1890 



Hashidate, steel. 



4,278 



:u 



1891 



STEEL CRUISERS. 



GUNBOATS. 



OTHER VESSELS. 



Miyako, dispatch boat, steel, 1,800 tons, 12 guns, building; Congo, corvette; Hiyei, corvette; Heiyen, cor- 

 vette; Tsukuba, cruiser; Katsnragi, sloop; Yamato, sloop; Musasni, sloop; Kaimon, sloop; Ainaiki, sloop. 

 These vessels are from 2,884 tons to 926 tons displacement, and carry from 19 to 13 guns each. They are built 

 mostly of iron and wood, and their dates are from 1871 to.1889. 



The Chinyen, Saiyen, Heiyen, Soko, Chinto, Chinsei, Chinhoku, Chinpen, Chinchu, and Kaikyn, were captured 

 from the Chinese in the war of 1895-'96. The number of torpedo boats and destroyers is given in the torpedo-boat 

 table. There are, in addition to the above vessels and torpedo boats, 26 vessels us'ed as receiving ships, hulks, etc, 



