NAVIES OF EUROPE. 



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Spain has a small unarmored fleet of large- 

 size vessels, but many small gunboats for the 

 defense of her colonies in all, 9 frigates, 20 

 corvettes, and 75 gunboats. 



NAVY OF RUSSIA. The Russian navy con- 

 tains 29 armored and 10 unarmored ships, be- 

 sides a general service fleet of 2 frigates, 18 

 corvettes, and 56 gunboats. The unarmored 



vessels include four American-built ships, the 

 Europe, 3,000 tons, the Asia, 2,650, the Africa, 

 2,580, and the Zabiaca, 1,200 tons, armed with 

 four and six inch guns and making a speed 

 under full sail-power of 12 to 14 knots. The 

 remainder are Russian-built cruisers of 1,334 

 tons. The following is a list of the armored 

 vessels of Russia : 



The fastest of these are capable of making NAVY OF AUSTEIA. Austria has a navy of 

 13 knots an hour, and the speed of the lighter fair power, as appears from the following list 

 class is 6 to 7 knots. of her armored ships of war : 



