GREAT IIKIT.MN AND IKKI.ANP. 



prisw7res- 



'* nu.l " Sultan "i 



placed in the third Haw, 

 HaT* "f ' ("Hercules 



ral batten- md " 



>h." "Devastation." 

 " J - " " 



. .ind" Neptune fanned 

 :s-. .,-. or It -. There are 17 



jirmor olads classed as efficient for coast 

 defen*. <-f hi 



-Invin.-ibl.-." "Ir .n I 



umph. " It -'id "Orion") have their 



lisposed in a central liattcrv. and ! r H<>t- 

 rjorgon," 



H\dta," "InnVvible." "Agamemnon." 

 rv t heir heavy guns, mostly 25-, 

 20-. or 18-ton, in closed turrets. 



A new programme of const nut ion was begun 

 upon as soon at the old was c<>m pi ei,- 1. The first 

 TOSill laid .-inch,..! in May. 



18B5. isan impr WOO," with the same 



. . . . -y .. \ inaaged and bett.-r 

 protected ; she has a displacement of : 

 engines of 10.000 horse power, is calculated to 

 steam 17 knots, and is fitted with 5 torped< 

 ton of new design. The iir>t r Magnificent 11 ) of 

 a class of colossal battle ships, of 14,900 tons dis- 

 placement, was launched in 1894; a sister ship 

 ("Jupiter") was launched on Nov. 18, 1895, and 



7 others (" Majestic. - Prince George," Cicsar, 11 

 -Hannibal. "Illustrious," and 

 "liars**) are building. They will have engines 

 of u.iNMi horxe power, capable of making 18 

 knots, and will IM- armed with 4 12-inch guns in 

 barbettes and 12 6-inch and 28 smaller quick- 



suns. and have 5 torpedo ejectors. 



. the i mMi ban ad '. ftnt-olaMdeok- 

 proUcted cruisers were built, 5 (" Edgar," Kn- 

 dvmion." - Hawke." " Grafton," and "Theseus"), 

 of 7,850, ai -cent, 11 



" St. George," and (Jibraltar "), of 7,700 tons, 

 all equipped with engines of 12,000 horse power, 

 capable of steaming 19} or 20 knots an hour, 



<-oal space for long cruises and an arma- 

 ment of 222- ti | '-.'li-inch. 126-pounder, 

 and 5 8-pound- r <juick-firing guns, except the 

 - lioyal Arthur," which carries only 1 heavy gun. 

 Two older cruisers (" Blake" and " Blenheim ' i. 

 of 9.000 tons, have engines of 20,000 horse power 

 and a nominal speed of 28 knots. Seven belted 

 cruiser* laiji.ch.-,i ... l^n,,,l 1887, of 5,600 tons 

 and a nominal speed of ls t knots r Undaunted." 

 "Aurora." "Australia,* 1 "Galatea," Immor- 

 ulmV Narcissus.** and " Orlando 1 *), have also 



8 23-ton guns, and nearlv as large a secondary 

 armament. Lighter deck-protected cruisers, of 



tons and engines of 9,600 horse power, 

 trial speed of 19* knots, of which 3 

 Minerva,* 1 and "Talbot") have 

 begun, to be followed by 6 others (" I> 

 __JoT" Doris," ,,l v.-n 



oarry onlv quick-firing guns, 5 of 6 inches caliber, 

 hoc, and several smaller ones. 



Talbol- was launched it. April, 1H!I5. 



The 

 . . 



ow protected cruisers have been begun 

 OKteClba latest programme (- Powerful 

 "JTible% of IfjAo tons, with engines of 

 mm bom power, designed to give a trial 

 peed of 29 knots; the armament will be 2 9-2- 

 2 6 * lnch ttfcfc-fliing, nd 18 



< -r 



ad 12 S-poond. ,ng guns. I h. 



" was launched in the Clyde on May 27, 

 WW. Every one of these cruisers is equipped 



cruiser* imilt between 1860 and 1885, \\h 

 classed as first class for conv..\in- puriiosei 

 Ulack li 



ilo." - Urllcniphi 

 "Northuml . Shaniioii. Im- 



.-." and ' 

 'lid das-, cruisers Imilt under tin- iia\al-<: 



nidi are of 2 types and 

 (" AiK.ll..") and 4,860 tons (" Asti 

 9.000 horse power and a speed of IJiJ < jn kn^ts. 



unpr<'\e.| 



f another type are jirojected. The !.!. 

 oud-chuss i-ruiscrs number 20, and th 

 class cruisers and gunUiats 1?'J. <>f 

 craft then- an- s." of the tir-t cla- 

 topedo-boat < -ate -h. -p. T t.-rpedo ^unltoats 

 "Rattlesnake" class, tin- m.-r. r. , , m 

 the " Sharpshooter " class an d 1 1 

 the still larger torpedo gunboats of th< 



cyon*' class, and I 1 .' --f the new lorp. 



stroyen, .f which the - Havock." 11 



" Ardent, 11 ami " harm- " were, the lir-i 

 complet.-d ; :{:: of j|],- 



third class. The destroyers have a d; 

 mi-nt of 220 tons, ami are littnl with ."i i 

 tubes, and are armed with a 12-pi'umIrr 

 firing gun and, usually, 5 fi-pnu: 

 torpedo-boat destroyers were decide<l "ti 

 on the theory that England, being tl, 

 naval power,' has no need of t- : 

 rather of special craft large enough ai 

 enough to put torpedo boats out of a<ti- 

 the French torj>edo boats have a 



. the destroyers were tested for 2? 

 Abandoning the heavier types, of which the 

 " Rattlesnakes," of 550 tons, marked the i, 

 partures followed l.y the "Sharpshooter 

 800 tons, and still larger "Speedy 

 " Halcyons," the Admiralty reverted 

 idea of the torpedo-boat catchers of 188") 

 of 200 tons, armed with quick-firin_ 

 capable of overtaking the fleetest torped 

 in all weathers. There were 28 complei 

 f"i. tlieendof 1895. The speed has be- 



i. tlie" I'.oxer." built byThorneycrofl 

 ing 2!>-17 kiii.t-. Sin.-,- ? 

 Yarrow, showed 29-?<l kn..t<. and the 1 

 have turned out a torpedo boat (" l-'orl.an ") 



I knots, the 19 destroyers called 

 1896 will be re(|uired to show ov-: 



irst-class cruisers to be begun 

 \H' improved " Blenheims. 1 * Second-class cr 

 of about 5,750 tons, will have the armam 

 the "Talbot" class and similar, but increased 

 protection. Third-class cruisers an - i a.> a 

 displacement of 2,100 tons, locomotive boilers 

 developing 7,000 horse power, and giving aspsM 

 of 20 knots, an armament of s 4-inch quick-firing 

 guns, 8 3-poundcrs, and smaller gun-, and in 

 torpedo armament and general type n 

 merits will resemble the " Barhain " d.i 

 will have greater fr<-e board and much 

 coal capacity. Then- an- under coi 

 first-class battle ship-. <'. fir-t-clas- 

 second-class cruisers. 2 thinl-c]a-> cmi-ers, ig 

 nearly 50 torpedo-boat de Harvcyized 



steel has been definitely adopted for armor platft 

 Besides locomotive boilers. I>u T> mplc watft* 

 tube boilers, Thorneycroft boilers capable of be- 

 ing forced under air pressure, and the Jiellevillc 



