World 



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Relative Values and ComparisQns,-4, The N .vi.. of the World 



flo eo 30 .0 ..— 



CO 



30 



SO 



■^ Na<^a I Stations abroocJ trnder-imed 'h rsd 



♦ fort.fipd Cocl-ng SCaa'On3 cbroQCt 



• (Jf^ff'- CoohiQ Stot'ons otit^QOiJ 



J SO 



ISO 



zao 



13B7-0 11888-9 



S.I 0000,000 



f£O,0 00,000 



Et 0,00 0,000 



M EV-f S K I PS 



1^*00,000 





TOTAL i£iz,*7ft,aoo 



EXPENDITURE ON T HE NAVY DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS CExp.nd.w'^TTe w .h;p. coio.r-.d brown) 



Tseg-o 





£S,1-D0,aQQ f^socooo 



t>3,l6£.50Q|^ I+,!I5 J 





JOO 



1903-4 I T90 4>5 ; igp.^.fi I IQfifi.7 



£1,500,000 ££,nOLi,QQO ^,4&0,DO0 £5,000,000 ]£B^OO,00Q[£7^00fl 00 



£r?466,iOQ gj&,70i,oQo IflLna^a 



^ODO 



£zaj3B.0QQ |fj3,-na">'0Q jt?659«DD \tai.i^6o 



fei^oo.000 



E&EOO,000 



EJOOO&OOD 



tmoo 0,000 



j^DpO 0,000 



A ]>owerful Navy is essential to li maritime nation for tho pro- 

 tection of her over-sea commerce. For many years it has been an 

 axiom of British naval policy that Ihc British Nayy should equal in 

 strength the combined fleets of the next two largest naval powers. 

 Great Britain at present has 6o battleships and 125 cruisers, against 

 the 61 battleshi]>s ;ind 77 cruisers of France and (iermany ; and she has 

 been the first naval power to introduce the '' Dreadnouglits," a new 

 type of war-vesscb which may render all modern na^-ies obsolete. 



Within recent years the disposition of the various British fleets 

 has been modified, a considerable portion of the available vessels 

 having been withdrawn from foreign parts, and the most powerful 



f icy 00,000 tir,K5aooo ta&oojjooiHisao.ooo 



"^ ' ■ . 



-ships concentrated in home waters. There is a reserve fleet stationedat 

 the naval dockyards of Chatham, Portsmouth, and Devonport, which 

 comprises 13 battleships, 24 cruisers and 120 sniahcr vessels. Other 

 home dockyards are Portland, Pembroke, Shcerness, Haiilbowline in 

 Ireland, and Rosyth (constructing) in Scotland. In addition to these, 

 Britain possesses y naval stations abroad, and ^y coaling stations, and 

 in this respect is immeasurably superior to other nations, France only 

 having 6 naval stations abroad, and Germany, Russia and Japan, one 

 apiece. The diagrams of the comparative strengths of the great 

 navies are confined to showing the effective lighting ships at the 

 beginning of 1907, vessels building or projected being omitted. 



COMPARATIVE VIEW OF 



DATTLESHIPS. 



Fi rst C I ass 



Spcond a Third 

 Class 



THE CHIEF NAVIES OF THE WORLD. 



UNITED 

 KINGDOM, 



CRUISERS, 



OFFICERS 



Jt MEW 



I 1- ■ • 



'^"^^M. ^ 



- »i' iTr'. .- . 1 , i-L-.' - '-^L. 



-w^ =^=-^^^^^ 



First CIgsS 



46 SHIPS 



15 SHIPS. 



Secarid SThird 

 Class 



TORPEDO eOATS, 



gumboats.destroVers, 



£ SUeMflRLNtS 



ANNUAL 

 COST. 



36 SHIPS 



67 SHIPS. 



232 BOATS. 



UNITED 

 STATES. 



T^ R A N C E- 



GERMANY. 



RUSSIA. 



i2y,tJoo. 



-l^r^ 



a 



7 SHIPS. 



14 SHIPS. 



A7 BOATS. 



37,000. 



: !.■- ■^flojoo 



10 5HI PS 



37 SHIP*1 



Z7I BOATS. 



Z5.50O. 



S.13.001,700, 



6 SHIPS. 



24 SHIPS 



103 BOATS. 



33,500. 



il2.40IJOO., 



4 SHIPS. 



7 SHIPS. 



2 SHIP'i 



10 SHIPS 



45 BOATS. 



ITALY. 



X 



-fioooo 



Sl2j49,700 



4 SHIPS 



9 SHIPS. 



3 5H[PS, 



J... 



\7 SHIPS. 



61 BOATS, 



26,800 



£5.570,200. 



JAPAN, 



10 SHIPS 



4 SHIPS, 



9 SHIPS 



72 BOATS. 



36,080 



i2,39O.000 



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