The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-13 00:00:00

Duke of Wel-
lington*
Royal Albert'
Royal George
S. Jean d'Acre
James Watt

U. Caldwell ,
Hoods, C. 8....
Codrington, CB
Hon. H. Keppell
E. Elliot

Orion...

'Erskine

Agamemnon.
Hannibal *
Princess-I-loyal
Algiers
Nile.
Caesar

Sir T. Pa ley
J. D. Hay
Lord C. Paget
Talbot

Mundy
Robb .
W. K. Hall
J. Hope, C.B
Warren
Robinson..
Williams..

Exnaoutb

i•tjestic
Cressy... ,

ColosiuF

Sanspareil
Ajax
Edinburgh
Hogue
Blenheim...
Pembroke
Russell

Warden, C. B
Hewlett, C.B
Ramsay, C.B
W. H. Hall
G. H. Seymour
Wellesley
Om manney
Scott
C• B

Cornwallis ..
lii. mica
Hastings ....

PIS

The whole of these 26 screw-hips wit!, one exception,
it will be seen, are either in the Baltic or th. Black Sea ;
they f ,rot the real and solid ►strength of the navy and the
security of our shores. Few of them were deigned as c
screw ships; they have been adapted either on the stocks or t
s'nee they have been launched ; 16 of them are the most c
piveriul ships in the wort]. The machinery alone of ti
these 26 ships cost half a million sterling. The follow- b
ing are also in commission :

SAILING SHIPS OF THE LINE IN COMMISSION.
Gun. Men. Commanders. Stations.
Neptune 120.. .970. .Capt. Hutton Portsmouth.
St. George 120...970...Capt. Eyres, C. B.... Portsmouth.
Waterloo 120...20...Capt. L 1. F. Kerr... Sheerness.
Royal Wi11iam120...491...Capt. Kilgcome ...Devonport.
Queen 116. .970...Capt.R.F.Stopford Black Sea.
St. Vincent 102...488...Capt.G. A. Eliot ...Portsmouth.
Rodney
London
Albion
Drummond.
Monarch"
Powerful
Calcutta .. ...... 84...750...Capt. J. Stopford Baltic.
Boscawen
Formidable
}Sheerness.
1 Tucker....

These 44 ships, it will be remarked, are variously em-
ployed, and although they are nc,t all fully manned, they
are all, in other re-pectl, equippeddland ready for sea ser-
vice, and may he included in the actual effective service
strength of the fleet, making the total force of

SHIPS-OE-TRE-LINE IN COMMISSION.
No. Guns Men. H.P.
S,neve-ships 26 2,1:0 10,470 11,000
Sailing

Total
To the above force we may here append the list of
effective ships-of the-line, screw, and hailing-ships,
ready, or fitting, for actual sea service
SCREW LINE OF BATTLE SHIPS FITTING.
Guns. H. P.
Marlborough
Conqueror
Mars BO 400 Chatham.
Centurion
Brunswick

Total 472 2,800
The first of these, it will be remembered, was launched
a few days since at Portsmouth, and will perhaps be
completed for sea in about three months. She is the
largest and noblest ship in the British navy. The Con-
queror is an improved St. Jean d'Acro, and should be
complete in a few weeks. The Mars, Centurion, and
Brunswick were built as sailing ships, like the Majestic,
Colussus, and others ; and it was upon the successful
result of fitting the latter vessels that the Admiralty de-
termined to apply screw-engines also to the Mars, &c.,
the cost being merely that of the machinery, no such ex-
tensive and expensive alterations being required as those
incurred in converting the old ships Blenheim, Hogue,
aid Ajax.

SAILING SHIPS OV THE " ADVANCED."
Nelson
Princess Charlotte
Royal Adelaide
Bombay B4 3leanee
Canopus • 84 Foudoryant . 78
Clarence _ 84
_Cankbridge
Thuriderer B4 Indus 7B
Asia
Ganges

702
Gans... 1,534

Vessels lB

These are ready at the ports as advanced ships ; most
of thew are complete, and ready for commission. They
are all old ships ; but many of them are convertible into
screw ships, only, we believe, it is considered more ad-
vantageous and economical to appropriate new machi-
nery to new ships—ships so constructed as to carry a
more powerful armament, and at the same time posgess'
ing qualities, in point of speed, equal to the requisitions
of the present day. The emergency of 1853-54 demanded
the conversion of many ships of this claim into screw-
ships ; but, beyond all question, the modern line-of-
battle ship is more effective in every respect, and it may
demand
as
m Theym area ilaio:ro our
w asvnagi il ..
be more economical in the long run. At all events, it
seems, we cannot now spare tostchinery for the old ships
when we have so overwghuerilnlioagt:
neers on account of the
and,. they are found
able for defensive purposes ;
eligible and useful, may, sooner or later, have the means
of locomotion applied to them,
The following, then, is the total force of___
011 ITS Or•THII•LINE NOT IN CO
No. Gums
Screw ............... 5 472. 11• P.
sailing ...............15 1831 280.

Total
ThnP, taking the wbole number of effective line-of•
battle ships iu the navy in actual service and available
fur commission, we have—
Screws. Sailing. Gang. men.
In oommission 26 ... 14 3391 20,217 11,000
Fitting, &C.-. 5 ... 18 2006 2,600
- Total 3l 3?, !0 20,217 ~. 1300
Giving a grand total of 63 i ffoctive sail-uf-the-line. It