The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-10-22

and that standard will finally shape the course
of that government. The fact that the London
Times, that universal mouth piece of the people,
has sounded the tocsin of alarm. and says that
these iron-clads must not be allowed to 20 TO
sea, is the most hopeful indication We have that
they will not. But should they. after the pro-
tests that have passed, be permitted to 90 into
the rebel service, America will deserve TO be
sneered at if she fails TO demand satisfaction.
War is an evil, but it is not the worst evil that
can happen, and the honor of a nation some
times demands that acts of clear injustice and
~iilegality be resented.
As there is q possibility of a rupture sooner or
later, growing out of this rebel piratical feet
and the vessels destroyed by it, the following
statement of the iron-clads in the American and
English navies will be interesting:
The American Iron-clad Fleet.
Neu Eonsides-2io feet, $3.50 tons, IS guns, 1linch and
Compound rifles; speed s knots; in service at Charleston.
Roanoks-raz-ed frgate, 265 feet, 1 500 tons, 5 monitor t1rrets;
armament 9 l5inch guns speed S or 9 knots in service az
GaIena. in service on James River.
Atlanta, a prize captured from rebels, 5-inch plates. speed 10
knots; in service at Charleston
Ten Monitors-2oo feet length, 81 tons, covered with 5-inch
armor; one turIet each of ll-inch plates; armament 2 guns,
names are: Passaic, Montauk, Weehawken, catskiH, Pa
tapsco. saugamOn, Nahant, Lehigh, Nantucket, and Ca
Nine improved MoHitoTs-each 1904 tons; l tIret; arns-
ment . guns, l3-inch rifles. 10 bear IS lbs. powder at q
charge. Names Catawba, Canonicus. Manhattan, Moho-
pac, Manayunk, Oneata, Saugus, Tippecanoe, sEd Tecum-
-Four Monitors designed by the Navy Department each $50
feet longs $500 tons; armor 5-inch iron on +feet rood; arna-
msnt, 2 sgrrets, / guns, 2 Of them 15-inch and , 2oo.pound
rifles. These are designed 10 be very powerful and swift
vessels IN the Hav yoe each css' Tan nSv,ns ! engines and :
Miantonomah. The above were all launched in August.
heavy guns; 2 screws; nearly ready for service.
Puritan-3iO feet. 1926 tons, draws 20 feet, armed with 4 ram,
oil sAy YTn..Nu f-hI n inch riars. on 2 far paE . .y--a-=.
n Il H 81 o. T1h I. d daIrn 10 - ns . .6e gJii, oc 70 pe ir aGIcn5
Dictator-33O feet, 3.O33 tons. speed Is knots; armed with a
ram; one turret, with two guns; to be launched in October,
and ready for service by Jan. l, 1864:
DunteyJerg-5O9o tons, wooden iron-cIadi speed IS knots;
armament 10 guns; to be ready for service in the Spring:
Fifteen M0HitOTS-ofl light draft and double bows, for service
on the Southern coast and rivers; already launched and
Sir usw Dictators-recently contracted for, and Of about the
size and style Of the Dictator, though each will differ from
Niagara-razeed frigate, 1000 tons, now being ironplated at
the Charlestown Navy Yard.
SteUeHs' Battery, 5000 tons; 40 feet long; 5000 horsepower,
two screws, estimated speed IS to 20 knots; nearly completed.
Making in all "a iron-clad vessels, 43 of which
are afOat, and the remaining IL are on the
stocks and in process Of construction.
This list does not include the feet of iron-clads
on the Western rivers, which numbers about %.
These, being designed only for river service,
could never be used on the sea coast, nor be of
much account in any foreign war, and for this
reason should not be reckoned as u part of the
navy of the government. The total number of
vessels registered in the United States navy and
in actual service in October, 1862, was 427 the
number in October, 1868, probably exceeds 500.
British Iron-clads, January, 1858.
The following is a list of England's armor-
plated navy, the whole of which, it was recently
stated by the Secretary of the Navy, will be
ready for sea by April, next year. The four
marked with "a star g were then in commits
sion. The Prince Albert and the Royal Sove-
reign are to be provided with cupolas or turrets
on Captain Coles's plan.
Iron-clad Vessels-Partly Iron-clad.