The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-02
The Royal Italian wy.


Tn. navy NJ Italy IA M vcrv rent growth. having
been called into exis.cnce sir tne feVo'u'on WHO"
sforrncd Victor Emopcf from tho monarch OF one
OF the smallest Of Eurean Kingdoms 10 tne KING OF an
.,nos, r,n,od nav AT the time OF the revolution
,be aara,n 10, consisted Of six steam frgacs, four
sailing frr,ss three and four sailing coryees,
three eseam despatch vessels three steam transports
ONE ,aa and foar brganne making 10 oil twenty
vessels carrying hundred and thirtysix guns and
two ,Aousand nine hundred and twenty two men Its
persoanel consisted Of one vice admiral, two rear
sdmirals, captains OF ships Of line, eight
captains or figates and eight captains Of coryettss
10 this added the navics OF the TWO Sicies and
Naples Tho former consisted Of two ships Of the line
ninety and the other eighty guns; two SIXTY -four
gun isa;es forty-egh, gun frgAte. two fortyOns
gun frgaies two corvettcs, mortar vessel, nve brgsh
tines and two schoopcrs They all sailing vessels
and carried about Ave hundred guns.
The Ncspoitans had fourteen steam figstes, four
rcsm coretes eleven steam gunbosss three transports
ten mortar vessels and thirty smaller craft, carrying
Paixhsn guns; making total CT seventytwo vessels
carrying sevenhundred and sixty three gunA
II viii thus be That the three uaviss combined
amounted to hundred and seventeen vcsscls carry
Ing ono thousand three hundred and ninety-nlne guns
quito formidable force IL they had been modern bull.
but most OF them wero very aniiqua,cd sailing
pt-co11avu
nearly useless owing to the old-Ashioned machinery
and clumsy batteries with which they were supplied
Shortly after tie peace Of vlafranca the Navy De-
rsrirncn, Of Italy being impressed with the importance
Of ecient navy TO young power, ordered 10 DO
strreied al deren, navy yards In Trance England and
Scotland fleet Of twenty -four hr-t class iron cssed
frigs,cs second class iron-caged frgate iron.
cassi gulboais six iron-eaSod batteries wooden
frratas twelve coryces twelve gunbeais, fifteen
despatch boats fourteen transport ships and nine steam
tugs all built of wood. This splendid cct OF one hun
dred and 70 be completed and delivered
william ten years. Upwards OF seventy OF them have
been tanned the Italian government by she con-
tractors, and arr saoat manned BY Italian sailors
and provided with batteries or the most approved do
scrlpon The premier vessel. OF the Italian navy ara
the r. dIaa and the no Luigi "a Portealio buiit In
New Yor They both forty gun frgaieH, ifoncased,
and of I've thousand five hundred tons measurement.
The Re- dIiaa Ia the swlfer Of tho two and Ia conse-
quently The favorite but the Italian officials unanl.
nous IN their declarations that they both infinitely
superior 20 those furnished By France and England.
Ths most gratifying fsct To Americans showing, a.
Il does that cxcellng the old established powers
Of Europe In the art Of building vessels a. well a.
IN everything else, where skin, ingenuity and persever-
required.
ny an ofncis statement dated April Q 1859. we learn
that ., tina, tho number Of Italian vessels In
commission and equipped for active service seventy
one, carrying ono thousand one hundred and ninety
seven guns aud twenty thousand six hundred and
twenty seven men, and Of twenty-five thousand sight
hundred and twenty horse power The transport squad
ron consisted Of twenty four shIps OF four thousand
three hundred and ninety horse power and manned with
crews numbering three thousand two hundred and
twenty mon