New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-22
NAVY OF THE BELLIGERENTS.
The New York San complies the follow
ing information concerning the naval forces
of France and Prussia:
The French Navy.
IRON-CLADS.

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of France and Prussia:
The French Navy.
IRON-CLADS.
The French navy numbers among its
screw irOnclads three-inasted steamer:
with rams, aggregating I64 guns; IA steam
frigates, carrying 524 guns; coryettes Will
rams, having l26 guns: Z rammed coast
| guard steamers, with "a guns: Is large
steam floating batteries, carrying $50 guns
and IL small floating batteries. with 2.
guns. Total, 63 iron-clads and HOO guns.
WOODEN STEAMERS.
OF the unmailed screw steam vessels
there are Is line-of-battle ships, with 1850
guns; Is frigates, with GA guns; q cor
yettes, with 2l0 guns; 90 dispatch boats,
with 24O guns; 20 gunbOats, with 1856 guns:
70 transports, carrying 1876 guns, and spe-
cial or miscellaneous steamers of guns
each. Total, $50 unmailed steamers with
1856 guns.
WOODEN PADDLE STEAMERS.
Seven cOrvettes, carrying in the aggre-
gate % guns: "a dispatch boats: 10 trans
ports, with 20 guns. Total. 81 steamers and
ll6 guns.
SAILING VESSELS.
Two line-ofbattle ships with 1870 guns: 10
frigates with 400 guns: s corvettes. with
l2O guns; briggs. with 90 guns; II schOoners
carrying "A guns: 40 cutters. with 80 guns,
and % transports, with 30 guns. Total. 100
vessels and GA guns.
NAVAL OFFICERS.
The officers comprise admirals. 90 vice
admirals, 40 rear-admirals. 416 captains, S25
600 ensigns. 300 midslipmen
and % auxiliary officers Total. 224l
MISCELLANEOUS.
OF head mechanics and engineers of va
rlous kinds, surgeons, pursers. hospital
stewards, and numerous other officials,
there are %. 400.
Of seamen. there are aioat. on shore. and
stationed in the colonies. 39.056. Added to
these there are 300 pupils in the naval
school, 800 apprentices, and 10000 men
liable to be called upon.
MARINES.
The marines comprise
Men.
Regiments infantry, numbering. .......... Il 837
Battalion sharpshooters. observation-disclosures. 1lo1
b Companies of native mariners, stationed in
Cochin China and India .-............ 81
| Regiment, containing % batteries Of artil-
i Companies, including gendarmerie, mari
tine and colonial mechanics, engineers,
work1nen, guards of galley cOnvicts, etc. Apt
If general officers there are............... I6
Total marines ....................... .28,882
The Prussian Fleet.
Prussia has of late made strenuous efforts
o place the North German Confederation
n the front rank of maritime nations Her |
team feet has been increased as rapidly as
lrIman efforts will admit Of The latest adj
litions to the irOn-clads are the King Will
iam of 1898 tons, and the Renown, of $500 |
Ons. The former, which is considered the |
most formidable vessel aRoat, was built in |
england for the Sultan of Turkey, but as |
lie could nor pay for it, was snapped up by |
he Prussians. The armament consists of |
guns of the heaviest calibre !
inOwn; manufactured of the famous Krupp |
teel, at the works in Westphalia. The steam |
,Ower is 1l50 horse, the crew six hundred |
men. The RenOwn is less heavily armored. |
md has only 1900 horse power, with an arm
'ment Of four ll-inch guns, six 96-pounders,
welve 72-pOunders, and twelve 24-pOunderS |
N the upper deck. The crew amounts to
900 men, exclusive Of officers. This vessel |
vas built in kiel On the stocks at the |
lavy yard in Wilhelmshafen in the heavy |
rsnclad frigate the GrOsser Kurfurst, and |
he Frederick the Great, Of the same class.
$ building at Kiel.
The Hansa, another irOn-clad, is nearly |
empleted at Dantzic, where the steam
rigate Ariadne has been commenced. and
he steam sloOps Albatross and Nautilus
eavy iron-clads-the Friedrich Carl now
n London, of 16 guns and 1000 tons the
;rOwn Prince. of same force: the Arminius
f four heavy guns, and 1900 tons; and the
'rince Adelbert, of three, with a tOnna &c of
90. Of frigates, there are the Elizabeth
8 guns and 1000 tons; the Hertha, same
orce, now in China; the Vineta. same force;
he Arizona now in New York barbor, %
,uns and ILLS tons; the Kelamne, same
ha All |
re the Augusta, IA guns and 1900 tons:
ne Victoria same force: the Medusa, at the
Stand OF Ralanne, Prussia's new possession,
I guns and 1000 tons; and the Nymphe. of
anne force. All these are powerful steam
,esSels. lhere are two steam slOOps, the
russian Eagle and the Grasshopper. and
y steam gunboats, averaging altogether IS
,uns Of the heaviest calibre.
10 be built by 1877 are: II iron-clads of
he largest size, II double-banked frioafes.
heavy sloops, and 3 transports. OF sail,
ng vessels there are frigates and brigs.
mounting to 1872 guns and 1858 tons.
= Inc vessels in commission are manned by
VIZ sailors, 73 engineers, $40 carpenters
nd mechanics, 1872 warrant officers, and 255
ulcers. Besides this there is a reservoir
100 men, which can be called upon at any
lme, and second reserve called See7reh,.
Which acts only in time OF war. and NAV be
translated sea militia.
The naval school is at Kiel, in Schleswig,
nd SO popular has the service become that
here are now 400 marine cadets at this es-
ablishment, whereas two years ago there
'ere but y, of whom SO have become ma
al officers of the second grade.
The mercantile marine numbers from
russia 36ll vessels and 65l 900 tons; from
hamburg, 467; tons, 245, 300; from Bremen.
u; tons, 244,700; from Meckenburg- =,
chwerin, 449: tons. $4,000: from Odef-
urg and Lubbock, ga: tons, 67,600