The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-06-13

sni soli 10 all e0ners Ia osals pes h. Is the
average pSies q the Whole side Of Nsef bat lAre-
eaAr,ers are said al Is eeets, ~hile ls eeals is
charged fos eailng and rNAsuag jOiats taken To-
gsiAs'. '-Scie0uSe American,
The RussIan and TurlSish NavIes.
Tie present var bst~eSa RassiA aud Turkey
is likely 10 brns aOOal the one ~vsnt which is
needed erOeiAlly 10 ties, the efficacy q modern
2r0O-ei vessels, that is the opposition 10 actual
combat All the bailding Of iroaelaGs, and the
CONSTANT Improvements 10 their arnOr doe 10
the Increase IN power Of heavy gaos, which have
been gong on for the past fileea years, fairly
may Be regarded &s accomplished cudsr eoodl.
uOos eneciyiag constant element OF uneer-
i2inyy and this Tor tie resaa Tia, the aiESys vary
ing circumstances 1n6es which vessels nav enter
into conflict cannot he fsrseea or provided Tor.
Leaving %. Of consideration the skirnishes
which uceurrei % the east eaas, Of Spain dur-
ing the eiyi. E&r in that eOaOiry, nooe Of the
Earopsza irouel.ds have ever with The ezeep-
,ioa d single ias,%oos) been in sesiOn. This
exception U2s The qaickly decided fight between
the AssizI2ns sRd Italians, 10 which tSelve ltal-
ian 4r1O-ei vessels and eight wooden vessels
mel The ssve7 sr1o-ei and Sfteea woOdea res
ssls constituting the Aasri2n feet The I,.li.
Al flagship Re i'Ii=li2- . ~oOisa irooeiai. vas
rza1A3 and SINK BY The Austrian AAyship Fer
diaa53 Max; Aa3 the Italian eorvsiie Palessro
vas bloEn up. The Italian exhibited ex,rsovdi-
o2rily bad gaaaery. and The Assirisos won al
eAsr viclo-T- TAis battle. however. furnishes
10 asefal lessoa. unless il i 10 show how diff
CT; i Is 70 1zoeaErs ship 80 IS 10 reader Der
ran ELECTIVE against sn eoe1T Who nauRaErss
ecaz.ly vel 10 gel oas Of The ~sE +; fo- The Aus
tran coali not ran The Re 6'Itzlia uniil the
latter hs6 hs3 Der raider disabled The conflict
uzinlF. however. Is Al instance II point exenp-'
Hiring the fact that the conditions determining
sscoass il t&isle sre not 10 Dc gained by proEid-
ius prepooier&oce Of irosclsis il ore opDos-
ing e=si, sor czn the fo-iuaes or nisfosicnss OF
vessels De invariably prOri3ei for By The skill Of
the asEzl coostrac;or-
TBe tEo Ese.s Which are saoa 20 ssrTs a. tsr-
gets for s1ch oihe-. zad lkaS. ST The cost Of
1och hood sod nooey, 10 iaraish data of incSii-
nsble rxize 20 the Exr-stip51il5e- Of The fe,are
are caiis sFezlv matched. IS far as irooelS6s are
concerned Rassiz h2s . arno-ei ships. .cd
le5 oiha- ressels q al csEsses. earring alto
&ca-1cs - 49, u A1c --cA L--lA4llc1
sels sre n the Baltic. sud t~o are 10 the Black
Sea OF these. tie recent report Of Csisf Eazi-
us7r J. W. King. Z :. n. o. Esropssn ships
d Ez-. Ehsaos We take oar facts. sAys that bat
Two the Pessr the Grssi sad the MINI. sp-
proseh The modem standard o. sghiing sGaeocy.
The Peter The Greats s-uoGr i Il inches n
thickness. With iron kolloE stragers % the
backing ssdas, Which are alleged 10 gre 81 add
i5o1zl resistance seasl 70 ioehes ct inoa- The
f9a- guns tEo IL each q The tz-rets. are steel
b-esch-laz3iaE Eass q tie B-es5EsA system. Of
Il iochss csi5s-. Size hSs 10 ran. Her ie1gth
Is 81 fssi- breadth 81 feei /; displAosue1i $50
tons She has twin sc-eEs. aoi 9aIiuun
speed of Il ko0is- The MINI i SIS feet lOng
and IS feet broad. soi 6isPlsoas $3.50 ioos- She
carries for II inch guns. sod y inches o. srmor
q - iooh baking. She 5 rizge3 tsrrei ship
o. tie Coles system. b1i i 1o5srgoirg slisrs-
ii9os which gil display her goos Oh iEo tarnts-
asas o. the Dsia deck. 50 that Tie! Ere so bar
bsiis oFs- The top .; The battery NEXT Il in
po-fzocs are the broa3s55s T5sssls Dnke Of E3ia-
hsrgt 1od Ge1sral A6oirzL These are or iroa
Hoo5she1.sei. and dispLAcs s4Ss tons each
TIER &rr1oF : disposed N 6 bslt over the Fitsl
parts. so3 i s ineses thick 81 Z feet wide
Thar speed i q koots sod armament for
ioah r1ss1 so3 tEo 6 inch chase guns Sext 10
i5s ses-r0ing 6sss are fOsr ships D43s3 after Sd
U-r1ls- tEo carving each siI GYMS IN teree tur
rsis- I'D iEo sEHA far ganz IN to tGrrets- The
CALDER q the Ezas j. BAL iDehes, and the
Erraee bus s isckas Ehick To Eoo5sa srnUred
friiga,ss fOllOs, sbicA eArry large batteries Of
small guns As3 shia Ar1or- They nay Dc re-
Ez-3-5 a. Obsolete For coast dsEsses. Rassis
las The eirczlEr iroocl.ds shich ne have 30 fire.
e7=oil! referred %. bat tie eSeAey Of which l.
10 ssF the Least d01osfnL O0e bEs tEo IL inch,
the otbsr tEo y inch guns: and he thickness
Q. ErOog : respectively II sD3 l6 loebss- Thsfs
4re tsa single tzrT=5 Do1lsocs Of the early Efies
so1 pss1zra. and the thres taotursi monitors
eEryisg 10. 6, isSh gaos, sn5 kEFiag ArDcr
aoi sLess5i1g inches
A against this sszt Farksy caa make the
faASEing exhibit The Meso0bsyes sud Men,
dooAiyea hare rsosailT bsea c0Gpisssd II Eog
lEo5- TIE 6rss las slras5y bes1 dsiFered 10
the Sgltar. the sscoo5 eo1pasied bar uizl trips
II JE1zEry lEs;- The displacement Of these
shilE i 5000 l0as sssh. lseztt 80 fsss- Eoi
beam - fact Tier are fzi.-rizzsd fr1zztss q
tbs hr0A5s53s csuirs' battery type, siih halls a
tbs usaAl eal1iLr o0asir7ei5oo- there beng IN al
81 wsssr-tSghf c01part1ea-s- Tie bEitary i
l53 FEES II lzaE1h. md tbs erDor p&aiiag On The
s56ss Il y ioebss th5zk backed By the sane HI x
1ass East Indian teak Tie Er0z1s1ts are eEe Fs
ls t91 and two 81 ton Armstrong guns The
0Eu1ED spss5 / I55 k1o-z- Fire Eonc&S3s
fa4og. sarh Ds1riy sd fsei n izagta aud e3rry-
iEg 10 inches ia oos eEss 9 iacbzl q zr80r
plating The arzs1sof of fSar L Eftsso 81
toa. E95 sazE. guns SeFe1 ordinary stztI01
ssrTles shi3s soEioE. for viii srZa ranging
from 3 20 io-aas 10 thlckssss, ssd eErJicz
each for IL toa g1as th-ss With Er1oy from ~
% iaebs ezry 6rs 80 P0a05zz and oos z
to1 gzn- Lastly esDs fire g7o5oEtE. sAch eErry-
ing iE0 u ton gaas and , inches IF EroOr, and
EE1 c1Est 6=ss5cs 0o1ii1rs- In Il, fz-LsJ has
y arB1rsd Sghilng ships. nszry aa DsE- She
has few Eoo5an ss4zalg crulssrs, Es1 therefore
Z 1 pr1hshss thzf 10 nErA eoobzts vi ooe1r
eEssshars thEa i ths Fics1ity q The i1Ds1iEts
saEt Of EEr, and most Likely n the Black Sea
4 vsy gassr.l rs5sstz0a x E4ges : . pro
grass Eno1g fhs nlasrs sd bizst fsrnsesDs1 q
Ss9tA1d- In unnbE d instances fhs Dso
are ElraEdT Eorn1g o. E5s rs51stz9cs and j .
Esek O. iva tie D71ioaz ~ take e9act Il oiber
WORK. As RUE the rs3assi0a a1011is 20 Sd
Per d.J. whs-h brzlgs S0Ha IL wages 70 ETsr5
8os AsFA Il o1s 6Isrres i = SD fhzt tie
EaEaz. eFsa fW Ex dsgs vO<k- III nos eznssd
So, g1a1s Ger week, Ehsn ths 01sakss ere