The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1889-10-26
TORPEDO VESSELS.
The United States Foots the List of Civil.
lied Nations.

The United States FOots the List of Civil.
lied Nations.
While the British naval maneuvers
are the subject of discussion and COM
ment all over the world. the following
statistics showing the strength in tor
pedo boats of various nations are oil
interest. The United States, it will be
observed, is entirely without repre-
sentation, the only torpedo boat de.
signed for the new navy being yet on
the ways. These vessels may be di-
vided, for convenience. into four classes:
I. Sea-going vessels above 80 meters in length
= First-class vessels from 80 to 80 meters
long.
s. Secoadclass vessels less than 30 meter:
long.
d. Third-class vessels analogous to steam
launc.es.
Under such classification England
heads the list with two sea-going tor
pedo cruisers, forty-nine frst-class,
eighty second-class and 42O third-class
boats. She has under construction ten
OF the first-class and two submarine
boats. France comes next with five
sea-going cruisers, twenty frst-class,
fifty second-class, 129 third-class and
one submarine boat, with five sea-goine
cruisers, and forty-two tirst-class YES
sells under construction. Italy follows
with two sea-going cruisers, thirty.
eight 3irst-class. twenty-three second
class and fifty third-class boats (to be in
creased to 250), while under construc.
ton are two sea-going cruisers and
torty-three first-class vessels.
Russia has sea going cruisers, %
trst-class, "a second-class and 1873 third
class boats, and under construction she
has sea-going cruisers and first
class vessels. Germany possesses 3
sea-going cruisers. AZ frst-class and
48 second-class boats, with 2 sea. going
cruisers and 10 f,st-class vessels under
way. Austria owns 2sea-going cruisers,
18 first-class and second-class boats,
and has under construction 2 sea-going
vessels. Turkey counts 2 sea-going, 10
first-class and 2second-class boats, with.
under construction. 10 frst-class YES.
sells. Spain maintains sea-going, 2
first-class, 2 second class (to be in
creased to SOY and / submarine boat
now under trial.
Greece shows 6 sea-going, 81 first
class and 81 second-class vessels, OF
which 2 are submarine boats. Denmark
registers five frst-class and IL second
class boats, with IA frst-class and IA
secOnd-class vessels, under construc-
ton. Sweden and Norway have ~
first-class and second-class vessels.
Holland commissions 8 tirst-class and
20 second-class vessels. Portugal can
show 3 irst-class and second-class
boats. and has under construction 8
trst-class vessels.
Japan equips four frst-ciass, four
second-class, and has under construc-
ton seventeen frst-class vessels. China
has built or bought one sea-going tor
pedo cruiser, one first-class boat. seven.
teen second-class and six third-class
vessels. Brazil keeps five frst-class
and fifteen third-class vessels. The
Argentine Republic commissions four
second-class vessels, and finally, Chill
boasts four second-class vessels.
As remarked before, the United
States has under construction one sea-
going torpedo boat. The laupches used
IN torpedo practice are wholly I'm.
adapted for modern warfare. and can
not properly be c.assed in the category
OF fighting torpedo boats n. Y. Times.