New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-02
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

Tho British Admiralty has said. and said en-
phatcay. that Naval officers wives are not to b.
granted passages in troop hips in the future This i
following in the woke Of what the United states Navy
| Department recognized years ago-that vessel owai
was not proper pace for women to be accommodated
| with home, and that their presence among sailor:
cplinc: And after ALL Naval officers will married
like other folk and it would be great boon 10 the
officer he could take his wife from place place at
| the Governments expense
The series Of accidents that have occurred 10 the
vessels of the British Navy during speed trials and the
result, in many instances. Of the permanent cripplnS
OF boilers, has led Lord George Hamilton denounce
the present unwse and Enthusiastically OF estl-
mating and recording the speed OF war.ships.7 Tho
Admiralty has said that measured milo trials are
all very well In their way 10 show the maximum power
and the maximum speed that be got out Of q
vessel but they purely matter between the Nd
miralty and the contractors. and worthless and
dcusve II taken indication OF ships real
going capabilities II IS much In the interests of
the officer, Of the Navy IL is 10 the general public
that there should be no uncertainty about thc con
tinuOU, stoamlng powers Of ship. but IL !, ONLY
by actual experience AZ that th!, knowledge can
value.
As The Tribune limited would be done. the Admiralty
has issued new order about Naval Salutes for
officers and men, And this order prcscrbes that
there is no excuse for not seeing officer. for not
recognizing officer in plain clothes" This means
practically, that buc Jacket marine on leave mus,
officer may bee inside IL. II Navy officers cannot live
without being sdlut"d then they should be obliged To
dlway- wear their uniforms.
Those who have looked upon italy as an inslsnin.
cant naval power would better inform themselves Of
tho progress that she has made in the last Jew years.
Fourteen years ago Italy had a navy Of fourteen
armorcd. nine unarmored and three dispatch vessels,
with total Of sixtycieh; guns. To-day she has
fleet Of ghtcen armorcads Of which have been
added since l-7dl. thirteen projected cruiser, tonN
three Of which in service in ls7Gj uAe dispatch
vessels. six torpedo cra,crs. sea-goins torpedo
boat and eight gunvcs-el,. There are also l3s tor
pcdo bOat,. nineteen torpedo launches. three I'M
armOrrd vessels. cieh transports thirty harbor YES
,cle, nineteen stcamugs and six eun1oato for The
ai">-a total Of 30 ships Italy has. Indeed taken
foermos: place among the maritime powers ~
Europe. and has force not only able 10 maintain her
rights. but one that must BE- rcckoncd with In any
consideration Of international trouble.
The Italian people arc not without reason. very
proud Of their latest achievement. the torpedo ram
Fcramosca She is 300 feet long aid has diSpllc"-
mcnt of 3.74j tons. She made on her trial speed
Of l5.G knots. The Fieramosca carries two % ton
guns six Giucn quicG firing machine guns and six
torpedo tubes II &, claimed that her guns are capable
~ sending proicctlc Of Az pounds through twenty
six inchc, Of solid iron. II this is true she T make
\ most formidable hchtngShip
Tho scconi Of the two torpedo Tinboats built at
Birkenhcad Eng. for the CHILEAN Nav has been
launched and was christened the Amirante G. dell.
after Carlos Condcll. who ably handled inc
Covadonca and lurcd the Independence 10 Destruction
Inside the reef where sl' was lost IN tle H-"' WI
lquique during the Chill Peruvian war
The swedish Government has begun TO increase its
Navy \ new ronclad is 10 be built which will be
u the same type as the Svea. only somcwh hat mar
rover and longer with increase OF power 80 A. To- on
tain A higher speed \ second class gHubuN - also
br built. and plans are being aId down Tor o'eF
new vessels.
The Admiralty has determined to change the names
Of the cruisers that have Just been built on IN" Tyne
for the Australian contingent of the British Navy ana
they are 10 have Australian names. The fauG0rt i
to be, renamed the katoomba. thu PelordN IN, Miluui
and rho Persian Wizard and whiting are 10 uc the
Wnllaroo boomerang and katakarra, respectively