New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23

purpose Of ramming and also 3, prevent an enemyS
projectiles from exploding In Inc bow and calane
simply followed the idea that WAS carried out IN IL
British ,warship Dresdnousht and In one or two othas
OF the battleships.
The new plans for new frst-csss ironcIad for tho
French Navy have Just been prepared and been ap-
proved by the Fench Admiralty. The vessel IL TO b
built at the La Scyne Works. She will be 3S4 feet
long, and win be built with triple screws, the -
the American commerce-destroyer which is 10 be buiH
at San Francisco Commodore Melville. Chief of The
Bureau Of Steam Engineering, designed the engines
and machinery Of the latter The French vessel viii
be practically highspeed naval fort, with large
centra battery at each Of the four Of which
will be . turret In each Of these turrets win b
mounted two l-2-inch guns. There will be two II
ffe, and the sides At somewhat lower level viH
oe Two IN IA men ns There s1l also De numoS
In the tops.
The French Admiralty have also ordered snothR
submarine torpedo boat much larger than the Gymnos
She will be of $50 tons, 100 fet In length and the
speed will be fourteen knots an hour The new boat
will be fitted with torpedo tube will be names
La Sirene Her keel will be laid down at TouIou
The repeated trials OF the Gymnoe have proved aston
The recent accident on boari the British cruiser
Pandora appears to have been precisely the same q
that which occurred at the u1aI OF tne Barraf0utA
few months ago, when dozen more men were badly
burned, some of them fatally, through the criminal
folly of forcing boilers and engines to the breakdown
point In order TO get results which subse
Qucntly attained, and could not be attained In regulaP
service. The fact is that the OF the system q
forced draft on the British ships results In the ovo
heating OF the beplates, the tubes and tube plates
expand at different degrees leakage follows. and tha
all at there is sudden Increased pressure In The
combustion chamber and the fire. Is forced out Of ths
ash pit, burning the unlucky hrenen.
Another recent breakdown occurred during the steam
trials Of the gunboat SharpshOoter The arrangement
was caused by the bending OF tie piston-rod. This
vessel has been on the contractors hands for great
many months, and all her trials have been the most
dismal failures and it Is not possible to develop even
e greatly reduced horse power fhat fa re-, Hamy
class and there eighteen OF them built or building
A new battlc-sdp. to be called the Hood, has Just
been started at the Chatham DochYard for the British
Navy She is designed to have displacement q
l4l5O TONS and 1 900 horse power. She is estimated
to have a speed OF twenty knots an hour. She VIII
be OF tile improved Admiral class, while her tonnaes
is to be nearly 1000 tons in OF other vessels
that type OF battle ships She Will cost exclusive
the cost Of her armament about e3,OOO.OOO.
The Italian Government propose to spend about
81 600 900 toward the Navy during the current
fiscal wear It would seem that Italy has concluded
hest IN make sure of naval position In the Medtef.
rancan. and nobody can well blame her for this.
The German Government has Just given orders for
the building OF two rstcass gunboats, and they ara
IN he built by shipbulding firm that las never BE-
fore received an order from the German Admiralty.
Tho new vessels are TO be armed with two KrupD
breech-loaders Of the heaviest calihre