New-York tribune., 1890-06-07
FOREIGN NIVAL NOTES.

Tho French ironclad Magenta. which has Just teef
launched at Toulon has been In course Of construction
for some seven years and Is Shc lat of four haiie
ships closely resembling one another. she ], ~
10 $50 tons displacement. and j. 10 carry i'hF try
two-ton guns IN barbcttc towers, covered WIN ~
armor sixteen inches in thickness. in arm'r Deii'
VARYING from fourteen eighteen inches 900 th'lh ness
and carried twelve ncies above The Load water me
encircles the ship.
mixed tlel Of coal and petroleum has been -
Gently experimented with on the Italian cruiser Me-
sacrtero AZ Spezia in order ~ determine whether
high speed could be obtained when required. ne
vessel made seventeen knots An hour with the mN
turc against a speed Of only fifteen knots with 'oJ
alone at full power. il found. however ma th'
intense heat had seriously injured the boilers Ini
ohiection can however. be ohviatcd without mufh
difnorlty The increased speed viii prove 'aiuabi.
assistance 70 a ship impcrfccty defended 4 ever s."
needs 10 use w.
Tho recent eXnerments with the French snhntnT
torpedo boat have proven all that was first 'af 't''u
her-that she j, one of the most effective var weapon
vet mn, into service. she is cast In ore piece d
bronze eighteen feet long by six feet IN daTeef' in'
her stability is secured BY mass ~ lead aNa'hed
her keel The vessel is propelled hF eie',n,"'
Tho crew consists NJ four men. and when sealed NJ
below they are supplied Win OK. s'h' ""'' " ~
pressed In cylinders.
Turkey Is doing her best N build her shp' M WI
at home Five vessel, have been successfully launches
at the Imperial shlpbuiing Yards at constant" l',
which, II is aid. built by native ""rkrneh -"
plans OF hull and engines wer'. however P"'s"'s'
from foreign designers OF these hNe Ne>en wv
largest has length Of 2o6 feet breadth oi % iee'
and engines n o7si nominal horsepower
Thor. seems % be great difference Of opinion 10
r,cush naval circles as TO the cause Of the teeen'
fatal disaster on the new cruiser barscont" ann "'
matter continues TO be discussed Inc Hnnli'''F
.rnears TO be at variance a 10 wnc'hfr 10 Wa ""'
4. an accumulation OF gas in the furnace ana '""'
,hc result of forced draft, or whether inc "a''' "
Moved to get below the safe working leveli me
facts brought ont in the Investigation showed ina '
,rr.,,o mon who lost their lives were literally ourhee
To death by q sheet Of fame like one coming rom
,,ow-n,ne This would not be produced rom Nv
water In the boilers, but II was rr,nI'an, i''" '
draft Admiral de Horsey rcmarkeh la'NN 20"
not he too often repeated that 'aih"o" ., 'P''' ~
ho for certain purposes. the present 't'"o ~ -" -
,,o, on the measured mile. or ia hours 'r"' ''''
alone by sacrifice Of staying power ana " IN
,niwrv m boiler and engines. Will noi ''ni 20 u'n
tain our supremacy on the sea INe "''"'''
a,.o hova inclnded the hremen and engineer '''''
,h cunning risks Of injury for they snneT'N in
,h,p engines and boilers. And for wna' =" "
wicked craze 10 obtain larger lndica'"' "'~ ,
The Admiralty have HIT upon a ne" '''''i' -.
animal manoeuyres Of the bru'n s"l -.
No notice whatever is 10 be- given !" ''''
as 70 when every available ship ih"' ih"N 80"
In he rcouired They arc 10 receive 'h'" '"'
| tr +e,err,rh At the last moment u "N pr'''
WV. Mace in Inly. one Of rho series oi e'p,r
ON foot is the test of the new defence '' '''
VI W - ,,o-sd T., ascertain whether uc Brennan
rcdo FOR which England paid 9'"'''''. ''
os., rassins M at full speed, ara also y ',..',,
Nessel p,ld esrape the tre from the bttr"'' '' 81"
| ,,.t t .lo.c under the ellis. - 90, Az. a..
E r6e Admiralty issued circular lem % ,,,r. ,h,
~ ,s cansiuc no little amusing tHti'',N h,, /,
| WI, rhc circular reads. "'ur az. D., !,
e n.o called 20 certain instance M WILD "r,r,i
,ase onIcal application for app"n''lSt, ''a,i, "a
"l' t'n ,1e consider such Applications ""y, ."t f.-
| desire that such commune W, ,oe word /. Lttcrt
s,ons private" personal ara ir, uror,its ha.
80 for favorable con ,idcrati"n, "ni,n "wbi"5 "a,
uols D ~, c,n tu the English >er'lc' '.u ""' ~,
! pern -, o. ,nr wears iu the .Nl'I' f,'r,.,
! ,, ,rbicb regulation was -, ,..-,,t-.f ,
,Se cleveland Administration lne isSd. to n,os
To- cAerC,' cs ,cpoti, Of the most faen,, xxx Navy
itl.Ih an ~. Ia l,urre ,am Rupert of me hr',n
! is being thoroughly ntted a. '''
| AZ A cost of about SiS"'"'''