New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-11
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

Several Of the English newspapers have indulgei
Themselves Of late IN vast amount Of criticisms "i
the mistakes Of the British Board Of Admiralty nr
A. The London Truth speak, OF H. an inien- tn 3
..dclsht b. thrown The efficiency Of our first An' of
defence They have not finished their broad, I'
firing upon the ordnance officer, for their hslanlous
and expensive bundcrs with the 10 ton sans. b.
| any means. but they Ind sources 10 animadVcrt
upon ono Of these naughty editors tell the following
story lone Of her Majesty, war,hps-thc torture
chamber IN Ira la Ia Iosca could not drag from me
| her namc-was lately cruising IN the channel when
she very nearly foul 81 drfclict laden WIN
timber. After several fuitlcs attempts To- take the
vessel In tow. the senior officer very wisely Determined
to rid the world Of dangerous nuisance ana SINK hcr
with this purpose. the guns were loaded ana fired
but the buoyaucy Of the timber snip Upset every "a,
culation. for Sic utterly refused 10 disappear. ANA
the firing went ncrrly along. but when night came
! on the deiclct was Just as mu,h An"h, a. rNcr IL
! was about mysterious an dHalr ~ me hrh ,r''
| ever witnessed Fortunately however inc non -lnh
Ing vessel up the next DAY near the needle,
and the ny story OF her uncanny behavior va. solved
II was not due had been AT first ,nrmised to the
nature Of her cargo but 70 the fact that not single
| shell had touched her
Another paper condemns the designers and builder
of the new torpedo depot ship vulcan. IN con
sequence Of slight wcal.ncssc-' her hull ], 1" be
! strengthened rs means Of additional "choch' and
angles. Tho writer adds that tllinSs are coming
TO pretty pass in the hipdcsgnins department Of
the Admiralty but to have discovered i, wchkuc*'
now was better than TO waited for her 10 shake
herself 10 pieces her full speed The editorial
comment this, IN part, l. No amount ol spc'ih
pleading or beating about the bush will gainsay the
muc to he lamcntcd f.r that the whole OF our Mcdca
class, all the specimens Of the sihrpshootrr ca~>
| that have yet been tried and, too probably. the
Harro.a Uarham and their sisters, very inferior
ve,,cIs. and qmiie unequal to the work they wcrc
Intended to perform II 4, declared by some of the
higher officers that these vessels Would De clog 10
a ncct', motions because Of their inability To- keep
mp with the heavier ships, their decks are 80 loosely
bnlt that they will not keep the water out. stand
the shock and recol Of the siA inch gum. that no
crew. and the condition Of those OF dnty In heavy
weather Is pitiablc In the extreme.
THE World n.ondonl speaks Of tho American
Squadron Of Evolution thus: II consists Of four
brand new cruisers and its mission is to show the
world that Uncle sam IS turning over new leaf IN
naval matters and business. The cruiser,
look very well, and contain many new fittings and
Ingenious appliances, though they suffered from the
slow rate at which they were built. being designed
In less"
The year 1850 was an unusually active and I'm
portant one in the matter OF binding up the British
Navy. In addition to twenty three torpedo boats.
there were launched thirty larger vessels. with
AN aggregate displacement 52IIO tons during the
twelve months. The Naval Defence Act Of 1880
provided for the construction and completion betwccn
1859 and 1894 Of ten rOncsds. nine first class pro
tcccd cruisers. twcnty-nin second class protected
cruisers Of improved Mcdca type four cla,s
protected cruisers Of the Pandora type and eighteen
torpedo eunbosts OF the sharp,hoocr class Twenty
siA Of these ships are now under way in Govern
mcnt do, hyard, and twenty are ordered and con
tractcd f6f in private shipyaris.
tn, keel plates Of a new first class English pro.
tected cruiser 10 be called the Ccntair. were laid
few weeks ago In one of the English shipyards She
T. said be- improvement on the Ncrscy cla,,
She viii be 800 feet IN length, or sixty feet longer
than the Mcrec". and have displacement II 1850
tons. Her engines viii develop horse power o,
1000 under forced draft. and 100 under natural
draft. giving her estimated speed - twenty and
| eighteen knots respectively She j. TO have "A coal
capacity 10 steam 10000 knots Al cn.hnot spc d.
and 100 Knot, Al speed Of eighteen knots. Her
protective deck win be carried from end 10 end. VIII
have thickness Of five inches II steel. and Their
viii be other novel devices for projecting tie gun,
and their crews. The armament exclusive Of
machine guns and torpcdocs. viii consist of two oinch
guns, ten 6inch and dozen STA FOUNDER quick firing
guns,