The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-03-15
TORPEDO VESSELS.



The United States Foota the List of Civil
ICED Nations.
While the British naval maneuvers
are the subject of discussion and COM
mont all over the world. the following
statistics showing the strength in tor.
pedo boats OF various nations are OF
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 50 meters in length.
.. First-class vessels from 50 TO 50 meteri
long.
8. second-class vessels less than 80 meter,
long.
4 Third-class vessels analogous to steam
launches.
Under such classification England
heads the list with two sea-going tor
pedo cruisers, forty-nine first-class.
eighty second-class and APO 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 first-class.
fifty second-class. 129 third-class and
one submarine boat, with five sea-goine
cruisers, aud forty-two first-class yes
sells under construction. Italy follows
with two sea-going cruisers, thirty
eight frst-class. twenty-three second.
class and fifty third-class boats TO be In
creased to 250), while under coustruc
ton are two sea-going cruisers anG
forty-three first-class vessels.
Russia has 2 sea going cruisers, rs
first-class, 81 second-class and 1873 third.
class boats, and under construction she
has 2 sea-going cruisers and first
class vessels. Germany possesses )
sea-going cruisers, AZ frst-class and
4S second-class boats. with sea-going
cruisers and 10 first-class vessels under
way. Austria owns sea-going cruisers,
18 first-class and 8 second-class boats,
and has under construction sea-goine
vessels. Turkey counts 2 sea-going. Is
first-class and 2second-class boats, with,
under construction. 10 first-class yes.
sells. Spain maintains sea-going, z
first-class, 2 second-class Ito be in.
creased to SOY and l 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 first-class and II second
class boats. with IA first-class and IA
second-class vessels under construc-
tion. Sweden and Norway have IL
first-class and second-class vessels.
Holland commissions 3 first-class and
20 second-class vessels. Portugal can
show s first-class and 2 second-clasa
boats. and has under construction s
frst-class vessels.
japan equips. four first-class, four
second-class, and has under construc-
ton seventeen first-class vessels. Chins
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 i've ffrst-clase
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 launches used
10 torpedo practice are wholly un-
adapted for modern warfare. and can
,ot properly be classed in the category |
If fighting torpedo boats.-N. Y. Times. |