Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-25
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WHAT THE DAGOs MIGHT DO.
The New York Herald, which seems
To- take a deudish delight in soaring It's
readers, has an Illustrated article on /
the italian navy, that is calculated TO |
raise the hairo the weak-spirited. To |
sum up the article, II Italy chose she
could sail war ships over here, which
could stand OF out OF reach and almost
out Of sight aud shell New York and
every city on tine coast 20 smithereens,
and We would De- powerless 10 protect
ourselves, or she could blockade our
seauorts and ruin the whole country In
short order by cutting on an foreign
commerce-this, by the way, McKIS-
LEY will scoG 10, for be believes We
can live within and of OF ourselves.
Italy certainly could play smash with
us IL she had the nerve and was able
and 10 "a financial condition 90 DO So.
While the Italian navy does not con-
tain as many ships as the navy OF Eng
land or that OF France, 10 has probably
the most generally efficient vessels
aHoat. Italy did not begin % build her
new vessels until the experiments made
by other nations had enabled her 20 de-
eide upon types that, even in the light
OF more modern naval construction, are
among the most formidable ia the
world She has, either finished or we'll
advanced, twenty-five armored ships.
OF these, ten are modern built, having
displacement OF 1000 tons each.
They have "a speed OF more than 15'q
knots, and carry the heaviest guns
anoat. namely Armstrong breechload-
ing rifles Of ID 20 l7 inches calibre Her
unarmored navy afoat contains twelve
modern cruisers and ten guuboats,
launched since 1850, and She has seven
cruisers aud seven guuboats building.
Italy has not only been shrewd enough
Co take advantage OF the best designs OF
other nations, but has been even in adj
vance OF the other maritime powers ia
some of her naval productions. Thus,
although TWO OF ner largest aud most
powerful battle ships were launched as
far back AS ls76--S they are far from
being obsolete.
Here is a brief description OF one OF
Itay's big war ships, which is not the
biggest either:
The DuiIo 40 the time of her launching ia
tSTf was the largest warship in the
world. and when the Daud0lO, her twin
WAS put ahOat in lSsS the two had no near
rivals boo any navy. The Duiho, has
"a displacement of I,l3s tons, and she
can carry 1000 tons of coal, which
viii enable her % steam 800 knots
al "A sDeed Of ten knots ana hour Her
maximum speed IS fifteen knots. Her
Dimensions are Length. $40 feet inches,
beam. 20 feet % inches. draft, 20 feet .
inches. She is built Of iron and steel and
carries "a water line belt of armor amidship
3ft- inches thick and armOr on her tlrrets
and midship citadel rs inches thick Her
runs are four l1.G2-inch lOO-tou mullle
loading rifles. three t-inch nrecch-loaulnK
rifles. and fourteen machine guns she has
also three fixed torpedo tubes Tor discnarg
ing Whitehead or other similar torpedoeS'
IL is intended % replace the muzzle loading
heavy guns with l5-inch oreecn-.oadlng
rifles Of lO4S weight each. She has twin
screws aud engines of 100 horse power
Tnthe design Of the Duilio and Dandolo
the chief result iu view was tO combine the
,t.t. t--t l si.. ss,..-t r,.,trarful c'''
ever put into snip
The armor piercing pro.ccuie oi the
a. 12-iuch gun, propelled oy 3'l pounus OF
powder. weighs 900 pounds and contains
n bursting charge of 80 pounds OF powder
The common shell has the same weight, put
contains d bursting charge of . pounds.
The initial velocity of of the prolectle Is
ZOO feet "a second and the uuzzie energy Is
%. 900 foot-tons
I'm the l5-.uch brcoch-.oading rifles the
firing charge is 200 pounds or powder, ine
initial velocity S. 92 feel. and thc murlle
energy Is 5000 foott0ns.
The 4-1-nch guns carry proiecule
weighing 324 pounds having mu11.e Veioc-
.tv of ] .345 feet second.
The ~ 1eluch prolectlc has the power
on leaving the gun to penetrate 80 inches
of wrought iron and the l'lncu prolec'Ie
sH inches OF wrought iron
This monster could station herself
twelve miles out 40 sea and throw N,o65
pounds Of shot at one discharge right
into New York city. This is comfort
Ing for New Workers, and the only pro-
lection they have ia the way OF war
vessels is one armored ship, the Mianto-
nomoh and about a dozen modern cruis-
ers
This is all very alarming. on IT'S face
20 boz sure. bur there is uo danger OF
Italy going 90 war with MS. In the first
place she has mo- ground FOR complaint,
because the lynched murderers were
naturalized citizens OF the United states
I'm the second place that poyerty-stricken
nation will not Indulge in the expensive
luxury of war on account OF pack of
cowardly bandits whom she, herself
had banished. As for her sending her
ironclads over here, there probably is
not enough ,eamauship In the entire
Italian navy Co pilot one of those cum-
bersome monsters across the Atlantic
or effectively operate &c after It got here.