Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-05
FOREIGN NAyIES.
New Mexican NaYy-Rritish Navy News
New Russian War Ship.

IoSpoS jan &-rhe Uaited Ssrvjca
g .ste says that patty ~ instructor. for
he pr jscsei nsv M-x'csn nsvs lefs Liver
p 1ol On "Wednesday Dec. i6, BY the wblle
Star esuiship N jssslc for Ne~ Y lrk. en-
role for Mexie1. Commander X O. B
Cary Bftnton, lsre # the royal navy. has
D, en- app iaisd ny President DIG 70 super
intend 'ha formation Of new navy for
Mex c., With = psv.l training system like
that e.tsoh.hed in ths Bfitsh ROYAL navy.
Fac & 81 shp OF tai, ne~ rsvy, the srs
gozs. WAS bulk at Hsvre sna is,ety sail d
18th 3 navigating crew for Mtxco The
pAsty of Instructors embarked N the Ma
jestic under Cspt. Charles De La Poer
Bsrss ssford, (la;e iisu,enxut royal navy he
second in c9mmsnd VII, p'ecedes Capt
BrenIon to the republic,
The Royal Sovereign, launched by
Q aeon Victoria early in the summer q,
tor'smcuth, is rapidly nearing conplstiou,
The speed with which the vessel has tean
built is uuexsmpled, She Is one Of clsss
Of seven frssclsss battle ships, Il
IL 000 tons and estimated to Steam II
xnors, ordsr under the Naval Defense
act TO be rss y By 1894. bus the Roysl
Sovereign will pr ostly be in commission
BY July, 1899 II ,hi. hope be resl ze
sns will have been fuished from the keel
uowari in two kni three quarter yesrs, or
about hSif the time brst class battle ship
would have AIKEN zen years ago. All the
hesvs work Ii done, her suns are alongside,
and il is hoped b? the middle Of mex. mouth
she will be ready for her steam trials.
The re~ tche me employ ed BY the British
Navy for training seaman in guanery is
row 10 full development as Dsvenpor',
where $50 men are already s: york Undar
the Ee~ ssstem ell seamen are required 70
60 through . course of twenty eight days
instruction In the gunoefy ships, and an
examination is 10 bs held at the end of their
course TO determine whether further in
struclion is desirable. Those who display
sufficient knowledge continue 10 the suu-
pery ships for smother fry days trslning,
and are then examined for the rAiing Of
sesman gunner, which carries with it the
pay Of ~ day extra.
A ne~ Russian ironclsd of 10 2S0 tons
has iast been finished at the Sebxstc pol
shipbuild,n9 vard Her length from Stem
to stern is $40 feet, breadth Of besm 50
feet. and depln 26 feet. Tne engines are
Of l6 $50 horse pose: and the speed Of tue
vessel Is from IA to II ) knots. The new
vessel, which is named George the Victori
QUE, will be armed with six !ong-rsnge IL
inch guns mounted en- bsroette, seven six
inch guns mounted on the battery deck.
eight quick 6ring Ruus Of the Bsrnovsky
model, six 37-miiIineier quick-friug guns
for the tops, aud seven torpedo propeiliug
tubes.
The first clsss sessoing torpedo boa:
shich has la ely been constructed for the
Vietorisn government by Messrs Ysrro~
& Co., has lefl Londoa for Melbourne
Tn vessel is l30 feet in length BY Is feet
inches beam, and on trial vas found to
have speed of 22i knots during ran Of
three hours duration in fully equipped
condition, with all weights on bovd
The new German ironolsd Weissenbur
vas successfully launched at s.ettin On
Dec, 2l.