Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-26
BY TELEGRAPH.
BRITISH mAyr or TO-DAY.


SY~ns...rox. Aug %. Wink the dis
Gu ssion of the naval progress OF the
United STATE. Was recently going On In Con
gress, the British pahlir. were engaged N a
similar review Of the growth Of sheir hee'
iur;ns the last halt dozen years. The
OCCASION was the appearance Of Lori
Sa's-burv'. manifesto, ia which be d~eit
upen tbs. a,iYasses tina; had beea made III
the siips and guns of tie royal navy since
he took Office in 1856, ASST the result vas
10 show clearIs what the British sea
st4pngth = II the present
Ia lss,i Great Britain had - bstslesi'lP'
and arnnored cruisers, carrying 40 muzzte,
loading anil III hreech-lea'iins guns, ana
~ small quick and machine surs'
There then no large quick-fire guns WET
ever. The maximum speed OF the baltic
.blp. WAS III 81 knots and their total us
PLACEMENT j24 so tons. In that list were
10 vessels which had never been TO sea ana
were IN various processes of construction
SOME Of theia only jsst laid down. These
10 vessel. comprised los 800 tons, so tlai
the available tisplacement IN l7o6 Vas rr-
daced by that amount.
W. fini today, with three of the old '-oii'
claIs Withdrawn. A remaining total Oh 10
battie ships, armoreti cruisers ami coast de-
Tense vessels, with all aggregate dispiac.
u,..rt of slS, 100 tons The maximum speed
of t},,-se vessels has risen to Is knots All
ti. guns that have been atiaiea are breeeii-
loading. and aga .ast III Of these in 1850
there are 3D7 tuial. The machine ami
small quick -f-e ms have been more than
doubled. 50 that in.<plaee of ~ III lssG
E-fr
uieces Of l.7-;leh and G-ineh ealibres,
WI = "a not exist at ali ia 1856, NO" num-
Der I:j32.
If We examine = detail the list OF mes
arInortlals We timl To be- II with the eis
feat 4. .norcia1s Hood, Empress of Ind .
Families. Repuise, Resolution, ReVens
ROYAL oak aud Royal Sovereign. The has
nene is r;shcd, the first four are COL =
plet lg AMI the other three are building.
Each of these enormous vessels of lilo
TONS carries four rs - inch guns, ten 8
inch IN rk fire /. ms and 80 machine guns.
Tbcy have 4 speed of at least Il ~ knots
the ROYAL Sovereign, the peUneer OF the
class, showing Is knots.
Still vi H. these vessels surpdss uilr 0wh
Imliana, Massachusetts, and Oregon III
speed. the la,,er are believed TO be superior
in ~. cgate battery power. Besides these
eight vessels Lord SaGsburys ADMINISTERS
tion has added the Barbour and Centurlon-ar
nor-clads of 1880 tons each, carry rs
our lo-inch /. nus. ten t.1-inch quic2'
fire guns, and twenty-four pieces il -
secondary battery. They will be launched
next month, and their speed VIII be Il
Is knots.
The ~ 81 ps now completed in lhsb are
now fiji shed, and, in fact all Of the q
vessels of the present navy are either y
readiness or will have been launched by thu
end of his year. the net difference IN incre
ment being I;}i 200 tons displacement fol
the ~ years.
Turntng to unarmorcd vessels, we fine
that in lss6 these numbered is. having u,
Az .egate of als, 31l tons displacement
They were armed with rs muzzlc-loaiin
and go ch-loading guns. besides "a IL
the secondary batteries. The mshes
speed was Is 80 knots.
n 1872 We find a total OF 2l2 unarmore,
cru sers, having an az .egate of III -:
tons displacement. The riuzzlc-loadin!
ms have fallen off 10 It's, but the breech
leaders have increased to .s9, while ~
heavy 1rick-tre guns have been added. TIN
secondary batteries have grown to Ia
.pces. and the ma mum speed has in
creased to 70 ~ knots. The balance il
favor of - i'll unarmOrcd vessels is >
.r'p, of .: ,, us tons and t3l gins. r.
displacement has more than doubled in IL.
period and the ba cry power has had
CORES spending growth, while the advance II
speed is also notable