Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-01-28

8 and 6 Founders, 2 Hotchkss and
Calling guns and can throw a 5O(
pound projectile miles. She is al
most inYincible against an enemy.
guns.
The double turreted coast defense
battleship Monterey is of ABB tons
and an estimated speed of Is knots
She will carry 2 10 and 2 12-lnch pow
erful breech loading rifles, z rapid
fire and Calling guns.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvlus, now
undergoing repairs at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard is of 725 tons displaee-
ment. with an average speed of 21l
knots. She carries 3 dynamite and Z
rapid fire guns.
The torpedo boat Gushing, also al
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Is of 11e
tons, speed 22k knots She carries &
torpedo tubes and 3 rapid fire one
FOUNDER guns.
At the Mare Island yard there are
also six of the old wooden vessels that
could be ready for action within four
weeks. Each has a converted muzzle
loading rife. The rest of their bat
teries consist of 9-inch smooth bores.
Auxiliary CRUISERS.
Besides there ars large number
of steamships engaged IN the South
American, West Indian and coasting
trade, flying the American flag, which
could be utilized as auxiliary cruisers.
dispatch boats. transports and store
ships. Most of them are compare
lively new, built of steel, with all
modern improvements. Guns of 6
inch caliber carry 100 pound pro-
jectile, and 8 inch caliber carry $50
pound projectile.
cHILTs NAVAL STRENGTH.
The Chilian navy proper consists
of battle ships, 3 unarmored cruis-
ers. 5 corvettes, 4 dispatch boat, gun
boats and ID torpedo boats.
The largest battle ship is the CapI-
tan Pratt, now being finished at La
Seyne ship yards in France. She will
be completed in about sixty days.
She is of $500 tons and has a speed
of IS knots and carries 4 9-inch rifles
and 8 4aainch rifles.
The most formidable vessel avail
able in Chill at present is the battle
ship Almirante Cochrane Of q, 500 tons.
She carries SIX 9-inch rifles and two
Armstrong finch guns, besides rapid
firing and Calling guns in her tops.
Her speed is Ii knots.
The Huascar is practically an IN
armored ship of 1, 800 tons and a speed
of eleven knots. She carries two 10
inch Armstrong rifles and two[4O-
FOUNDER Armstrong;.
OF the uRarmored cruisers, the Is
meralda is of 5000 tons, with a speed
of about 20 knots. Her guns, the
same in number as carried by the
Boston, are much larger, besides
which she has three torpedo tubes.
CHILfs FORMIDABLE VoRPEDo BOATS.
The Presldente Errazuriz and the
Presidente Pinto are twins of 1850
tons, and speed of 10 knots each.
Besides three torpedo tubs both ships
have six breech loading 6-inch two Al
inch and ten rapid fire and machine
guns.
The Chllian Government has two
torpedo eruisers-the Almirante Con
dell and Almirante Lynch, both of
$50 tons and a speed of 20 knots.
They carry each six large rapid fire
guns, 4 and 6-inch caliber. Their
chief weapons, however, are the auto
mobile torpedoes. These two craft
achieved world wide reputation by
sinking the Blanco Encalada in Cal
dera Bay last summer by exploding a
torpedo under her.
La addition to these modern vessels
there remain five of the old corvettes.
OF these the O'Higglns and Chacabu-
co are of LOO tons each, with a speed
of ten knots.
The Altao is of ], O5O tons, speed IC
knots; the Magellanes 800 tons, speed
II knots and the Pilcomayo 800 tons
with a speed of IL knots. They are
all armed with comparatively light
guns.
Among the other available ships
possessed by the Chillans is the dis.
patch boat Amazonas, five gun boats
of 40 tons each eleven so ton torpedo
boats and two so ton torpedo boats.
The Chilian Government also haf
the power TO subsidize the fine steam
ships of the North American Naviga
ton Company, a passenger line own
ed by Chilian capitalists. These yes
sells are built to permit the placing O.
long range guns fore and aft.
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