San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-15

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Regente, gunbOat Nueva Espana,
and sloop gun vessel, Infanta Ysa-
bel.
The Reina Regente is an English
built cruiser of remarkable steam
ing powers. She has displace-
ment of 5000 tons, length of 3lS
feet and a beam of 80 feet. She
draws 20 feet of water. Her engines
are capable of developing 1000
horse power, giving resultant
speed of 20.7 knots per hour. She
has a bunker capacity for | 100 tons
of coal. Her main battery consists
of six siXteen-centimeter, and six
twelve-centimete Hontoria breech
loading rifles.
The Nueva Espana has a dis
placement of 5000 tons, length of
100 feet, and a beam of % feet. Her
speed is Is knots per hour on a
horsepower development t of $500
horses. The main battery is made
up of two twelve-centimeter Hon
tOria rifles.
The Infanta Ysabel is vessel of
1,130 tons displacement, with a
length of 2lO feet and a beam of 81
feet. She has a speed of II knots.
Her main battery consists of four
twelve-centimeter and two seven
centimeter Hontoria rifles.
BraZil.-The turret battleship
Aquidaban. the protected cruiser
Tamanderi and the cruiser Repub-
lica.
The AQuidaban is the same ship
which formed one of the Brazil
squadron which bore the greetings
of the new Republic to this coun-
try two years ago. She is an Eng
lish-built irOnclad, with a displace-
ment of 1850 tons, a length of go
feet and a beam of % feet. Her
greatest armOr thickness measures
II ! inches. Her main battery
consists of four nine-inch breech-
loading Armstrong; and four five
ton Armstrong;.
The Tamanderi is protected
cruiser of 1923 tons displacement,
with a length of 270 feet and a
beam of 46 feet. She has speed
of II knots on a 7,500-horse-pOwer
development. Her main battery
consists of four eight-inch and
twelve six inch breech loading
ArmZtrOngs.
The Netherlands. The single
cruiser Van Speyk. This vessel
has a displacement of 300 tons, a
length of 262 feet, and beam of 80
feet. Her speed is l4.2 knots per
hour. The Van Speyk's main bat
terry comprises six seventeen-centi-
meter and eight twelve-centimeter
Krupp breech-lOading rifles.
Germany.-The Kaiserin Angus
ia and and SchWalbe.
The Kaiserin Augusta is a pro-
tected cruiser of 6,O62 tons displace-
ment, with a length of 1913 feet
and a beam close to 80 feet. She is
capable of steaming 20 knots per
hour on horsepower deVelOpe-
ment of $1,000 horses. Her main
battery consists of twelve long
fifteen centimeter and eight 81
centimeter rifles.
The Schwalbe is a composite gun
boat of 1900 tons displacement, a
length of BOB feet and beam Of 30
feet. Her battery consists of eight
lO5 centimeter breech-lOading
Krupp rifles.
France-The Arethuse, Hussard
and Jean Bart.
The Jean Bart is a protected
cruiser of /, I6O tons displacement,
with a length of 346 feet and a beam
of As feet. She has a speed of 10
knots on horse power develop
ment of 5000 horses. Her main
battery consists of four sixteen
centimeter and six fOurteen-centi-
meter breech-loading rifles.
Great Britain.-The protected
cruiser Blake, the flagship of Vice
Admiral J. O. Hopkins, X. c. b.;
armOred cruiser Australia, cruiser
Magicienne and Tartar, and gun
vessel Partridge.
The Blake is a vessel of 5000
tons displacement, having length
of 375 feet and a beam of So feet.
She draws nearly 26 feet of water.
She is credited with speed, under
natural draught, of 1913 knots an
hour. She is fitted with 14,45O
horsepower engines. Her battery
consists of two 9.2-inch twenty-twO-
ton and ten siX-inch five-tOn
breech-loading rifles. She carries
a crew of ga men.
The Australia is a vessel of $500
tons displacement, with a length
of 300 feet. She is fitted with $500
horsepower engines. Her speed is