Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25
THE ATLANTA.

the spar deck and four on the main deck in
classmates; sixteen 3-pounders. seven machine
guns aud four H-iuch Whitehead torpedo
tubes. Her protection consists of curved steel
protected deck eighteen inches above water
line anidsblps to SIX and one-haf below it at
sides and three to six inches thick. Her speed
is about twenty knots with bunkers full and
everything on board. At sea she CO maintain a
continuous speed OF nearly twenty knots, her
coal supply being sufficient for 900 miles at that
speed. He- twin screws are worked by TRIPLE
expansion engines of the vertical type Of 10000
horse power; her cylinders protected by
dome steel shield to inches thick, extending
some feet above the protected deck. The pro-
. tectlye deck extends from stem to stern and is
heavier than any ever fitted The Blake was
built at the Chatham yards and was designed
by w. II. White. director Of naval construction.
Engiands next best ship will be the Aus
traiia, irst-ciass armored cruiser Of $500
I tons displacement. $500 horse power 22JS feet
drausht, 300 feet long. Sc beam and was built
/ at Glasgow in 1889. She cost about 81 200 600.
Her speed is Is knots and her coal capacity 800
I tons, which gives her steaming radius Of {, 600
miles at 10-knot gait.
I The Magicienne. the third cruiser, is Of the
second class and built of wood and steel, COM
/ 5000 tons. las horse power Of 5000, draught
| OF IL feet inches, length 265 feet,
| beam AZ feet and was built in 1883 at
| Glasgow at a cost OF 800, 900. Her speed is
| nearly twenty knots and coal capacity 400 tons,
which enables her to steam 5000 miles at ten
knotssn hour.
The fourth vessel. the Tartar, is third-class
cruiser Of the Yorktown type. She displaces
| LILO tons. has $500 horse power, draught of
IA feet. length Of 225 feet, beam 80 feet. She
was built at Glasgow in 1856 at q cost Of about
600, She can make seventeen knots and
carries 325 tons of coal At ten knots an hour
| she can cover $500 knots
The other vessel is the little Partridge, first
class composite gunboat of 755 tens displace-
ment. l.Z0o-horse power, dreught IL feet,
length Ss loo feet, beam 50 feet and was built in
/ lsss a. a cost OF Sl5o,000. She can make Is
knots, carries 100 tons Of coal and can steam
$500 knots at 10 knots an hour.
! FRANCES DIFFERENTIATION.
The French contingent is not 30 strong Al
was expected. 1t had been hoped that at least
/ one o. two fiBe modern battle ships would have
been sen. TO take part in the affair. But Of the
! three vessels sent the only one Of much conse-
| quence is the protected cruiser Jean Bart
which was begun in 1887 and cost complete ND
ward OF 200 900 francs. She is $50 feet long,
| with 49, feet beam aud a displacement Of 4, l62
tons, and her engines can develop nearly 1000
| horse power. In trial rather more than a
year ago an aggregate of Z, $40 horse power gave
! her . speed of 1856 knots, with 1862 revolu-
tions. Her battery is four 6.3-inch guns on
| Sponsors and six 55-ineh guns in broadside.
with a secondary armament of four S-pounder
| rapid-fre guns. six revolving cannon and hall
dozen torpedo tubes
| The Arethuse is familiar in our waters and il
. wooden ship. although launched about q
dozen years ago. She was in last autumn's
New York naval parade. She Is about al fee,
long and As feet beam, with q normal draugh,
Of nearly p feet and a displacement Of
$500 tons. She Is said to have 400 horse
power and speed of fourteen knots. Hsr bat
terry consists Of eighteen 511-inch guns in
broadside, with two guns mounted In the bow
and eight Hotchkiss revolving cannon. Her
tected by shields Tie Hussard completes the
French contingent. and, Like the Arsthuss, ID
out in ths West IrGjsa,