Milford chronicle., 1893-04-21

with beam Of $50 feet aad displacement
Of 4l6a tons. Her engiuea develop soos
horse power Her speed Is IS 6s knots pei
hour. Her battery ls 6-inch Fiaea aud S.
inch rifles, with secondary armament Of Z
g. -poundeF rapid dfiug guns. orevoiving can.
non and torpedo tubes.
The oshsr French ships are the Hussafd
and Arethuse. Both were present at the "a
val parade IN honor Of Columbus ia Neu
York last October
The Areihuse is fneslootine, old-fash
Toned wooden ship. Her dimensions ar,
a77. 9 feet long, 43 feet beam. and aI9 fesl
draught. She is gun deck frigate, with !
topgallaul foreeastle and poop
The Russian aset will consist Of between
three and ak vessels. Six are promised
aud three Of these. the Dimitri Douskoi
General Admiral aud Rynda are expected e
arTive at the rendezvous within the nex
week The Dimitri Douskoi, the flagship o
Of the Russian Heet, Is a twin screw, steel
frst class cruiser Of 5895 tons aud q speed o
IS knots per hour. She is a95 feet ioug
with beam Of 50 feet aud a draueht Of q
feet. Her engines are capable Of developing
1000 horse power.
Her armament consists Of a pair Of S-iuch
breech loading ri6es, fourteen 6-inch bTeeeh
loading rifles, fourteen machiue guns. and
four long 6ton caunon. She also carries
four fxed torpedo carriages and four launch
ing torpedo carriages. She was launched II
1855.
The three other Russian vessels which
have been promised are the badieship En-
peror Nicholas Of ra,ooo tons. the armoret
cruiser Admiral Nakhimoif Of 77si tons anS
fourteen guns and the cruiser Paiuyat Azovl
Of 5000 tons and sixteen guns. The fee
win be under the command Of vice-Ad
miral Komakoh.
Italy will be represented by four vessel
under command Of Rear Adrniral Maguaghi
They viii be the aagship Etna, the Glow
anui Bsusau, the Dogali and the Eriodno.
The Etna is a steel protected twin screw
cruiser OF $40 tons, asa2 long. with bean
Of 4a.7 feet Her armament consists Of two
aston breech-loaeing rifles, six 4 ton rifles
and four torpedo carriages.
Germsny will be represented by two yes
sells the Kaiserin Augusta and the seeedler
The former is protected steel cruiser O
6osa tons. She is 500 feet long, with beam
of 4o.s feet and % foot draught She has
three prepellers, and is one Of the swiftes
cruisers afoat Her engines have I2,ooo in
dicated horse power, and she can 80 at the
rate Of 20 knots per hour. She IS armed
with twelve long iuch rifles, eight machine
guns, eight quick firing gus sud eight tor
pedo tubes.
Spain will be represented by three vessels
under the command Of the duke Of Veraguo.
These are the flagship Reina Regsnte, In.
fauta Isabel aud the Nueva Espsna
The Riena Regente IS a composite steel
protected cruiser 3rs.5 feet long, with a 50
foot beam and draft Of 20 feet. Her dis
placement is 5000 tons and her speed i:
said to be ao.7 knots per hour which make.
her the fastest, so far as is known, Of any o.
the foreigu vessels which will participate
iuch rifles and 10 torpedo tubes.
Brazil win have the isrgest representation
Of any of the American republics edtside oi
the United States. She will lave three YES
sells ia line, the battle snip Aquidaban o.
5000 tons, the cruiser Republics Of 1900 tons
and 10 guns, sri the gunboat Tirendeutes oi
500 tons saJ II guns.
Tie Aquidaban is a vessel ofwhich almost
any nation might be proud. She is zso feel
long, with a s2-foot beam and draught oi
Is feet Her indicated horse power is GOO
She carries four 9-iuch rifles and four 5-tou
breech-loadiug guns.
The Argentine Republic will have one yes.
eel in line This is the Ninth of July, uamed
in honor Of her independence day. The YES
sci is a twin screw. protected cruiser, 7so
feet long with As foot beam and draughi
of I3 feet Her speed is "a knots per hour
and engines develop 5000 indicated horse
power Her armament consists of pair OF
6inch rides, four inch quick-hsing guns
She was built in 1890, mud has an s.iuch
belt artuor
Holland will be represented by the Van
spey, sinele-screw cruiser with a speed o.
u knots per hour. She is a6a feet long
with beam Of SO. 5 feet and draught Of III,
feet Her armament consists Of six 8 incl
rifles, eight atom rides, twers-inch rifles
eight euictu us and six machin,
guns
Portugal sends the Corvette Alfonso dJ
Albuquerque. in command Of Captain Anna
val. ex-Minister Of Marine. She is a 100
ton eunboat