The sun., 1893-03-27
TWO FAMOUS CRUISERS ON SHOW
uosv the New York and the Rishe WIN
Compare with Erch Other.

suits achieved on Saturday by our new armor-
cd crdiaer New York. in her contractors trial.
have revived interest in this splendid vessel.
and have caused her next and of1ciri trial to
be looked forward TO with great homes
In the international rendezvous and review.
the principal English vessel will be the Blake.
and the principal American vessel the New
York. These two armored cruisers will thus
furnish tho basis for an interesting compare
son. although. of course. there will be no
opportunity to test their relative speeds
In displacement tho Bake is a little the
larger. by 1900 tons against S15O. On the
same beam. C5 feet each. the latter 10 little
longer 3SUit feet against 375. but has consid-
erably less mean draught. or % feet 3Is inches
against 25 feet z inches.
In armor the two vessels closely resemble
each other. each carrying about o inches OF
steel on the sides ana from 3 to u inches for
the protective deck. The top of the machin-
cry In the Blake. above decks. has q inches
OF armor on the outboard sides, ind inches
on tho inboard The protective deck is III
feet above the water line amidships. and at
the sides is o. feet below that line. The
classmates Of the main-deck guns have
O inches Of steel on the outboard and
inches on the inboard sides. The coming
tower is protected by 1 foot Of steel. and Its
tubes and the ammunition tubes BY 8 inches
In the New York the protective deck at the
sides amidships is AZ feet below the water and
l foot above the water when the vessel Ia at
tho mean draught OF % feet 81 inches. 1t is
com petely covered with two courses ofplating
having thickness Of 3 inches amidships and
"a inches forward and aft. The slopes amid
ships are covered with nm additional thickness
inches In wake Of tho machinery spaces
belt Of thin armoS is worked between the pro.
Of metal on tho side throughout this space is
inches, Golfer dam. feet . inches deep.
a1a es tn
Xiarse proportion Of The coal supply is slowed
against damage near the water line.
As to speeds. the Blake was intended to de-
of 10000 horse power and tIsrewit to attain
a speed OF ~ knots. while under natural
Hnots In ser oSn iTa it was deemed pru
dent not to, resort to the forced draught and
with natural drauGht, on seven hours run;
r Horse powr Mr.
White believed that the falling on from 20
from shaIioWness Of water This is perhaps
about 500 more horse, power ,developed. the
Blenheim. her sister ship. achieved with nat.
+ sSer Of sape x
less than the Admiralty limit OF air pressure. m
ann s speed ss sf ''o knots '0f 'n' D'Ak'
to deyslap lcated horse lori asS power under
fore forced dragEht M and this Was % expected to
suits achieved thus far rare are elsewhere detailed.
The four vertical. inverted. direct-acting.
triple, expansion; t tnree-feiylh1der engines are
- and - i9ses resnSctiiyely And the stroke
driven independenty % TRere are fopn ioar naie a
condensers. Of composition and sheet brass.
surface. and two auxiliary condensers. There
are six double ended eight,furnace. horizon
t n Stss poers
with six Xthwartship fre.rooms. They are about
10 feet inches external diameter and y fact
pounds their total crate surface is about 800
square feet. and total heating surface about
single ended two furnace boilers placed al owe
the protective deck; They have total CRATE
Of Of ses snd
ports show that the New York has already
sss the RSs1 Ss Sse
while the Gsl Of NsT
vantage in radius Of action. ct ~ Knots. sup
posed tc g, d Re represented by $4,000 miles
in the batteries Of the two vessels there is q
notable d Inference. which requires careful ex-
% Sseay Two
ton rifles and ten 6-inch rapid fire guns: her
5nty
guns. xhiie she, has four 4-inch. torpedo
tubes. Tho New YORK has in her main battery
guns. and in, her secondary battery eight
ard tour Pa rapid 1s Tnos
torpedo tubes. giving her the advantage In
this last respect
shn EVEN Ss
Ths total Welsh weight q s6 5Re Blases iire Is i.sSs
Tsfh, q ths New in YSTfs , Ts
fscondarya a,, InSsRuch 9N d, these vessels:
iective as the p.inch q the Blake. and there
shlp o tSs Bass msh
not expected to accept battle with such ships. ae
However II forced to such an encounter. the |
Topd 9s
lily armored and armed battle ship; and she |
would also hc most concerned with her bow |
is vastly SUPERIOR. to the Blake: In her are
the Sew iort Is Hny g4 wh''' that OF
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description Of Chief Constructor Wilson:
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inches thck and tho ammunition tubes below are |
also tive inches Tho Snch guns the broad side are
protected by partial barbettes two inchcs thick and
shields on the guns.
The +.nch X. = o. are mounted on the gun deck In |
arnored sponsors inches thick and have shields on
the guns closely covering the ports Their
y further assured by lnch splinter bulkheada The |
pounder guns protected by Finch arm or or lis
equivalent There one fixed torpedo tube he bow.
one hxed ~ the stern and Two training each broad
sidc-al above sater The s.inch 70 feet and
the i'nch Rrns 1o1s feet above the water.
Tho object aimed at In the New York has
been high speed. great coal endurance. and a
com binntion OF offensive and defen i've power.
When she WAS designed Secretary Tracy de-
cared that her battery was "unenuailed by
u NY shin of the cruiser type In tho world. while
It gives her chances which are not to be de.
encounter with battle ship.. Fighting battle
ships. however. Is not her business: she Is
built to keep ths sea and thus destroy nm en-
emy's commerce. and not only his commerce
She Is thus both commerce protector and