The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-31


coal capacity 600 tons and her horsepower
$500. Her armament consists of four 9-inch
cotton Armstrong guns, four 5-ton Arm
strong guns, two rapid-fre guns and five
Fish torpedo-tubes.
The steel unarm0red cruiser Republica
was built in England In 1892. She Is of
1900 tons register, is 210 feet long. So feet
beam, 13 feet draught and $500 horse
power. Her speed is seventeen knots and
her coal supply ITO tons. She Is armed
with six 4.7-nch rapid fire guns, four g.
FOUNDER rapid-fre guns. six machine guns
and two Fish torpedoes. She is not now
in the harbor, Mello having taken her for
his cruise down the coast
The composite cruiser Trajano was built
in England in 1873. Her displacement is
1400 tons, length 210 feet, beam % feet
draught IA feet, horsepower 2400 Her
speed is thirteen knots. Her armament
consists of seven 4.7-ineh Armstrong rifles
and four machine guns.
The wooden cruiser Guana bara is of 1900
tons displacement. She was built in Eng
land In 1877. Her length is 200 feet, IL feet
beam. Is. feet draught and 5000 horse
power. She can steam thirteen knots.
Nine 70-pounder Whitworth rifles and six
OF the torpedo-boats, all of which were
built in England. those of the first class
the Araguary. Iguatemi and Marcilio
Diaz-were built in 1891. ara of $50 tons
displacement, $50 feet in length, 1850
horsepower. can carry % tons of coal,
have crews of 27 men each and carry two
rapid-fre guns and four torpedo-tubes.
Their speed is twenty-five knots.
Five other torpedo-boats of the first
class were built in 1882. are % tons dis
placement, 600 horsepower. carry 20 tons
of coal, have speed of twenty knots,
carry crews of 16 men and are armed with
two machine guns and two torpedo-tubes.
Six torpedo boats of the second class
were built in 1883, are from go to 63 feet
long. 200 horsepower, II to II tons dis
placement. have coal supply of 2 tons.
speed seventeen knots, and are armed
with one torpedO-tube and two machine
guns Each crew consists of ten men.
Five torpedo-boats of the second class,
built in 1888, are % teet long. have coal
capacity Of five tons, can steam twelve
knots. carry crew Of seven men and are
armed with one machine gun and tor
pedo-spar.
In addition to these vessels the rebels
have several transport steamers which
cannot be regarded as fighting ships.
The supposedly neutral ships, although
recent dispatches seem to imply that they
may be loyal to the Government are the
Riachuelo and the Benjamin Constant.
The vessels are now at Toulon. France,
| where the Constant was completed last
year.
The turret ship Rachuelo is a steel
copper-sheathed vessel of 300 tons dis
| placement. She was built in England in
1888 at cost of e365, 600. Her length is
305 feet. beam 81 feet. draught 10 feet aud
horse power 1900. She has an 11-inch
armor belt. Her battery consists of four
9-inch Cotton Whtworth guns. altered by
| Armstrong; six 51a-inch 5-ton Armstrong;,
/ fifteen machine guns and five Fish torpedo
tubes. She can carry 500 tons of coal and
steam 1900 miles at fifteen knots. Her
speed is sixteen and half knots.
The Benjamin Constant is a 2750-ton
steel cruiser. designed as a training ship
for naval cadets. She is 236 feet in length,
46 feet beam, IS feet draught and $500
horsepower. Her coal capacity is 26O
tons, speed fourteen knots, and she can
steam 1000 knots at ten knots per hour.
| Her battery consists of four 6-incb, eight
4.7-inch and ten smaller rapid-fire guns,
| several machine guns and four Fish torpedo
tubes.
The ships which will seek to engage the
rebel vessels are up to this time as follows:
The Tiradentes. now at Montevideo. is q
steel vessel of 800 tons, built in England
last year, wood sheathed, 165 feet in
length. so feet beam. II feet draught. 1900
b horsepower. speed fourteen knots. coal
capacity 110 tons, with four 47-ineh rapid
fire guns, three rapid-ire 6-pounders, four
mrchine guns and two torpedo tubes.
The Bahia is an iron coast-defense
turret ship, built in England in 1865. Her
displacement is 1000 tons, her length 178
feet, beam So feet, draught feet inches.
1640 horsepower. speed ten knots. She has
AZ inches of armor Delting, with 5h
inches Of armor on her turret. Her bat
terry consists of two 7-inch ruzzla-loading
rifles and two machine guns.
The Nictheroy is steel unarmored
converted cruiser. She was built in New
port News and made her first voyage as a
| merchant shin last Aupust Sha d60n