The Washington times., 1895-05-25

The naval demonstrations at Kiel on the
occasion of the opening of the Baltic Canal,
according to the present program, prom
ises to eclipse anything Of a like nature
ever witnessed in Europe.
A table prepared by the naval intelli-
gence office shows that in addition o the
numerous fleets of Germany there will par
ticipate in the naval parade no less than
forty five warships from foreign coun-
tries, representing every type from the
stately battleship to the little gunboat and
torpedo cruiser.
AS might be expected, Great Britain cas-
lily takes the lead in tonnage, although Italy
will send one more ship, the British fleet
numbering eight ships, while the Italians
send niue. The British vessels have total
tonnage of 9,310, as against 5S ,331 for
the Italian ships.
The British also have the largest vessels,
sending four monster battleships each OF
14,15o tons, nearly 400 tons larger than
our own fine battleships of the Indiana
class.
UNCLE SANS SHIPS.
They are armed with 13 1-2inch guns,
but two OF the Italian ships exceed this
battery, the LAURA and Doria carrying the
largest guns afloat, OF calibre of IT
inches
The British fleet will consist of the fol-
lowing ships: Batteships Royal Sover-
eigu, Empress OF India, Repulse and Reso-
luton; protected cruisers-Bleuhaim and
Bellona, aud torpedo vessels Speedy and
Halcyon
The Italian fleet, next in strength, in
cludeS the four battleships Sardegna. .--Ra
Umberto, Ruggiere di LAURA aud Andrea
Doria, the protected cruisers Stromboli
aud Etruria, the torpedo vessels .iretusa
and Partenope and the royal yacht Savoia.
Next to Italy, and third on the list in
tonnage comes the United States, with
the armored cruiser New York and the
cruisers Minneapolis, Columbia and Marble
head, aggregaung %, 5,039 tons. If Great
Britain aud Italy can boast the largest
aud most powerful ships the United States
can easily claim the championship in point
of speed, for 40 foreign ship comes near
the peerless Minneapolis, with her record
of % .073 knots, even the fleetest torpedo
vessel at the show, the Italian Arebusa,
scoring but 20 Z knots al her best.
Russia stands No. 4 in the list of ton
mage with three ships, the battleship I'm
peTator Alexander H., the coast uefense
ship Groziastchi and the armored cruiser
Rurik, a total tonnage of 20,S96.
OF the great European naval powers
| France makes the worst showing, with
only Is, 1913 TONS made up of the battle
| ship Hoche, the protected cruiser Surcouf
| and the twin-Screw armored cruiser Dupuy
| de Lone, celebrated for the great number
| of unsuccessful trial trips she has made il
| the effort to make speed and now only
| rated at twenty knots
SPAIN RIVALS FRANCE.
Spain presses France closely with thre,
ships, the battleship Belayo, the armored
cruiser Infanta Maria Teresia and tn,
protected cruiser Marques de Ensenada
| having a total tonnage of II ,S22.
! Austria has four ships with tonnage
! of 13 $50, including the aTmored cruise
Kaiserin and Konegin Maria Theresia, the
| protected cruisers Kaiser Franz Josef anC
| Kaiserin Elizabeth and the torpedo vesse
| Trabant, the smallest in the parade, being
of $50 tons.
Sweden sends 6,835 tons of shipping,
| three ships, the coast defense vessels Thule
and Gotta, and the gun vessel Edda. Nor
way sends two ships of ], ,693 tons in all,
the Viking and Sleipner. Roumania is
close behind with two ships of ,653 tons,
| the cruiser Elizabeth and the training ves-
sci Mircea Denmark will have two pro-
tected cruisers in line. the Hekla and the
Geiser, total tonnage of $500, and Portu-
gal and Turkey VIII have only one ship
each, the former being the armorad cruiser
| Vasco de CANA, of 2,422 tons, and the
latter the cruiser Heybet- Nouma, of 800
tons.