New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-15
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.


nas, is the transport ship KhersOn. which under
wen. her Official steam trial on May Is. steamins
twelve consecutive hours. At ninety revolutions
minute she made speed averaging 1876 Knots an
hour The vessel is modelled on the lines or
Yacht has a clipper STEM three masts and three
smokepipes, and the general appearance tnat as
sociates her with an ocean flyer Her dimensions
are 900 feet in length. 81 feet ana nSnes IAN.
are Of the twn-screw type. and she Is ntied WIN
i2-centmetre rifles twelve 75-millimetre and eight
47-milllmetre guns.
On May 10. in the presence Of the Car and
large number OF Russian notahities two new
warships the Gi1yak and the General Admiral
Apraxin, were Launched on the Neva
The frst-class battle-shp Hannibal. Of tho British
Navy said to be the heaviest warship ever built.
was recently launched at the Pembroke Dockyard
She has been two years under construction. Is 30
feet in length between perpendiculars aS'1 Zee;
toms extend FOX approximately 20 feet IN no cen
rai part. and terminate IN a thick deck. when
eine and boiler rooms and magazines For ZIG Zee,
Of her Length are amor bets ~ inches wap ana
armor bulkheads Of from y to u inches nick acr2s
armor Belt armament in addition 10 the secondary
battery will Include four twelye-inch and Twelve
sx-inch breech-!oadng rifles
The new naval work OF the Italian Government IS
much delayed because Of tho difficulty Of obainins
money to carry II on 1t is asserted that the recent
sale Of the Garibaldi the Argentine Government
was really necessity and the Varese. sister ship.
would also have been sold hal there not been 80
| much opposition manifested from the press ana the
Parliament The work in the several Yards has Il. !
only been suspended in part, but he laying down q
| the two proposed cruisers, Principe 81 NapoN
and the Regina Margherita, has been postponed IN
definitely. rs has also the building OF thc 'esse ~
| take the place OF the Garibaldi.
The new coas,-defence vessel Odin. for the Swed-
ish navy which was launched at Stockholm on
March O. s 279 feet in length and has n displace-
| rnent of 1916 tons. She will have spe|d OF six
| teen knots Her armamen; Will consist OF two ss-
| inch Csnet guns mounted IN turrets; FOUR linen
| rapid-irng guns in classmates; four six-pounders.
| four FOUNDERS and two machine-guns, ana one
submerged bow torpedo tube
The French Minister OF Marine has offered prize
Of 10 600 francs for the best design OF a submarine
| torpedo-boat The minimum requirements are a
speed OF twelve knots the surface. with a radius
of action Of 100 miles: speed OF eight knots when
| submerged with a radius OF action of ten miles.
two torpedoes ready for launching. TO be carried.
| and a total displacement not - exceed 2J tons.
II there should be several designs submitted OF a
! meritorious character additional prizes OF less
amount may be given TO the unsuccessful coInpeti-
tors who present them.
Tbs French have recently completed hospital
ship named the Saint Pierre. which Is built on
beautiful yacht-like lines. Strange to say. she Is
not provided with any other means OF propulsion
than the sails her three masts. She Is intended
| for the present exclusively for service among the
fishing boats on the Banks OF Newfoundland TO
afford them religious and medical succor. TO make
| her presence known In fogs she carries loud bell
| a powerful siren worked by an Arrangement OF
| bellows, and tiny piece OF ordnance. she Is only
100 feet In length, and her crew will consist OF a
chaplain. surgeon a captain. two other officers
! and about fifteen sailors.