The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND,
4 Comparison of the Ships They Have
on the Asiatic Station.

A Comparison of the Ships They Have
the Asiatic Station
In view OF the recent reports regarding
the reliance of China on the protection of
Russia, increased interest may be lent to 8
statement in the London Times OF the
relative strength of the Russian and Brit
ish fleets in the far East, at late date.
Great Britain has the battleship Gen.
turion OF 10, 500 tons, Is knots, four 10 inch,
ten finch, and twenty-six auxiliary guns
and seven torpedo tubes. She has three
armored cruisers, the Narcissus, Immor-
talite ana Undaunted, each Of 5000 tons,
lo12 knots, two 9.2-inch, ten 6-inch and
twenty-five auxiliary guns, with four tor
pedo tubes. She has the Edgar, q pro-
tected cruiser OF 1850 tons, 20lz knots, two
S.2-lnch. ten 6-inch and twenty-six auxIIi-
ary guns, and four torpedo tubes.
She has the Eolus, Spartan, Rainbow,
Plque, protected cruisers, each OF $500 tons,
!9A knots, two 6-inch, six 4.7-inch, and
fourteen auxiliary guns and four tubes.
She has the armored coast-defender Wi
yern OF 2750 tons, 10 knots, and four 9-inch
ana nine smaller guns. She has the
Archer and Porpoise, cruisers of 1870 tons,
IL knots. six 6-inch, eleven auxiliary ouns
and three tubes. She has the dispatch
vessel Alacrlty OF 100 tons, 10 knots, and
ten 6-pounder and two machine guns. She
has the sloop Daphne OF 1140 tons, Az
knots, and eight 5-inch and eight ma
chine guns. She has the gunboatS Pignv.
Redpole Red dbrea>t, Rather. PIoyer and
Peacock OF T75 tons, 1877 knots, and six
finch ana four machine guns. She has the
Swift and the Llnnet, gun vessels of 756
tons, lis knots, and TWO finch and SIX
smaller guns. She has the gunboat Fire
brand, OF 455 tons, 10 knots, and two five
inch two four-inch aud two machine
md hor 1hrar I'll II
363 tons, three sixty-four-pounders and
two machine guns. Finally, she has eight
torpedo boats.
Turning to the Russian feet in those
waters, II Is found to have been consider
ably augmented during the last few
months. and is strong. 1t includes the
battleship Emperor Nikolas l, of $40
tons, 15.9 knots, two Pinch, four 9-inch,
eight 5-lnch, and twenty-five auxiliary
guns, and six torpedo tubes. Next come
four fine armored cruisers, in which class
the Russian feet surpasses the Brit
.sh. Among them will be recog-
nized guests OF ours few years
ago. The Pamvat Azova is of
60O0 tons 1715 knots, two 8-inch, fourteen
6-inch and twenty auxiliary guns with
three torpedo tubes; the Admiral Nachi-
mOff, of 1882 tons, 16.7 knots, eight S-inch,
ten 6-inch, ten auxiliary guns and four
tubes; the Rurik, of 1923 tons, Is knots.
four S-inch, sixteen 6-inch, six 4. finch and
eighteen auxiliary guns, with six torpedo
tubes; the DimitrI Donskoi, OF 5s93
tons, Is knots, four 6-inch, ten
4.7-inch and thirteen auxiliary guns,
with four torpedo tubes. Then
comes the protected cruiser Admiral
Koniloff. 5000 tons. liz knots, two s.
inch, fourteen 6-inch, and eighteen auxili-
ary guns and six tubes. Apair of armored
gunboats, the Gremysstchy and Otvazny,
are OF 1892 tons each and Is knots, carry
ing one 9-inch, one 6-inch and ten smaller
guns, with two tubes. The Kreuzer ana
Rasboynik are corvettes OF 1872 tons and
13 knots, carrying three 6-inch and fifteen
smaller guns. The Korvets and Mandchen
are gun vessels of 1214 tons and 1917 knots,
carrying two S-inch and one 6-inch gun,
with ten smaller pieces and three tubes.
| The gun vessels Sivootch and Bohr are
of $50 tons and 121z and u knots, carrying
one 9-inch, one 6-inch and eleven smaller
guns. The Gaidamak and Vsadink are
gunboats of 400 tons and % knots. with
three torpedo tubes each and small rapid
fire guns. The Aleut and Yakoot are old
merchantmen fitted up with few rapid