New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
JAPAN'S NEWEST BATTLE-SHIP.
LAUNCHED AT BLACKWELL, ENGLAND. AND
NAMED THE FUJIYAMI-SPECIAL FEAT
r-prc or ApNOR AND ARMAMENT

TRES OF ARMOR AND AitMhMb-Ni
..rhe launch OF the stately barbette war vessel
dressed in holiday nage from stem 20 stern. ana ny
ing conspicuously the striking red and white colors
f Jansn was witnessed by tens OF thousands OF per-
sons There has been such scene OF gayety on
this part OF the Thames since the upward voyage ~
London town OF the Shah OF Persia Inc quota
ton is from the pen picture in LONDON paper OIL
the launch of the japanese battle-ship Fujiyama
at Blackwell, England, few weeks ago. Aho'hei
paragraph the following
Myrads OF flags danced in the light breeze; t me
shone brightly upon all and from me yar1 De
yond the dock came the sounds Of band mue 10
When the handsome little JapanhssSSe s 'd had
severed the final connection which held the big yes
sci fast her ways. had split the customary npa
of o'I the Emperor OF Japan chrstened her the Full
she plunged into turmoil of self-created foam.
The description OF the scene was no doubt IN
tended to be inspiring but there was so much OF 1t
as to leave a limited amount OF the aiotted<space
TO tell what vessel is really TO be-
Her name Is that of the matchless sacred mountain
about seventy eighty miles from Yokohama
whose snow-capred peak can be seen from the deck
of an incoming vessel fifty miles or more of the
coast. The name is interpreted by the japanese as
THE Unequaed." and that is what the new battle
shin is expected 10 be. She was named by Nine
Kald the wife of the japanese Minister at London
and as she off the ways and out of her cradle
Cor as nautical put it. kicked down the ladder
by which she had risen.) a balloon fastened TO
spar overhead fell apart and released flock OF
pigeons and white flakes Of paper.
The Fujyama Is a vessel OF the type OF the Royal
Sovereign, of the British Navy and she has a as.
placement OF 40 tons is 400 feet in length, IS feet
beam, and 2Sie feet draught. She Is one OF Two
vessels ordered In England several months before
the opening OF hostilities between Japan and China
She is built upon designs drawn By g. c. Mackrow
English naval architect in accordance with the
views of a commission presided over by captain
Yendo, the japanese naval attache in London her
Opsr met ha
Captains Yendo Takayama and Miyahlra, and Lieu
tenan: Kitakoga, all officers OF the japanese Navy
The recent Japan-China war suggested some i'm
aThep proe IN ts @ the effects Of
shell fire from machine guns, and metal has been
substituted for wood wherever 1t was possible me
seamen's mess shelves and Other fittings, and the
bulkheads In the captains cabin. the wardroom ana
other officers quarter are accordingly OF steel or
length Of the vessel and is is inches thick abreast
OF the machinery and boilers and l6 inches thick at
the ends. This armor, which Is Of the Haryeyized
OF the plates weigh 2S tons and cost 1850 each The
total weigh; OF the hull she lay on the ways, was
1900 tons. The armor deck. extending from stem
to stern, is 21z inches thick. and terminates IN a
powerful ram. There are two military topmasts,
each with double tops. with derrcks for liftng the
boats. She will carry thirteen boats of various
types including two vedette torpedo boats o6 feet
in length The coming tower Is constructed OF steel
plates IA inches thick then there liz director tower
The engines are OF the triple-expanson type, OF
1900 horsepower, calculated TO give speed with
her twin screws Of eighteen knots. The boilers are
OF the usual cylindrical type.
The armament Of this great ship will consist OF
four Pinch breech loading rifles. mounted in pairs
in two barbettes plated with 14nch steel armor: ten
6-inch rapid firing guns mounted In classmates;
twenty 3-pounder and four 2i2-pounder Hotchkiss
be a complete system OF internal lighting by electric
ity. and five powerful electricity searchlights.