New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-28
TORFTGN NAVAL NOTES.

Notwithstanding thar influence has been brought
T. bear on the British Admiralty 10 introduce
petroleum as fuel on some Of the war vessels anu
,ha, 4, 10 contenied that 1t has greater heating
power that the specific gravity Is less that us use
does not require many men TO handle H. ana
that Il Is much cheaper than the ordinary COAL they
NIL no, be tempted 20 It's use. on the other hand,
orders have been issued that oil OF the ne" S"ips
o, the Italian Navy to be supplied win the sys-
tom for burning the refuse OF petroleum Invented
by an italian engineer. In Germany me ronCa ~,
Gln Ffaaiz PrUs-en and Oesr are to De htted lor
burnins nguiI fuel Arl experiments have Tor some
time been made on several OF the German torpeuo-
boats.
An anlphihlous boat has recently been constructed
in Denmark and The experiments with II have beeh
watched with deep interest II II Is as succsSsu' AZ
IN. inventor saws % viii DE. taere will probably he
a development. %, the uav.es OF the world IN GU
feroni direction from that 10 which attention mas
been given /, may also lead 10 a reorganization OF
tho United States Army on "A different scare from
that which Is contemplated IN the various bN!s now
before Congress The new boat. when can proper
itsef on land or water Is about for,y-hve ieet ons
Il has capacity for CARRYING seVs'S 90" Ca
successfully on go isthrhs nr'weeh AXE VI anu
Farrm which IL about 1850 Danish rect "IHe
The cruiser Mlnistro Zonteno. constructed for the
Chiilan Navy was recently launched In England
and others are Doe built upon her general plans
Gu. &c . stael vessel -heathed with wood ana cop
,.red which system IS COMMENDED. because such
freouon. docking for tho cleaning OF her bottom
will not b. necessary Sc u I'D ieet IN eihth mas
a displacement. Of 40 tons and a speed OF twenty
knots an hour Her armament Will consist OF elsht
s!x-inch guns ten six-pounder quck-hrins guns
four ouc-p0under quck-nring guns; iour ml'ra'-
leuses. field guns and five torpedo tuDes'
The fact that England has practically abandoned
the building OF torpcdo-boats and has taken 10
building torpedo boat desroyers Is causing great
deal OF ,nteres; I'm naval circles all over the world
The newest OF this class OF boats IS called the pes-
peratc which was launched only a few days ago
She is OF tho same general design a. the Darins,
but as sre Is expected TO attain a speeu Oh mn -
knots she is larger and provided win greater en-
CINE power Her length IS 2lo feet, ana 10 KIP
down weight OF the hull special grace OF ste1i
has been used which has greater tensile sUehs'n
than the mild steel generally used
The Peorous the pioneer OF a new class OF Eng
lish thrd-class cruisers. was launched recently AT
the sheerness dockyard She Is OF only 2l31 tons
displacement. but VIII have an armament cohSis'-
ing of eight four-nch and eight thrce-pounder
ouick- firing guns two Maxim guns ana two torpeuo
tubes and viii have a speed OF twenty KNOTS an
hour.
If IL renorted in one OF the Madrid papers that
the Spanish Minister Of Marine has commissioned
,wo az bIs most efficient officers to arrange with
some British firm for the construction OF TWO sea-
going ,ornedo-boat destroyers. each to be Of 400
tons displacement CGO horsepower. and twenty
eight knots speed Each must be armed with iour
guns capable OF piercing armor ten nches thick AT
a distance OF a mile and hair. Inc Doats are uIso
10 be fitted with torpedo tubes. ana must De COM
pleted within four months from the day that the
contract Is signed.