New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-31
FOREIGN NAVAL NOTES.

rho NOW Italian ircnclad Ammiraglio di SAINT
non which was launched at Venice receh'N' 10 a"
aco,,,s,,ion to King Humberts navy 'iae -,
cone,derable pride among the of,cers' 9Ne .I
twin screw vessel Of $500 IONS dispiaceh'en.'
,on, long 60 1-3 feet beam, with mean oraus"'
=, o.s Zoo, Her armor belt Is OF nickel Steel val!
TO- from 40 inches to 9S inches; her redoupt aaS
the two barbettes are CT Tower is Of six-inch
,ie.ss The armament will consist od lou, sight
sreehosanss r Tes r iMo in G the rsdoa6 eight
snTn shG four epoundcr guns n ,a ma
twenty machine guns Her motive S " power WIN be
e under draush
vs S pSIHn "a speed Of eighteen knots
The new frst-class cruiser ArdTomeda' ~, ."e
british Navy the keel OF which was l,'u U aoor.
-. ,s@; was launched at the Pembroke JUN,
o.! ton davs ago She is 45j feet long on 'he
-. ,ro 60 feet BEAM has a mean drausht Vi
OK feet and displaces 1000 tons. She u 80
Ia,ed for commerce destroyer ana WIZ" ~
s,nokepipes and yards On the two mas's ne IL,
=, -a.a,ntles AN ordinary ocean steamship WIZ WIZ
en- gnns she is built of steel sheathed ano
eoppered. and has steel N ihickness Her arma-
rpe viii consist of fifteen S-nch r r9pr,ei rngj
FOUNDER ana dvd twe Maxim machine guns She vii
gu,s he Ht,ed with three torpedo auncnms forced
two Of which INFLATED iI that the engines will de-
yeIop 20 900 horsepower and give spec" u
ty-two knots
IT.. rew brazilian cruiser Amirante Barro%o
rocant,y had her speed trials IN the MI" - -
under the supervision OF the BraZhah .''" 80.
,..tor In the natural draught trial OF SIX nuns
iiiss.o' ~ r,ode an average Of nineteen and a
800 Lno,s q half knot above the contract guar
80 THO speed under forced draught gave ih lea
Of twenty ah he Contract guarantee She is the first
~ three vessels of her class u!oIf .h 9S6 feet,
Ensdq1Sa =. f feet Graush e feet
stS tons Her armament VIII pe nonnGer ana fonI
ponnder rapiinring guns four MSNn tbes WV
new invention OF naval war weapons IS o'e ~
rns,,en general officer which he calls haVisa-
Va ha,,le-fort or battery. It's descripuo' 'e'",''
come OF the work that the monitor 'ssSe's aie "
.tgred 70 do-harbor protection or hafpo' ueie"o.'
- ross-sec,ion OF the vessel shows that the suo'
INC ,o, ~, The hull is not Of the same form
20 o,ber vessels but 1t is square on the bottom
a. arIv stones being longltudinally toward the 90"
cd q, the stern. The deck Is armored ana eAtenut
from the transverse bulkneads 20 ,ne sstxe unne
l!oin There is also armored protective uppe,
a,d an Intermediate deck The lower pars o.
the vessel is of cellular Vim two platforms on
ahove the other the lower platform Ot nach ,,nne
being foI With w5 lighter TIVE Of The turre
have their axes arranged ~ M ~. n,ber .rrets Arr
ysrSs plane ns at Gi e ins sids of the said plane
MI. ...o.,cA of cooking up for speed trials o
u,Src
49,, ,,ho cites instances OF English ships IN supper
=. 80. naus.ic criticism He admits that the "vicou
svs,s,,' obtains in other naves than that OF drea
Vr,,s,n and concludes tina, 1t may be accepted o.
.one as satisfactory that the same percentage o
,a.,.ncv IN active service will be the result As al
unrnce he notes the recent trial In service or IN
.,fa rier official trial shows speed OF nlnetee
Snn,s under natural Graught and nineteen ana one
SHaW Knots with forced draughti but she nad OIL
nc, hnniicd tors If coal on board In me iater ira
49, had one thousand tons OF coai on poard an
snew about three feet more water than , on her on
LIZ ,Iial In consequence. under run power, sn
made only seventeen kiio's anu "' ' 9 ~
power fifteen knots
.r-ns,abuity OF the ship" IL term that ha
.ronsea much criticism among those Interested i
49, new ships OF the United States Navy; but II ma
Iso no appled 10 ships OF other navies. The Torch
=, the british Navy, was found to be unstabie-tha
"a her centre 81 gravity was 100 near the water-n
and his has been reneded by putting a lot
ey,rs bailasi into the ship In Russia ana Franc
ssS.,s has been considerable trouble WITH the insta
Min Of batte-shps and cruisers. Inc rIene
c,ii:sr Descartes mas had 70 have several chahee
IN he disposition OF her weights; So TOO have IN
E,cmms iiOche and Magenta nad great are; i
made The Russian ironclad III Syati,eha Is sal
70 be unsssworthy and Will require a'tsra"o"s'