New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-28

s has had eaatss trial
Of 1873 knots France is modifying two OF n nr
replaced by simple acknowledged masts. and the
vessels guns formerly mounted in the hghtins i p
are TO be placed on the bridges and spardecK. Inc
Formidable is to receive new boilers and her DE bg
itS-inch is to be replaced by four oS,.'r n
tercsting experiments with mortar rifles on TORPEDO,
boats In recen, tests encn mo ~ 2S Sd IONS dis
placement and series Of shots re1 1s ave sbos
rsa Of an y oS hull in thu
was considered satisfactory that the expert or
ponss % "f meIene are TO- be used Several casual
ties in the French Navy are reeSrdea i' ,S
off Brest. came into collision both going down az
about u knots speed The bow OF Of struck f % on
ter sank in three minutes one man being drowned
and three injured. France Is TO build two torpeuo
of 400 tons TO each They are to make % Knots Each
will cost s325 S97 France has laid down one sea ca
bo 0s an el,imeted speed De d Of 20 knots
The Navy Department Of Germany has E askea
RdSns Whsm o to 0 be Of the same
Kaiser Friedrich III; for sccond-class cruisers
torpedo division boat and eight torpedo boats
Germany has struck from her naval list the battle s
Britain has named her four recently authorized
rssass cruisers the b the ATIdne are tho o
be similar in general design to the ships OF the
nssS m s They h s T sTPTq S of
Bellevillc type. which are counted upon TO make
steam at working pressure OF 800 p c,o d. pfF
having rise Of ten feet and varying in thickness
Sav viii I'll as yo Sixteen e e
guns twelve l2-pounders, three 3-pounders. eight
MaXims and three torpedo tubes.
TESTING NEW BOILERS IN THE BRITISH
NAVY.
Three improved Talbos, which are TO receive the
names Hyacnth High Flyer and Hcrmes. are 10
be built by Great Britain. They are similar to the
Talbot. but larger. and designed o'carry more
COAL to be somewhat faster and TO have heavier
armament They to make thirty knots speed
report is given in the manual of a series OF eX-
haustive and severa steaming trials OF the Power
full ordered by the admiralty for the purpose OF de-
terminng the efficiency Of her installation of
Belieyille watertube boilers. of which she has
forty.eight. The trials were exceedingly interest
ing from the professional point OF view, not only
Brssh Navy Is lite v Wit, wStenbs boilers but
because OF the character OF the vessel and inc
were designed for working pressure Of go pounds
por square inch. They have a total heating sur
Of 2l92 feet. They take up lS6 feet Of the length
Of the vessel The manual states that althonsh
knots the trials considered TO be an unquali-
fed success far the boilers are concerned
ton TO make so radical a change in the Character
Of boilers installed In large vessels IT Is worthy
peratmre recorded in the engine rooms of the ship
70 degrees and In the freroom the tempera
ture exceeded 90 degrees.
The manual states that Japan has ordered n IL
500-ton batte-ship from an English company and
that she has closed contract with Messrs. Cramp
and the Union Iron Works for the construction by
each of armored cruisers. The Netherlands have
prepared programme Of naval reorganization which
>vn,cinplates the construction OF twelve pr0tecIe,
cruisers. six armored vessels. six coast-defence
monitors. fifteen gunboats fifteen thirty-knot tor
pedo-boats and ten IS and 20 knot torpedo-boats
Russia proposes to build armored cruiser Of H.,
dspacement
mored coast defence vessel OF 4l2s tons. of the
General Admiral Apraxin type: battle ship OF g..
600 tons. Of the sessoi Veliki type and third
launched one armored crul'er. the Princesa de
Asturias. 1000 tons. and the torpedo-boat Doha
Maria dc Moni. S23 tons. The Pelavo. 900 tons
is now at, Toulon. Frame being reftted and
armed. She is TO receive new boilers and 5-inch
Canet rapid-hre guns in place of her present Al
inch breech-oadng rifles. The Numancia Is to be
thoroughly renovated at French dockyard. and
made as modern possible. She. is to have in
stalled new boilers, new engines and battery al
most completely new. The Vittoria is also to be
overhaued In the same manner as the Numancia
Sweden has given orders for the construction Of
two armored cruisers OF 34co tons displacement