The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27
The GREAT NAVAL REVIEW.
Ensland's Maritime Might Displayed
on The Waters Of the SOleDt.
TWO AMERICAN VESSELS IN The LINE
The New York and the Brooklyn hanheo
with the Best List ofthe Vessels, Their
Guns, Tonnage, aud Horse Power.
story of the Review

RYpE, ISLE OF WIGHT. 10 n NJ
June 2G.-1'ho apotheosis Of Great Brit
ain has rightly cul,ninated on the waters
OF the Solont. London witnessed the
eumptuous ou.p)ln1s of loylity, the love
Of a proud people for their sovereign an
exhibition OF national growth ana ooihi"a-
tion. in the long train OF princes anu
ot.ntatcs which gracod The queen ''i-
umph All Of il put together however
furnished 40 such living picture OF the
might OF Br.tain-the might thdt mas
made right over and over asain-as was
afforded this morning by tre great naval
display in those waters. Nor has 'heie
been anything this week in all that mas
gone before to bring home so vividly the
iaatcri4l changes Of the queen long
scign.
When Victoria ascondo1 the throne the
walls OF England" we're wooden. Iheie
wore no steel battlcshps, no iron cruisers
10 triple expansion engines, no steam IN
use I'm war vessels. no search-lights. no
electricity I'm the service OF man. no
great or Quick-nTiug guns. no toIpS-
does Tho lights aboard we're sun III
with flint and steel and were no hloI
brilliant than whale oil could pc' tno
guns were stiu fred with slow malch :,
tho threc-decker was stil the model OF
all that was worthy In naval Architecture
and TONNAGE was rcckOned within fuch
modest limits that a vessel OF more ,hah
5000 was looked upon as marine Won
der. Never before. therefore, mas
sovereign seen such changes in the bul-
Warks Of empire as has fallen TO tho lot
Of queen Victoria. At Spithead this morn
ing was assembled the latest triumpns
Of the industrial revolution under VIC
tOria-triumDhs OF workers IN iron ana
steel and metals. triumphs or inventors.
triumphs Of chemists ana tho giants OF
the laboratory. trumphs OF the SNIP
builder, the engineer ana the arusah'
thumphs of the genius Of great nation
THE NAvY's GROWTH.
This may be demonstrated better by
figures. In 1881 the total number of ships
ia commission was 1856 Omitting steam
paddle tugs. not then considered vessels
Of war and other small craft such as cut
tcrs receiving ships, yachts ana packet
hrigs the navy list comprised l% ships
whereof the largest had a displacement
of 4ulO tons. The navy list this year
including ships in and out OF commission
but ou the llst-comprised 459 Nessels
mounting 1883 guns with tonnage OF
lf6}.2ly aui q horsepower or lesrot'.
This growth has synchronized with thes
change from wooden walls 90 arnor OF
ur0of from propulsion by sails 10 pro-
pulsi0n by steam. from armaments OF
many guns 90 armaments OF rev guns
OF tremendous power. the concentration OF
the l.si1 lrOldside OF sixty guns INTO ono
monster piece of ordnance
ID is perhaps pity ihat IN ihe seven
lines Of the British fleet az Spithead there
was not anchored an old threc-dccker 70
emphasize this sterling change. For the
men-Of-war that first salutcd the queen
i'm the long ago were magnificent sights
with their high decks ana towering intS.7
bearing hillOw on hillOw Of swelling sail.
riding the waves like great sea-birds ana
realizing to the fun all the wild Witchery
Of the romance OF the ocean. Far an
fcrent were the great battle ships ms
morning. with thcir sullcn steel SIDES ana
short masts great guns, rams and tor
pedot7- cverything that gave the sense
Of power the brutality Of force.
The fleet was drawn up IN seven lines
on the south Of the SOlent the head or
tho lines being off Brading, thence
stretching westward almost 10 CoWes.
The outer line OF all on either side of the
Sturbridge Shoal. gnd known as 'E' line
was composed az fourteen special mer-
cnent vessels whereof the American llner
New York was one. Next In ~ line
were the foreign men-of-war. These
were.
United states Of America-First-class
armored cruiser Brooklyn. Rear Admiral
Miller. France First-class cruiser Poth-
trla Ironclad Wien. Vice Admiral Baron
Spann. Italy-Battlcship Sardegna; Vice
Admiral NORM Russia -Batucship Eos-
silva Germany -First-class hattleship
konig Wilhelm. Admiral H. 7. IT, Prince
Henry Of Prussia. Portugal -Battleship
Nascode Cana. Siam-Cruiscr Maha
CharkrL
b. g. u. T.. G lines consisted entirely
NJ British meu-of-war from the Majesty
and Rcnown. the latest tyne of battle
ships down 10 the smallest torpedo boats.
in an eighteen craft B and a. lines were
made up exclusively of hattlcships and
cruisers Of the first and second class. -
~ tlird-cl1-s cruisers. gun vessels and
torncdo cuuhoats. T. Of dcstrovors. gun
boats. and sailing training hries. while
g. lino was Of torpedo boats All The lines
cNccpt q were approximately five miles
I'm length. The vessels comprising IL were
the following.
TIE list OF SHIPS.
The following IS q list Of nearly all the