The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
SP|IHEAD NAVAL REVIEW
GRAND JUBILEE FESTIVITIES
IN ENGLAND.
A DAZZLING SPECTACLE At Night
The Illuminated Warships Present
Brilliant Picture-The U. s. S.
Brooklyn Caught the Eyes
of One and All.

ortsihoulu. EnS., June ZO-Ine most
magnificent display of naval strength
day, the occasion being the grand naval
review held in honor of the completion of
the siXtieth year of the reign of Queen
Victoria. The Prince of Wales, repre-
senting her majesty, reviewed fine
fleet of warships representing all the
maritime nations of the world, proudest,
strongest and swiftest of these craft
being the United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn, flying the flag of Rear Admiral
Miller. and the heir apparent also in
spected thirty miles of British warships,
in which were 165 fighting ships of diff
ferent classes. carrying about 900 heavy
guns, manned by over $4,000 men and
of about $4,000 tons in all.
Each maritime nation sent an admiral
in his flagship to witness the review
They formed a line abreast of the Brit
ish battleships, where they were favor,
| ably placed to compare their own naval
architecture with that of other nations
| Each nation sent its best available ship
| and magnificent display resulted.
An interesting feature of the British
fleet was the training ships, which COM
prised three of the early ironclads. a
squadron of cruisers which usually win
tiers, with a training crew on board, in
the West Indies or in some other warm
DflOS
which cruise in the neighborhood of the
British ports.
| Il he British fleet assembled June 90
| and was drawn up in four lines, extend.
| ing from abreast of Portsmouth harbor
| to a distance of five miles to the west.
ward.
The following is list of the countries
| represented at the review and their re.
spectlve ships and commanding officers
| France by the Pentha; Rear Admiral
Marquis de Counthillo.
Italy by the Lepant; Vice Admiral
| NORM.
| Germany by the Koenig Wilhelm; Rear
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia.
Austria Hungary by the Vein; Vice
Admiral Hermann Baron Won Spann.
Spain by Vizcaya; Rear Admiral Segs
tundo Barnejo Ymerlow
| Portugal by the Vasco da CANA
Captain Parretto de Vasconcelles.
Netherlands by the Everston; Rear AID
miral II. Il. EnglebrOcht.
Denmark by the Heligoland; Rear Adj
miral Koch.
r, Sweden by the Gotha; Rear Admiral
| Won ArOgn. iS
Russia by the Russia; Rear Admira,
Nicholas Skrydloff
! United States by the BROOKLYN; Rea,
Admiral j. n. Miller
Following the precedent of former
naval reviews, there was free access tC
| the review ground up to the hour named
for the official inspection, when all yes
sells with visitors anchored in their as
| signed positions, and the tour of the
! fleet was commenced by the Prince OF
| Wales.
As usual on such occasions, the
Trinity yacht Irene, with the Elder
| Brethren on board, led the way, the Vie.
toria and Albert, with the Prince of
Wales on board, being accompanied by
the royal yachts Osborne and Alberta,
the admiralty yacht Enchantress, the
Cunard liner Campania. with the mem
| beers of the house of lords and house Of
commons on board, and vessel con.
veying the foreign ambassadors and their
suits.
The commander-in-chief of this port,
Sir Newell Salmon, V. c., X. G. b.,
transferred his flag from the Victory to
the battleship Mars, one of the latest adj.
ditions to the fleet, and which has been
built and fitted out in two years-a great
advance in rapidity of construction.
The battleships Jupiter, Victorious and
Renown also made their first appear
ance in the commissioned fleet.
These four ships, as well as the Ma
Jestic and Magnificent. are armed with
the new Pinch wire guns, of which each
ship carries four, mounted en- barbette.
two forward and two aft These guns
have range of about fifteen miles. In
addition they carry twelve 6-inch quick
firers, eighteen 12-pounder quiek-frers
and twelve 3-pounder Hotchkiss rifles.
and are fitted with five torpedo dis
charge tubes.
Another important addition to the fleet
was seen in the two cruisers Powerful
and Terrible. the former commissioned
for the China stations. These VESSELS
are of $4,000 horse power and have n
speed of % knots. They include in their
armament two 9.2-inch guns and a num-
Der of quick-irers and Maxims.
The following is a list of the ships
comprising the fleet:
British fleet at the review:
Battieships.