The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-01
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Il Portsmou ut a. June he prince st
I Males, repres ting her maj y, on
Il aturday proudly reviewed q. fine feet
LOT foreign war ships. epresenting ali
II the MARITIME nations 81 n he. world.
proude st, strongest and swiftest ct
i these craft being the United States
4 armored cruiser Brook lyn, flying til
\ flag Of Rear dmiral Miller, and the
4 heir apparent also inspected about go
! miles 5of British war ships, in which
were 166 fighting ships OF d Inherent
classes, carrying about 900 heavy guns.
4 Each maritime nation sent; an admiral
This flagship to witness the review.
4 They formed a line abreast Of the Brit
4 ish battle. ships, where they were IA
yorably placed to compare their own
naval architecture with that; Of other
i nations. .Ss Each nation sent it's best.
l1 bic ship, and 9 magnificent dis,
play resulted. s=. \. ..8 !
The fleet was drawn IN IN four lines
on the south Of the Solent, the head OF
the lines being of Brading, n thence:
stretching westward almost to Cowes.S
! The outer line Of all on either side ST
the Sturbridge shoal, and Known as
II" line, was composed Of IA special
merchant vessels, whereof the Ameri-
can liner New York was one. It ext il:
"A" line were the foreign men 4of-war.
These were: Zs. * Ell: ..:} e. sI
United States Of America First Sd
armored cruiser Brooklyn; Rear Admiral
Miller. a -. {:
France-First-class cruiser Pothna,u. !
Rear Admiral de Courtbille. ~ i S. Va 4
&. A ustria-Ironclad5 Wien: Vice Admiral
Baron Spann. r. It'll II S$5se # "a = M. .
Italy-Battleship sardegna: vice Admit
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Russia Battleship Rossiya.1 S x ..s. .5 Z.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS battleship Kon,r
Wilhelm. Admiral H. l. H. Prince Henry Of
Prussia. IA 81 "a ~ { - : =,
Enthusiastically vascode CANA 5%f
J. siam-Cruiser Maha Clarkri. - = q, r.:
:, e, = ''F'' and .'G'' lines CON
sisted entirely Of British men-of-war
from the Majestic. and Renown, the
latest type, Of battleships, down to the
smallest torpedo boat, in all ID craft. I
and &C" lines were made up ex-
clusively Of bat1leships and cruisers Of
the first and second class; 3D. Of third
class cruisers, gun vessels and torpedo
gunboats; IF" OF destroyers. gunboats
and sailing training brigs. while "G''5
line was of torpedo boats. II
All the lines except &c" were approx
imately five miles in length. n 5-2!
| The vessels comprising it were the
following: ], !: %sAsss 3 g. - 7 7
Battleships (2D.-Majestic, Magnificent.
Prince George. Mars. Jupiter, Victorious,
Rcpulse, Resolution. Royal Sovereign. EN-
bow, Alexandra, Colossus, Edinburgh.
Howe. Indexible. Devastation. Thunderer.
| Sana .Pareil ~ - = II 5sT're-s>f Z t-z~tf -
Cruisers, First-c 1D.-Blake, Blen-
HEINZ Australia. Galatea, Powerful, Ter
rible, Royal Arthur. Endymton. Edgar.
| Cruisers second-Class (2D.-Hermione,
Charybdis Mersey. Melampus. Aeolns.
| Spartan, Minerva, Flora, Bonaventure.
Naiad, Latona. Venus. Diana. Dido, Isis,
Phaeton. Leander. Apollo. Andromache.
sappho, Juno. Deris. Sirius. ~ " =.
Cruisers, Third-Class (0.-Pelorus, Me-
| dea. Medusa, Magicienne, Barracsuta. 81
! Gun Vessels (2).-Curley, Landrail. -
Gun Boats la)-Raven. Cockchafer. Star
ling. - T. ~ ~ r. Z ,.1T,.t -:
Torpedo Gunboats (2).-Halcyon, Speedy,
Jaseur, spanker, Niger, Leda. Sheldrake,
Renard. Onyx. Gree. Gossamer, Jason,
| sharpshooter. Spider, Alarm. Antelope,
Hazard. Skipjack. Cleaner. Rattlesnake
The British feet assembled June %
and was drawn up in four lines, ex-y
tending from abreast of Portsmouth
harbor to q distance of about five miles
to the westward. Following the prece-
dent of former naval reviews there was
free access to the review ground up to-
the hour named for the official inspec-;
ton, when all vessels with visitors an
chored in their assigned positions and
! the tour of the fleet was commenced;
! by the prince of Wales. The naval
guests included Rear Admiral H. r. H.
Prince Henry of Prussia, K. q. Vice Adj
miral Fl. r.. II. the duke of Genoa, Rear
Admiral Miller United States navy, and
other distinguished flag officers.
AS the Albert and Victoria was seen
approaching, the fleet, led by the Re-
nown and echoed by the foreign ves--5
sells present. fred deafening royal
salute of Fl guns. simultaneously the
hluejackets and marines manned
ship" standing on the ironclads in
solid lines round their outer. edges and
filling their tops, while on vessels of
the older type the yards were quickly
dotted. 1t was very theatrical and in
teresting. The Victoria and Albert.
followed by the other yachts, then:
steamed through the lines, the sailors
heartily cheering and the bands play
ing God Save the Queen. IS.
The illumination at night of the ves-
sells Of the fleets was gorgeous. The
various hulls were outlined by electric
lights. while from the mastheads to;
stem and stern svaricolored lamps re-
fected in the peaceful sea rainbow OF
colors. "A royal salute of 60 guns was
fred from every ship capable of firing
| it. Great guns and small guns am
swered each other in one prolonged
roar, rising and falling in intensity as
more or less of them fired together.
The foreign warships moored opposite
the British lines joined the cannonade,s
and to the superstitious there was from
the deep-throated guns of the United
States, Russia, France and Germany a
note OF defiance, resonant, ,resolute
answer, gun for gum Yet, all was IN
| honor Of Victoria. # l$ :: 3sE y
Practically the naval display cons.
cludes the Victorian jubilee There will
be banquets, balls and garden parties
for distinguished visitors this week,
\ but the pomp and magnificence of the:
celebration are now things of the past.
| Receiver Named. "a.