The sun., 1897-08-01
THEBRO0KLYN MADE A HIT.
ENGLAND DECIDES TO BUILD FOUR
CRUISERS LIKE HER.
Supplemental NAVAL Estinsate sinee Our
Crack Cruiser Took Part In the Spit
head Naval Rsvtew-gapnn IfuiidtnE n
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A Supplemental NAVAL Estimate sinee Our
Crack Cruiser Took Part In tho Spit
head Naval Rsvicw-Sapan BuiidinE n
Fleet or Battieships ana other War Vessels.
WASHINGTON. July 3l.-Onc effect OF the great
Spithcad naval review. and especially the pres
ence there Of the American cruiser Brooklyn,
has been to cause a supplemental naval esti.
mate to be prepared by the British naval au.
thorities for the building of four 6rst-class fast
armored cruisers OF IL $50 tons displacement,
and similar In design to the New York and her
sister ship tho Brooklyn. This information
comes to the Navy Department from the Amer.
lean naval representative at London. The First
Lord Of the Admiralty says that the new ships
have been made necessary by the presence of
fleet armored ships both in Europe and the
United States, while the British service has
none Of this class equal to the Brooklyn. Tho
British Navy has heretofore relied upon its
second-class battleships to I'LL the gap between
battleshps and protected cruisers. While these
ships are well prote cted and armed, yet they
lack, Constructor Hichborn says, the speed Of
fast armored cruisers like the Brooklyn. The
latter vessel, with full coal supply. has a dis.
placement OF 10,150 tons; the new British ships
are 10 have 1880 tons. This will mean. he
says, slightly more armor, perhaps, and larger
coal supply.
The department has also received further de-
tails in regard to the yacht TO be built for Queen
Victoria. 1t is to be superior 10 any vessel now
existing for tho use OF ruler. The plans re.
ceived by the department indicate type OF ship
far surprising the crack war vessel which the
German Emperor uses for his private purposes
and tho fine cruiser at the service of the En-.
peror of Russia. The Dolphin OF our own navy
is the only official yacht really mounting heavy
guns and capable Of "A pretty good fight with a
gunboat or small cruiser, but she is several
knots slower than either tho German or the
Russian yacht. The new yacht of the Queen
Is TO be constructed according to her own wishes,
and the plans are to be submitted 10 her.
model OF the proposed craft is to be built and
sent to her Majesty, so that any alterations or
suggest!9ns which she may present can at once
be introdu uced and inspected by her. The vessel
Will not be built on the general lines of
ship. hut will be designed exclusively for tho
comfort and convenience of royalty. and with
no t.'a OF being converted into lighting chip
in war time. She is 10 be built throughout Gt
steel, have twin screws and be capable OF at
lenst twenty knots speed. She will be the first
royal English yacht not built OF wood and with
side Wheels of the old pattern. Her length will
be i20 feet, the same as that OF the cruisers Min
ncapolis and Columbia, and her draught twenty
feet while the beam has not been decided. She
will have two pole masts for signals, a I'D one or
two l-pounders for saluting purposes, and will
be the most luXuriously fitted out craft afioat.
She will bc completed within two years, and
completed will cost nearly 81 800, 200.