The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-27
REVIEW OF WAR SHIPS
Eng|and's Display Of Naval Power in
Honor of the Queens Jubilee,
GREAT ARRAY OF FIGHTING MONSTERS
n Slcht to Impress the Nations
Sen Powcr-The NnvnI Review
Ghost Ships-Sfghts and Sounds
OF Modern War.
Ryde. Isle Of Wight, June &c, 1897.

hSue, Isle Oh wight, June 26, 1897.
The apotheosis of Great Britain has
rightly eliminated on the waters of the
Solent London witnessed the sumDtu-
Gus outpouring Of loyalty, the love of Il
proud people for their Sovereign. an ex-
hlDitlon OF national growth and domina-
tion. III long train of princes and poten-
tates which graced the Queens triumph.
All or 1t put together, however. furnish
eel no such living picture Of the might
OF Britain-the might that has made
right over and over again-as was af-
forded this morning by the great naval
display in these waters Nor has there
been anything this week in all that has
gone before. to bring home so vividly the
material changes Of the Queens long
reign.
When Victoria ascended the throne the
walls Of England" were wooden. There
was no steel battleships, no iron cruisers,
no triple engines no steam in use III
war vessels, no search lights, no cleo
tricity in the service Of man, no great
or ouick-frinS guns, no torpedoes. The
lights aboard were still lit with flint and
steel and were no more brilliant than
whale oil could be; the guns were still
fired with q slow match; the three
decker was still the model Of all that
was worthy in naval architecture. and
tonnage was reckoned within such mod
est limits that vessel Of more than 5000
was looked upon as q marine wonder.
Never before, therefore, has q Sover-
eisn seen such changes in the bulwarks
Of Empire as has fallen to the lot OF
Queen Victoria. At Spithead this morn
ing was assembled the latest trlumphs
Of the industrial revolution under4SYic.
toria: triumphS OF workers In iron and
steel and metals; triumps Of invent tors {;
triumphs Of chemists and the giants Of
the laboratory; trlumphs Of the Ship
builder, the engineer and the artizan +;
tliumphs Of the genius Of a great ma
ton.
The fleet was drawn up in seven lines
on the south Of the Solent, the head
OF the lines being off Bradlng, thence
stretching westward almost to CoWes.
The outer line or all on either side Of the
Sturbridge Shoal, and known MS "E''
line, was composed Of fourteen special
merchant vessels whereof the Ameri-
can liner New York, was one. Next in
"A" line were the foreign men-of-war
The following Is list Of the countries
represented at the review and their res
pective ships and commanding officers
France by the Pothna. Rear Admiral
the Marquis de Counthillo.
Italy by the Lepante. Vice Admiral
NORM.
Germany by the Koenig WILHELM,
Rear Admiral Prince Henry. of Prus-
sia, *. G.
Austria-Hungary by the Wien, Vice
Admiral Hermann Baron Won Spann.
Spain by the V1ccaya, Rear Admiral
SegiSmundo Barnajo \. Merelo.
Portugal by the Vasco dl Gamo, Cap
tain Barreto de Vasconcelles.
Netherland by the Everson, Rear Ad-
miral T. *. Elgclbrecht.
Denmark by the Heligoland Rear Ad :
miral II. II. Koch.
Sweden by the Gotha, Rear Admiral
Klintberg.
Norway by the FrithJor. Rear Ad-
miral Won Krough.
Russia by the Russia, Rear Admiral
Nicholas Skrydloff
United States by the Brooklyn, Rear
Admiral J. N. Miller
"B." &C." 3D." e." &C" lines con-
sisted entirely Of British men-of-war
from the Majestic and Renown, the lat
est type Of battlesh1ps. down to the
smallest torpedo boat-in all l66 crafts
"B." &C" lines were made up exclusively
of battleships and cruisers Of the first
and second class: 3D. Of third class
cruisers, gun vessels and torpedo gun
boats; "F"' Of destroyers, gunboats and
sailing training brigs. while "G'' line
was Of torpedo boats All the lines ex.
cept &c" were approximately five miles
in length.
THE REVIEW.
Ryde. Isle Of Wight-5 D. m.-June
26.-The Honorary Admiral Of the fleet,
His Royal Hlghness, the Prince of
Wales has just concluded on behalf Of
the Sovereign Of the Realm the review
OF the ships gathered In her honor. The
review itself did not add very much
to the picture framed for the specta tor
this morning, saving always the bat
tleship roar Of great guns which was
enough to waken the dead beneath the
seas.
The Prince Of Wales, accompanied by
! Admiral II. II. H., the Duke of Sake
Coburg and Gotha and Captain II. r.
f. the Duke OF York, the Princess Of
! Wales and other royalties, with their
suites. arrived at Portsmouth at one
o'clock. The party Immediately pro.
ceeded on board the Royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert. In which forty-one
years ago Her Majesty inspected the
fleet. wheraupon her Royal Highness'
standard was hoisted After lunchIne
on board at 2:S0 the ViotorOia and AL
bert. with tho principal Royalties, left
the harbor for Sp!thead. She was fol-
lowed by the yacht Irene by the Pando,
the Carthage, and the Elnn, an admir-
atty yacht. those vessels carrying tho
distinguished visitors. Then came the
Enchantress, an admiralty yacht, with
the Hon, George J. Goschen, first lord OF
the admiralty and after her the Ad-
miral's yacht Wildfre. with Mr.. Cham
berlain, the Secretary of State for the
colonies and the colonial premiers. Sha
| was followed by the Eldorado, carrying
tho amba naaxhorn and aDadiaI onvova