The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-05-01

1896. The Abdel- kadeI, which was
building last year, is the largest of the
Sultan's boats. It's an armored cruiser
of 10000 tons, with 10000 indicated
horse power built of steele. and with a
capacity of Il knots. 1t has ten torpedo
tubes, II inches of belt armor, lS4 inches
ofarmor for gun position, and 3 inches
Of deck armor. The armament consists
of four 9.4-lnch krupp guns, six 90
inch, and ten light guns under 500
pounds.
In iron ships there are the central
battery ships Assari-Cchefket, 1850
tons: AssariTovgk, 1867 tons, with s
s 9.4-inch Krupp guns; Avni-Illa, 2,400
, tons; lIamidieh. Is, 700 tons, with 10 1872
inch krupp guns; ldjilalieh, 2.I06 tons;
MesOOdieh, 9120 tons, y 1O-inch Arm
strong muzze-loading rife guns; Mum
i-Zatier, 2,400 tons; Mukodim-iHair
2,S06 tons; Nedjin-i-Schefket 2.0S0 tons;
, Orkanleh and Osmomeh, each 6,i00
tons.
The Naval Annual for 1856 gives
Turkey 10 armored ships in all, of which
the above are the most formidable.
In cruisers Turkey has seven steel
vessels varying from $50 to 1880 tons in
displacement, and in speed from nine
to twenty-five knots an hour, which is
claimed for the torpedo gunboat Sha-
haniderIa launched in Turkey in 1872.
The Selimeh and Hun;laven dikiar,
now building, are of 1850 tons and are
destined to carry S.2-inch krupp guEs,
besides > and inch guns and 6 machine
guns. There are 9 iron cruising ships
and coast defenders. Is wooden cr"is-
ing ships, one of steel and wood, and one
with composite hull, ranging from 600
to 800 tons.
There are also in the navy Of the Sui
tan five gunboats of 2OJ tons displace
ment and 60 horse power and about 10
knots speed, while 6 gunboats l20 feet
! in length, of 200 tons displacement, and
carrying guns, are now building. There
are also - dispatch vessels and yachts
Of l9l tons to 1,5l2 tons displacement
and 30 10 800 horsepower. About one
! half of these vessels are built of wood.
| In its torpedo tlotilIa Turkey is far
| ahead of Greece. 1t has the destrOyers
| Berk-Efshan and Taffar, win a speed
! of % knots; the submarine boats Abdul
! Iamid and Abdul Nedjid, and 81 other
! boats, We'll supplied with equipment
and varying in speed from 10 % knots.
Greece has five armored ships, includ
J ing the Hydra Psara. and Spetsal, built
in France since 1889. They are each of
| 1895 tens, :3;3}i.6 feet in length, 81 10 feet
| beam, with twin propellers, I, 900 indi-
Gated horse power, and a capacity of
| l. knots an hour. The belt armOr of
each of them is ll3 inches; battery Il!
| inches; and deck plating, > inches. The
three ships have similar armament, con-
sisting of three lO.6-inch Canet guns,
five 5,9-inch Camel guns, four IL quick
firing guns, pinch guns and machine
guns. Each has three torpedo tubes, a
normal coal capacity Of 600 tons, and a
complement of 100 men and officers.
The BasileOs GcorgIos Is an IRON coast
defense ship of 40 tons, with twin
propellers and 2,l00 indicated horse
power. 1t is 2Oo2 feet in length, with
SO feet of beam, and has seven inches
Of belt arnlor, q inches of battery armor
and 8 inches Of deck plating. 1t has
Il speed of II knots ana carries l20 men.
The Georgios carries two S.2-inCh krupp
guns. The Basiiissa Olga, named for the
queen, is WOODEN broadside ship Of
2030 tons displacement, 80 feet in
length and - feet of beam, with one
propeller and an indicated horsepower
of $50. 1t has & inches Of belt armor
and I! Inches of battery armor. 1t
carries four 6.G-inch - ton guns, four
machine guns, and four light guns.
The Olga is reported to be receiving
new masts and guns. The Hydra, Psaria,
and Spctsal were booked last year to re-
ceiye one 3.9-inch + and 2.5-inch
+ guns (Canet) in addition to the pre-
sent armament.
The Greeks have also five steel crus-
ers, all of 420 tons and carrying two s. I
krupp guns and three machine guns,
and Of al average speed Of ten knots,
except the Sfartirea, which is Of LOCO
tons with speed of li.5 knots. She has
J. five iron vessels Of $50 tons armed with
krupp guns. Tie IIeilas, wooden
training ship, is Of l $50 tons displace-
:, ment, and carries six krupp guns
and two machine guns. The Nv kaIe
is steel transport of 900 tons and
|
corvette Navarchos Miaulis, built Of
iron and wood, is of 800 tons, has a
speed capacity of - knots, and is armed
with three krupp guns, two machine
guns and four light guns.
There are also the torpedo depot ship
kanaris armed with two Krupp guns,
two torpedo launching guns, two under
water torpedo tubes ahead; two gun
boats of 40 tons displacement; $50
horsepower, ten-knots speed, fitted with
one krupp gun and two machine guns
-four gunboats Of 81 tons each, with one
krupp gun; three mining vessels Of 800
tons each, and some smaller craft at
tachcd TO the smaller service. Greece
has also six sea-going torpedo boats
from l26 to 10 feet in length. eleven of
the third class, from SIS to 100 feet, and
,S3 yedetrcs Of - feet and under.
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