The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-02
TWO FLEETS COMPARED.
The American Vessels Far Superior
to the Spanish.

The American. Vessels Far Superior
to the Spanish.
washington, May 1.-The following is a
list Of the two fleets engaged:
THE UNITED STATES SHIPS.
olympia, frst-class, protected cruiser, s.
800 tons; launched 1892; speed, q knots;
battery, four S-inch rifles, ten 5-inch rapid
fire guns, fourteen 6-pounders, six 1-pound-
ers and four machine guns.
Baltimore, second rate, 1900 tons; speed
200 knots; battery, four S-inch, six 6-inch
rifles, four 6-pounder rapid-fire, two
2-pounders two 1-pounders, two 1OS-inch,
Two 1.4-inch and two machine guns.
Boston, second rate, S,1S9 tons; speed, Is
knots; battery, two S-inch, six 6-inch rifles,
Two 6-pounder rapid-hre, two S-pounders,
two 1-pounders, two 1.S-inch, two 14-inch
and one machine gun.
Raleigh, second class; speed, 10 knots;
battery, one 6-inch and ten 5-inch rapid
fire rifles, eight 6-pounders, four 1-pound-
ers and two machine guns.
Concord, third rate. 100 tons; speed. II
knots; battery, six 6-inch, two 6-pounder
rapid-fre, two S-pounders, one 1-pounder
and four machine guns.
Petrol, fourth rate, 800 tons; speed, 10
knots; battery, four 6-inch guns, two
Spounder rapid-fire one 1-pounder and
four machine guns.
McCulloch, revenue cutter.
Nanshan, collier
Za6ro, supply vessel.
The SPANISH FLEET.
Reina Maria Christina, $3.50 tons; built
1885; speed II knots; battery, six 6.2-inch
Hontoria guns, two 2.7-inch and three ?. 2
inch rapid fire rifles, six l. 4-inch and two
machine guns.
Castillo, S,342 tons; built 1881 battery
four 5.9-inch Krupp rifles, two 4.7-inch. two
3.3-inch, four 2.5-inch rapid fire and two
machine guns.
Velasco, LISP tons battery, three 59-inch
Armstrong rifles, two 2.7-inch Hontorias,
and two machine guns
Don Antonio de Ulloa and Don Juan de
Austria, each 1,130 tons; speed IA knots;
battery, four 4.7-inch Hontorias, TWO 2.2-
Inch rapid fire, two 1.5-inch and two ma
ctine guns.
General Leo and FL Cano gun vessels,
. Z tons, butt 1885; speed, 11.5 knobs. The
General Leo has two Hontoria rifles of
4.7-inch caliber, one 3.5-inch, two small
raDid-fire and one machine gun; the Ell
Cano, three 47-inch guns, two smalhrapid-
IRE and two machine guns.
Marques del Duero, dispatch boat SOC
tons, one smooth-bore 6.S-inch caliber, two
42-inch and one machine gun.
Isla de- Cuba and the Isla de Luzon are
beth small gunboats. They are of 1000
tons displacement, and carry four 47-inch
I4ontorias, TWO small guns and two ma
chine guns.
Isla de Mndarao, Campania Transat-
l~ltca of Cadiz, armed as cruiser, length,
$&.5; beam, 1878; gross tons, 4,195; speed,
1d.5.
The Reina Christina was not quite equal
to the Boston and the Castillo was about
the same class as the Raleigh built in
lE92. Commodore Dewey, therefore,, had
the advantage somewhat in the matter of
Log ships, since heN had the Olympia,
which was built in 1892 and carries four
S-inch and five 10-inch guns, and the Bal
iAmore with two S-inch and six 6-inch
guns. The Concord carries six 6-inch guns
ana the Petrol four 6-inch guns. The
Spanish commodore however, had seven
&lnboats and the assistance of the forts
" Manila. The difference between the
conIending forces was not, therefore, so
very great