New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-29
AMERICAN SHIPS.
HOW THEY SEEM TO A BRIroN TO cow.
PARE WITH BRITISH VESSELS
OUR BATTLE-sHIPs OF INFERIOR SPEED No.
OUR CRUISERS VASTLY SUPERIOR To
THOSE OF THE MOTHER
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From The London Daily Mail

From The London Daily Mail.
The interview with American naval osn,..
the correspondence which has reached The naWna
Mail" attracted an extraordinary amount Of nss,y.
The American Navy is naturally snd justinah,,
exul,ant at the brilliant victories which It has Wy
aby disposed to consider its ships guns and s,on.
the very best In the world an e inis must be
this truly startling Interview.
To turn now to the facts upon which our Amer,
fragments with shore batteries. and IN one Wv. -
fierce ard protracted engagement with a sn,E
but psnerd sarous ny From the %
formation Il does appear that American shus
were hit. The BROOKLYN We read was s,rS;
four ,!me1 and the Texas twice. No particulars ar
given 70 the weight or size OF ne spanish pro.
L. little difficult yet for us to draw conclusion
Secondly the American ships have endured he
we'll Some dlmage was sef-Inhicted at Manila
but the structure Of the vessels 90 rot appear %
nnc9unter with Cervera As some English criS: 70:
have averred that American shios were struct.
,iears ago the Columbia sustained serious n,iry
when In drydock because OF such weakness-,hi
fact Is interesting and important.
SPLENDID BRITISH GUNS
American guns are not. take IT, so good as our,I
stood ths s,rIn q r PT2o9ged airing S
IL inferior both in rapidly Of FIRE and peness.
ton through aImGr. 70 our tston wire weapon
head Of anything now manufactured in the United
States The 8ritish-built New Orleans is pro.
indies the best cruiser Of her size IN the United
States Navy. Her guns have eXctted particular ad.
miration. owing TO their simplicity accuracy and
When we turn from guns proectiles and armo,
we arr uT ,-arpenter: and Wheeer-s,erins
shells were better than anything made In England
nroieotes though with tho very great attention
given to this point by British manufacturers re.
Gently IL Is not altogether likely our HadheA
protectiles are. | believe among, the very best
still the American Navy is probably at this pres
ent ninute suppeo Byisb Nav for the ressas
that the United States did undoubtedly get ahead
u In the matter Of armor plates England fell Be.
hind because for some reason or other the Al.
miralty IN our earlier Harveyzed plates did no.
use nickel The Americans adopted nickel steel,
which has performed, wonderfully in trials But
here again am glad TO say we nave advanced sced
has been adopted by our three great armor- making
firms when applied to nckel-steel plates such a:
Vickers has particularly distinguished itself for the
which It hes turned cut IN the as' t tex
months. Nor are Brown and tainrneh pehlhd mer
enterprisng rivals
WE Excel. WITH ORR BATTERY.
r.o no,r, IN which American ships excel ours g
IN battery II Is well know that. ton for ton, mo
United States warship is beaten IN armament only
~ the SHIPS nov CONSTRUCT lot p'1t'i"'f
yI,ng and audacious Power. Taking two new
shirs British and American. these are the arms
ments
rAHOPr's British ALABAMA Americana
ro,r io-l,ch -Four i3-!nch
TvHlvs AinrL Fourteen 6-irch.
Ten IL FOUNDERS se'ertefh '-p''n'-'~
SIX 3-po nfefs. TX p,tn.-Is
Elgh' MaX.ms our 9sN.Us 49,.
-Four TORPEDO tubes. -Four to'p'i" '1'Ts
The American ship has much heayie; 0au ,a
Though as has been said above. the BRUSH l.-lnca
et.n shoots harder than the American lS-.ncn the
projectle u the American gun Is =" p9ihas nss''s,
than that % our gun. Probably VITA cre"s Oh
equal efficiency the American ship would WIN On
Guns alone II ner weapons wer" OF the nos' receh'
type -o e,,., or,oke,a,s ard N.
s-!nch Gun "a very Formidable and useiG "espoa
In the matter Of ammunition the British snip 70
better supplied foc ner heayy guns She I Is 70
rnmemberei that she IA 100 tons larger.
In armor the difference IS mos stIlAins
Thee are the facts. set toc'h SIDE by side 70
afford n contrast;
Dprrrsp AMERICAN
CA. NJ, o,o fee, b. IS Bell, 20 feet by q, Feet,
-. a - Re. ,hick from lGi. 10 81 inches