The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-08-25

Icfd OK sEe BLUSH admiralty stated last
year was passing to cruisers rather
than 20 ba.tleships. This may be so
to limited extent, for it depends rath-
e. on what the words ba.tleship and
cruiser signify
As has been repeatedly told in the
Herald. battleship is vessel which,
for Ter size. carries the heaviest aTma
nent and the thickest armor possible,
subordinating speed and coal-carrying
capacity to secure these ends. An ar
mored cruiser, on the other hand, sac
r:ices a certain amount of gun power
and protection in order to reach
high speed and to stow a large guam
tity Of coal. But the dividing line be-
tween these two types of armored
fighting ships is decidedly arbitrary,
each nation classifying its ships to
suit the fancy of the committee that
decides upon their construction.
For instance. when the old Maine
vas first laid down she was called by
cur navy department an armored cruis-
er. A. that time il was proposed to
equip her with masts for sail power.
Later il was decided that instead of
the spars there should De military
rasts, anc thenceforth the Maine was
known as battleship.
Eattleships and Cruisers.
The new battleships Of England Of
the Campus class are to carry 12-inch
guns and armor only six inches thick,
but the speed, with natural draft, is
h.. - ~, 80
Is 1900 tons.
Germany's latest designed battle
ships mount 9.2-inch guns as the heav-
lest pieces in their main batteries.
In our navy the Texas is denominat-
ed a seoond-class battleship. but the
Spanish ships Of the same size and ap-
proximately the same armament and
arn,or are classified as armored cruis-
ers. This is a distinction, therefore
without a difference. and is not al
ways recognized. even among nayat
men. the lnfanta Maria Teresa being
often spoken of as a second-class bat
t!eship
This vessel and the a-mored cruiser
Cristohal Colon. now that they are
are particularly interesting to rs.
First. because having been won in war.
they represent the fruit of conquest.
the reward Of victory and the glory
OF the United States navy; and second.
because, be they called armored cruis-
ers or tattieships. they are a type of
ship our naval officers are very de-
circus of seeing added TO cur service.
The Infanta Maria Teresa.
The Infanta Maria Teresa was built
by Sir Charles Palmers Anglo-Spanish
company at Bilboa. Spain
The following are the dimensions
and other particulars OF the ship:
Length between perpendiculars. $40
feet; greatest beam. SIS feet inches;
mean draught. q feet 6 inches: dis
placement. 1000 tons.
Her hull is built of mild steel and
is well subdivided by double bottom
and watertight bulkheads. She was
launched at Bilboa on August so. 1890.
and completed her steam trials off Fer
rol in September and October of 1893.
With natural draft 1858 horsepower
NdS NSselopCU duu u Spe6u OF 49,
knots, whereas only Is knots were stip-
ulated. With forced draft, in four and
a half hours trial. the mean horse
power developed was r3,T5S and the
speed was EOS knots.
The TWO sets of vertical triple ex-
pansion engines of the ship were de-
signed by an English engineer. The
diameters Of the cylinders are II. GO
and 90 inches and the stroke is 46
inches. The steam generating plant
consists Of four dou5le-ended and two
single-en0ed boilers. In addition |
there are two separate boilers for the !
auxiliary machinery. comprising over |
fifty separate engines. which are situ !
ated in the engine and boiler COM
partments
The Terssa's Protection.
The Teresa is protected by an armor |
belt II inches thick and 5 feet 6 inches |
wide, extending for a distance Of SIS !
feet of the length of the ship at the |
water line, from feet above it to Is |
inches below it, and having backing |
of teak wood, to which it is bolted.
The srmored or protective deck.
placed at a certain height above the
water line throughout the greater part |