The evening times., 1898-05-14
WARSHIPS IN THE EAST.
Great britain Has Thirty-one Mod
ern Vessels.

ern Vessels.
The Navy Department has prepared a
list of foreign warships in Asiatic waters
Germanys fleet consists of eight first
class modern vessels. Admiral Hoffman
is the commander-in-chief with the bat
tleship Kaiser as his flagship. Second
in command is Vice-Admiral Prince
Henry, a brother of the Emperor of Ger
many, whose flagship is the battleship
Deutschland. The eight ships of the
German squadron are as follows:
German.
Battleship Deutschland, 1917 tons;
speed, 14.5 knots; armament, eight 10.2-
inch guns seven 5.9-inch guns, nine "a
inch guns.ss ego -..
Ratteship Kaiser, 7.53l tons; speed. 14G
knots; armament, eight 1o2-inch guns,
seven 5-S-inch guns. six finch guns.
Cruiser Irene, 4.4GG tons; speed. 19 knots:
armament, -four 5.9-inch guns, eight Al
inch guns, six 1.9-inch guns.
Cruiser Princess Wilhelm, 4,i00 tons;
speed. IS knots: armament, four 5.9-inch
guns, eight i.1-inch guns. six ls-inch
guns.
Cruiser Gefion, 400 tons; speed. 20
knots; armament, eight 59-inch guns. ten
Cruiser Arcona, 2.5I3 tons; speed. IA
knots; armament, ten 5.9-inch guns, four
fl-inch guns. six l.9-inch guns
Cruiser Cormoran. 1,Gi0 tons; speed, 16
knots: armament, eight finch guns.
All Of tbs guns of the German ships are
qrick-firIng.
English.
The British squadron is greater in
guns and tonnage than that of Germany,
France and Russia combined. 1t in
clues thirty-one modern fighting ships,
hanging from the monster battleship
Victorious, of 1880 tons, to the swift
little gunboats Plover and F'irebrand. The
British squadron is under Admiral Sir E
n Seymour, ommander-in-chief, with
his flag on the battleship Centurion.
Rear Admiral c. c. p Fitzgerald is sec
ond in command, with his flag on the
cruiser Grafton. The squadron is made
up of the following formidable ships:
Battlesnip Victorious, 1900 tons; speed
us knots; armament, four I2-inch guns
twelve 6-inch guns and twenty smaller
guns.
Battleships Centurion and Baraeur
each 1880 tons; speed. 1s5 knots: arma-
ment, four lQ-iQch guns, ten i7-inch guns
ten smaller quick-fire guns
Three ,armored cruisers Immortalite.
Narcissus and Undaunted each 5000 tons.
speed, is knots; armament, two e.2-inch
guns ten 6-inch guns. six 6-pounders and
ten 3-pounders
unarmored cruiser Powerful, IA. 200 tons:
speed, 20 knots: armament, two s-inch
guns, twelve 6-inch guns and thirty small
er quick-fire guns.
Unarmored cruisers Grafton and Edgar
each . $50 tons; speed, % knots: armament.
TWO "z-ihch guns, ten 6-inch guns and sew
enteen smaller quick-fire guns.
GnarmOred crr,iserc Tpb;oa,so
and Pique, each 1900 tone: speed. 10 knots.
armament, two 6-inch guns. six 47-inch
guns, eight S-pounders and one 3-pounder
unarmored cruiser Archer. 1,77O tons:
speed 100 knots; armament, six 6-inch
guns and eight 3-pounders.
-Four sloops Alacrity, Algerian pboan,x
ana Daphne, LOO tons each; speed. IA to
~ knots armament, ten 6-pounders six
4-pounders, four 3-pounders and eight &
inch guns. -
-Four destroyers Handy, Hart Fame and
whiting, 26e tons each; q to 20 knots
five 6-pounders
Also the gunboats, Linnet Peacoct
hinsdove, Pigmy. Plover, Swift. RattJer
'eupoie, Esk and Ffrebrand
Russian.
The Russian fleet consists of .,,
Two ships' with Admiral Reunoff as COM
follows: "P as
Ihree battleships-The Navar;n orc
tons; the sissoi Veliky. $3.50 tons. and the
Nicoiai ,s,440 tons, each carving four
12-inch guns and other smaller guns.
Six armored cruisers-Ruric 10 eaa tons.
Hossia. 2.l3O tons: Pamyat Azova. 5000
tons: Dimitri Donskoi, $500 tons: Admiral
Nachimoff, 100 tons; vaIdimer Mona
mache 100 tons.
Cruiser Admiral Korniloff. 5000 tons.
sloops kreysser. 1,500 TONS and Zalacia.
1900 tons.
Armored gunboats Otvajay and Gremi-
astchy, 1,500 tons each.
Also gunboats Koriets, Maudschur. ST.
voutch, Vsadnik. and Haidamek. and VOL
unteer cruisers Saratoff Tambofr. and one
other.
2 French.
The French fleet Is made up of eleven
ships, with rear admiral Gigault de la
Bedolliere as commander-in-chief. with
his flag on the D'Entrecasteau. The fleet
is made up of the following vessels:
Cruiser Bayard, 5000 tons. speed II
knots; cruiser Bruix. !, 200 tons, speed IS
knots; cruiser Vaubau, $500 tons, speed
IA knots; cruiser D'Entrecasteau, S.100
tons, speed, 10 knots: cruiser Jean Bart,
400 tons. speed 10 knots: cruiser Pascal.
1000 tons. speed 20 knots: cruiser Descar-