The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-05-07
FLEETS THAT FOUGHT.
Descriptions Of The Spanish
And The United States
Vessels In The Ma
Mia Battle.

Here are descriptions Of the vessels III
the squadron
OLYMPIA-Protected cruiser; Captain
Charles V. Gridley; speed, u knots;
displacement, 1910 tons; tonnage. ,,
797 tons; length, $40 feet; beam, d:
feet; draught, Il feet inches; horse
power. 1918; twin screw; main bat
terry comprising four S-inch breech
loading rifles and ten 6-inch rapid fire
guns; "a officers and 395 men; built IL
1898 at Union Iron Works, San Fran
cisco, at cost of 81, 796, 600.
BALTIMORE Protected cruiser Capt
\. VI. Dwyer; speed 20 knots; dispace
ment, 4, 413 tons; tonnage. :, l6l tons
horsepower, o. O64 twin-screw; length,
327 feet; beam, 4S feet; draught l9
feet 6 inches; main battery comprising
four 8-inch breech loading rifles and SIX
6-inch breech loading rifles; SO officers
and $50 men; built in 1888 by VIM
Cramp 4 Sons, Philadelphia, at a cost
of 81, 1926, 900.
RALEIGH Protected cruiser; Capt. }
B. Coghlan; speed, 9 knots; displace-
Hlent, 3,213 tons; tonnage, 1863 tons:
horse power, o, 900 twin screw length
300 feet; beam, ~ feet; draught, | 5
feet; main battery comprising ten 5inch
rapid fire guns and one G-inch rapid-tir
gun; 20 officers and 292 men; built in
1894 at the Norfolk navy yard at a cost
of 81, 100, 900.
BOSTON.-Protected cruiser; Commam
der B. p. Lamberton; speed, - knots:
displacement, 5000 tons; tonnage, L.
1875 tons; horse power, 1910; single
screw; length, 27l feet beam, ~ feet ::
draught, Is feet 0 inches; main bat
terry, two S-inch breech loading rifles
and six 6-inch ones; 10 officers and 265
men; built at Chester, Pa, by John
Reach and Sons in 1885 at Il cost of
$619,0O0
CONCORD .-Gunboat; Commander \.
Walker; speed, l6 knots; displacement,
LILO tons; tonnage, 6SS tons: horse
power, 3, 1872; twin screw; length. 230
feet; beam, 36 feet; draught, 1t feet
main battery, six G-inch breech loading
rifles; 13 officers and $50 men: built at
Chester, Pa, in 1889. by Palmer 4
Co., at cost Of $40, 600.
PETREL-Gunboat; Commander f. p.
Wood; speed, II knots; displacement,
S92 tons; tonnage, 40l tons; horse
power, ,095; single screw: length, 17G
feet; beam, SO feet; draught. feet I
inches; main battery four 6-inch breech-
loading rifles; 10 officers and l22 men.
McCULLOCH.-Auxiliary cruiser; Capt.
d. B. Hodgson; (revenne marine
speed, II knots; displacement. |, $50
tons; tonnage, $50 tons; single screw;
triple-expansion engines; length 2l9
feet, beam, :33 feet; draught, II feet :;
main battery. four G-inch rapid-ti fire
guns; officers and Is men; built in
1897 at Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia
NANSHAN,-Transport steamship, re-
Gently under British registry; gross ton
mage, 2, 200; horse power, 1872: steel
single-screw; length, 2S5 feet; beam,
80 feet; draught % feet; built in 1896
at the Gransemouth, England, dock
yard.
HAFIRO.-Transport steamer, recently
under British registry; gross tonnage,
LOOP; horse power, 213; steel. single
screw; length, 213 feet; beam, 81 feet !;
draught, q feet; built in 1894 at Aber-
deem, Scotland, and until two weeks ago
employed as a passenger and freight
steamer between Manila and Chinese
ports.