The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAv1Es.

Great Britain will expend the sum of
81 S75, 900 on the Honl5ong dockyard extern
sion
The Russian Imperial yacht STANDARD
is the largest, fastest and most elegantly
furnished vessel belonging to royalty. She
was ordered as far back as 1893 by the
late Car, who drove the first rivet of sill
yer in plate of the same metal, now con-
cealed under one of the toptank plates.
Originally the ship was intended for
troopship, her cost to be nearly $l,250,000.
Three years later orders were received by
the contractors in Copenhagen, Denmark,
to convert the vessel into an 1perial yacht
plainly fitted out for which the sum of
$3.50 900 additional was to be allowed. But
during the following two years more
changes were ordered involving $4,000
additional cost and by the time she was
finally completed, one year ago, her total
cost had run up to 81, $50 900. The STANDARD
is $40 feet in length, so feet inches beam
and dsplaces 5247 tons. She carries bat
terry of eight six-pOunder HotchkisS guns,
eight boats and four 40-feet steam
launches. The Imperial apartments are
on the main deck aft the engines, while
forward of the boiler room the officers Of
the ship are quartered The vessel is
lighted by electricity, over 1000 lamps be-
ing distributed and nearly twenty miles
of wire is used. Her speed is p knots.
with II 1923 horse power.
The Pegasus, one of eight cruisers of
2135 tons building by contract for the Brit
ish navy, has passed through very salts
factory natural draught trial of eight
hours. The contract called for 1876 knots
with 5000 horse power, but she developed
20 knots and 5400 horse power. She is
fitted with water-tube boilers Of the Reed
type and carried 27S pounds of steam, the
air pressure was sc Of an inch and the
revolutions averaged 203. Unfortunately
for a fair comparison with her sister
ships, the Pegasus was flying nearly two
feet light, and under the same conditions,
she will have no difficulty in reaching q
knots when her forced draught trial
comes off. At the thirty hours coal con-
sumption trial the engines developed 1898
horse power. giving speed of T26 knots
and the coal consumption was only 1.96
pounds per horse power.
In the French armored cruiser Jeanus
Arc, the triple screw engines occupy
nearly three-quarters of the length of the
ship, although the length of sthe vessel is
over 469 feet A total horse power of
$1,000 and a speed of % knots is expected.
She will have six tunnels, and electricity
will furnish the motive power for the
larger guns and for the ammunition
hoists.
Lockrey, Minister of the French Mar
me- HdS BIeol ldlbu the utility Oh the
submarine boats building at Brest, and
devotes much personal attention to the
subject of submarine warfare.
Japan has now an Institution of Naval
Architects, the new society Just orga-
nized beginning with $50 members and as
socates. An Association of Engineers
has existed In Japan for nearly twenty
years
The Emperor of China, acting upon the
suggestion of Yu Lee, the new member
Of the Grand Council, has issued orders
to the North and South Superintendent
of Trade to advance $3.50. 900 annually for
a term of ten years toward the building
of a new navy. Other viceroys have also
been ordered to subscribe, and the I'm
periaI Maritime Customs will forward the
requisite amounts.
A torpedo boat destroyer, built for the
German navy by Thorneycroft at CHS
wick, and known as D 10, had a measured
mile trial last month at the Mapiin. With
the official load of "a tons aboard the boat
made a mean speed of 2s.545 knots. The
contractors have guaranteed a speed of
27.5 knots on a trial to be made in Ger
many with German engineers and firemen
in charge of the machinery. The boat
is 211 feet 9 inches in length, IS feet
inches beam, displaces 800 tons on a
draught of feet inches, and the horse
power is $780, The armament consists of
five 3-pounders and three torpedo tubes.
Nine years ago ten torpedo gun boats
of 1876 tons were built for the British
navy, They were TO have a speed of 81
knots with 400 horse power under forced
draught and 1876 knots under natural
draught and $500 horse power. The re-