Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-13
SHIPS IN ASIATIC WATERS
Fleets of Germany, England, France and
Russia.
Little Apprehension That Their Gath.
ering IL Meant ms n Menace to
the United States.

J and British ships centering at the Phil
| ippine Islands, much interest has been ex-
| cited in navy circles to the strength of
! the several fleets of these powers. There
is little or no apprehension in official quar-
| tiers here that the gathering of foreign war
| ships is meant as menace to American
interests il the philippines. At the same
| time, the strength of the foreign forces iE
Asiatic waters is an interesting theme of
| conjecture. From reliable sources the
| status of the Asatic squadron is fol-
| lows:
Germany's Fleet.
! Germany's fleet in Asiatic waters consists
OF eight frst-class modern vessels. Adj
miral Hoffman is the ccmmander-l chief.
with the battle ship Kaiser as his flagship.
/ Second in command is Vice Admiral Prince
| Henry a brother of the Emperor of Ger
many, whose flagship is the battle ship
DEUTSCHLAND. The eight ships of the Ger
man squadron follows:
| Battle ship Deutschland. I.S1I tons: speed.
a.. knots: armament. eight 10.2-inch guns.
seven 5.9-inch guns. nine 3.4-inch guns.
Battle ship Kaiser. 1881 tons: speed, 145
knots: armament, eight 1O.2-inch guns, sew
en- 5.9-inch guns six finch guns.
| Cruiser Irene 400 tons: speed. ~ knots:
armament, four 5.9-nch guns, eight 4.1-inch
guns, six 1.9-inch guns.
| Cruiser PRINCESS Wilhelm AGO tons:
sreed, 10 knots: armament, four 5.9-inch
| guns, eight 4.1-inch guns, six 1.9-inch guns.
! Cruiser Gefion, 4,2o7 tons; speed, 20 knots;
armament, eight 5.3-inch guns, ten 4.1-inch
| guns six 1.9-inch guns.
Cruiser Arcona. 2.373 tons: speed, IA
knots; armament, ten 5.9-inch guns four
4.1-inch guns, six 1.9-inch guns.
| Cruiser Cormoran, 1,640. tons; speed, 10
knots; armament, eight 4-inch guns.
All of the guns of the German ships are
| Quick-firing.
The British Squadron.
| The British squadron in Asiatic waters is
| greater III guns and tonnage than that OF
| Germany, France and Russia combined. 1t
| includes 81 modern fighting ships, ranging
frCm the monster battle ship Victorious, of
| $4,000 tons, to the swift little gunboats
| Plover and Firebrand The British squad
ron is under Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour.
| Communicated with his flag the
battle ship Centurion. Rear Admiral c. c.
| p Fitzgerald is second in command, with
| his flag on the cruiser Grafton. The squad
ron is made up of the following formidable
| ships:
Battle ship Victorious 1890 tons: speed
| 10 knots; armament, four 12-inch guns,
| twelve 6-inch guns and twenty smaller
| guns.
Battle ships Centurion and Barfeur each
| 10000 tons; speed, 1S.5 knots: armament,
| four 1O-inch guns ten 4.7-nch guns, ten
smaller quick-fire guns.
| Three armored cruisers, Immortalite,
| Narcissus and Undaunted, each $500 tons;
speed, IS knots: armament two 92-inch
guns, ten 6-inch guns, six G-pounders and
! ten 3-pounders.
! Unarmored cruiser Powerful. IA 200 tons:
| speed ~ knots; armament, two 92-inch
guns, twelve 6-inch guns and thirty smaller
| quck-fire guns.
unarmored cruisers Grafton and Edgar
| each 1.'5O tons; speed, % knots; arma-
ment, two 92-inch guns, ten 6-inch guns
and seventeen smaller quick-fire guns.
| Cnarmored cruisers. 1phisenia, Rainbow
AMI Pique, each $500 tons; speed 10
! knots; armament, G-inch guns. 6 4.7-inch
| guns, S-pounders and one 3-pounder
| unarmored cruiser Archer, ITO tons;
| speed, 100 knots armament 6 6-inch guns
| and :5-pounders
Four sloops, Alacrity. Algerian, Phoenix
and Daphne, loo tons each: speed, II to
| Il knots armament, 20 6-pounders 6 T.
| Founders 3-pounders and 5-inch guns.
-Four destroyers, Handy, Hart. Fame and
| hitting, Ego tons each, - to 80 knots
| speed each; armament. l 12-pounder,
| 6-pounders. Also the gunboats Linnet,
| Peacock, Rlngdove, Pigmy, Plover, Swift
Rather, Redpole, Esk and Firebrand.
| The Russian Fleet.
! The Russian fleet consists of twenty-five
ships, with Admiral Reunof as commander
! in-chief. The fleet is made UP Of the fol-
| lowing: Three battle ships-the Navarin
| 9,4IG tons: the Sissoi Veliky. $3.50 tons and
| the Mccall l. $40 tons. each carrying four
| twelve-inch guns and other smaller guns
! Six armored cruisers, viz: Ruric. IL 923
| tons; Rossia, l. 100 tons, Pamyat Azova
| G,OOn tons; Dimitri Donskoi, $500 tons; Ad-
| miral Nachmoff, 100 tons; VaIdmer
| MOnamache. ., 900 tons.
Cruiser Admiral korniloff 5000 tons
Shops Kreysser, 800 tons, and Zalacia
| / 200 tons.
! Armored gunboats Otvajny and Gremi-
astchy. Loo tons each: also gunboats Kor-
lets, Maudschur Sivoutch, Nsadnk and
! Hadamek: and volunteer cruisers Saratof,
J Tamboff and one other.
The French Fleet.
The French fleet is made up of eleven
ships, with Rear Admiral Gigault de la
Bedolliere as commander-in-chicf. with his
| flag on the d 'Entrecasteau. The fleet is
made up Of the following vessels:
Cruiser Bayard. 5000 tons, speed IA
knots; cruiser BruiX, 700 tons, speed 10