The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-02-01
News of Foreign Navies.

French, Sl,47s, aud United States.
S4,4OO.
The second steam trial Of the
Russian battle-ship Petropawlosvk
resulted in 11,2l3 horsepower and
speed of 1923 knots. The ship
was down to draught of rs feet
a inches and displaced 10,S90 tons.
The only new ships to be placed
in commission in the French n svy
during the coming year are the
cruisers Guichen, S,277 tons; Protect,
1905 tons; Duncis, torpedo gunboat,
S96 tons; Duncis, torpedo gunboat,
1886 tens, and the torpedoboat de.
stroyers Faucouneau and Hellebarde,
each OF 800 tons.
The royalties paid for the use OF
the Belleville boiler in the British
navy are as follows: The Powerful,
$4,000 horse power. $4,000; AFRO
giant of 10000 horse power, $lO,465,
aud the Dladem, S17 ,272 for 1880
horse power.
The Russian transport Amur, re-
Gently launched at st. Petersburg, is
$500 tons displacement and has
triple expansion engines 400 horse
power, which will give speed of
LIZ knots. She carries ten steam
launches and number of ordinary
row-boats.
The British cruiser Andromache,
11,000 tons and 1880 horse power,
ended her coal consumption trial on
November Is. The ship was down
to her normal draught and under
one-ffth boiler power developed
1888 horsepower, 50 revolutioes and
speed Of 1873 knots, the coal used
being 1.9S pounds per horse power
per hour.
Three of the French armored
cruisers, Montcalm, Dupetit- Thouars
and Gelion, are to be of 9,517 tons,
but the Gloire, Condo and Sully will
be increased to 10000 tons in order
to allow an increase of thickness in
the armor above the belt and make
it inches thick All of the two
types will have engines OF 10000
horse power and speed of u knots.
The Italian naval estimates of
$685. 100000 have been cut down to
$7,000,000, and but little progress
will be made on new ships at the
several dock yards. The Beneditto
at Spezia, Brin at Castlemara, and
Principe Elene at Venice are battle
ships of 1880 tons. At Venice is
the Francesca Ferrucio, an armored
cruiser of 7,400 tons, and at Genoa
the torpedo. boat Condore and
sister boat are under construction
Professor Alfred Dietrich died
September 6 last. He was chief con-
structor in the Imperial German
Navy and Privy Councillor of the
German Admiralty. He was born
at Pima in 1913 and received uni
versity education. In 1870 he enter
ed the navy as an assistant engineer,
and since 1890 was entrusted with
the design of all the ships in the
navy The total result of his labor
is represented in 100000 tons dis
placement ships; 100000 horse power
OF engines, involving an expendi-
ture of $62,500,O00. An incident oc-
Cured during Mr.. Dietrch's visit
to in AmericalS93, which would
indicate his imminent fitness for the
responsible position he held. Pass
ing through the corridors of the
Navy Department building, where
models of the ships of the new navy
are located, Mr.. Dietrich and our
chief constructor stopped before the
model of the Indiana. A sweeping
glance revealed to the visitor the
merits and defects OF the ship and
he pointed out where the fire of the
several guns would interfere and
become dangerous to the gun-crews
under certain conditions. His cr-
ticism proved correct, for the defects
daunlnpa1 Of tho Oun friala IF tha