Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-19
WAR-DOGS SNARLlNG.
urssts AND GREAT BRITAIN BUILD
ING SHIPS FOR THEIR NAviEs.
EscLaND'S BIG NAVAL PROGRAMME.
o,r tondo, Correspondents Writes
That Over n IIandrsd War 'eSs''S
49,, course OF Hurried Constr"c-
,,op-Huss;a HarH Mt II, Too.
le....s..onnenco Of the plapatoh)

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,orfoa IN The very iuconsruous sp'e'"'''
- 20, mon OF Europe softly COOLING:
~, I.oe MS disarmw while tho ciahS
Of hammers and the thnnder VI ~
,n,ncry IN the shipbuilding yards OF D'''.'
p,,,o1n and Russia proclaim tha' 'o'"
,sa,,o,s are fcyerishly adding big ana AZ
a. = ,.oss,ls 10 their navies. The num-
-. n var vessels in process Of construc-
- a. os,,ur,alng IN view OF the peace
IN, Great Britain win add TO her navy
- ,.,oo,.ic total OF over a hundred YES
sells by March 100 o..,-
Nyben the present naval year 00'i-
,ncneed on April 1st last there VIZ
,,nder construction nine irst-ciass Da''''
- ,rc,vc frst-class cruisers, SIX sec
c,o.s cruisers ten third-closs cruis'IS'
two yloops. four gunboats ano lOi'S -o,'.
,o,,odo-hoat destroyers. Last March 'ne
c,s,.closs battlcsl5p Goliath, OF l-s'O 'o''"
displaccment was launched nv
1yitbin three weeks the slip thus N"0u'vu
was occupied by the keel-platc OF 'io -"
,lesbip Irresistible \ large nuiiiDeI -
,.o,,,,,cr were Immediately concentrate
n, This new. ship. while atieltC.ois -
gross was also being MADE WIN S'', IN
ploiiou OF the Goliath. On ''eeH' - ~,
last The Irresistible. baiteShip o. o. ~
,ons x,as launched. and on January ~ -
~, ,,c,r tbo new. battlcship NeneIaDle'
olso a. i, 600 tons. was laid down. ,iu''
re- one slim was occupied by three ~
,icships within period Of ten moHsn
90, arb,cvcrncnt which has mover Dc0"
.n,alled In this or any other couNl. p
=, portsmouth and Chatham, -FOUR me-
Gloss battloships are now appIo''un',' e
compIetiOn-yiz.. the Campus "u ~,
Formidable at the former Y1iu' - go,
Goliath and the Irresistible ~ ne
In addition. two other battlesmys, ~"
! o,dou and the Venerable. are now pein3
hurried forward. and Will be lduhciIeu ~
"a fey months At Davenport oNlne 20
Tho DELAYS experienced in consequence "a
Tho engineering dispute. the iauhch Oh w
battleship ocean. Of the CanopuS
which should have taken pace 'sli'
,.st vear was postponed until jury otu'
Ii .ho y.r,ilt that the batileship lmpia-
rshIe could not be laid down unili Az
ton davs later. The latter Nes@'l WIZ -
launched next month. ana aiIeduy "po"'
"a thousand tons Of material LOT Hel ~"
ocssor the Bulwark. have bcen put W
eethcr I'm an adjoining she'd IN
10 be bolted together as soon US VIC 49, -
The only one suitable Tor the cViiS'' ~
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rho prlyafe shlpbuildng yafus nave Dc"
.ir,ila,lv active. At Birkcnhead boiiO"-
,n-Furuees. and on the clyde. three hIa'-
ciass baitlcships. the Glory, Vengeance
and Albion. have been under consl uc'l'I'
apd two of them Will probably De com
rlcted early in 1890. -.
Recently the Admiralty gave our olu..9
for four new battlcships OF lloUV loiiS ui'
,,locemeut each. OF speed of ~ knols'
f.l
under construction 10 sixteen win Il iol'l
,onnaec of 2gAl00. TWO Of these h'"
,nastodous Will De built 10y the Thames
Shipbullding Company. nj Biach"a" az"
,hc other two will be- laid down al Blk
cuhcad and Jarrow -on-INnc'
In the 1878 naval programme were ~
ciudol four armorcd cruisers. the ohly
vessels Of this type ordered since lo'''
Swift cruisers. strongly aImoitu. uIc
corpized by naval designers all the worm
o,cr as the warships Of the future, ana
The british Admiralty have not beeh $40"
Ga bogin the construction of modern
feet Of these armored grcyhounds Dullhs
1898 six ships Of this type. OF l-'VN ions
displacement each. and speed OF - -
knots. have been under construction, louI
al Glasgow. one at Birkcnhead. and one
at Rarrow-in- Furness. These ships nave
bocn named Cressy. AbouMr, HOSue, su'-
lei Racchante. aud Euryalus. Tnc Al
, ,niralty have now given our oipeIs l"I
,hroe additional armored cruiscrs-mOh-
ster shlps OF 1900 tons. and speed OF
twenty-three knots. TWO VIII be bulIt on
the clyde, and the other al barIo"-i
lrurness. A fourth vessel or the aihuieu
cruiser tyne. Of gigantic size Will in lew
DAYS be laid down at Pembroke dockyald.
There will thus be under construction at
one and the same time a fleet OF no less
than ten armored cruisers. six OF Whlch
will be of 1900 tons each ana -FOUR OF
1900 tons. with an aggregate displace-
mcnt Of 10000 tons Two addiuonal YES,
sells of the same class will be commenced
In the present year at the Royal DOCK
yards. ,...,, ~,
NcshiDs and armorcd cruisers is so mar
row that II Is difficult TO know Whei"
lhe battleship class ends and the cruiser
class begins. although the speed "l 'i'
latter marks them out as the most Ell
feciive and swift fighting ships IN lie
whole world. That the BRUSH navy Pr
not falling below the standard OF a'Huoic'
ships necessary for the supremacy OF 'hv
world may De understood from INC lac
that the armored ships now under CON
struction or projected number no les
ihan twenty-cight. with an aggregate as
placcmcnt OF no less than $50 VVJ TONS. ~
number exceeds by two ships the emu
Russian fleet of battleships' ana j. heHi -
three times as many ships OF the arInot ga
class as In the splendid httlc navy OF I'M
United States. .,,..
There have also been under CONSTRUCTIVE
I'm the backwards. and at various pilNar
shipbuilding establishments, during th
nresent fast-closing naval year no les
than twelve cruisers of the hrsl 'iass
six sccond-class cruisers, ten third-elas
cruisers, six slOops. four Bpnbo"'S' "N
about forty tOrpedO-boat destroNefs sl'c
the naval programme OF lNw-'. inc AdMi
raity have confined their attention Amos
exclusively 90 batueships and armobe'
cruisers. so that this great fleet or un
armored vessels may be regarded as.
legacy Of work Inherited from the peuo
preceding March. 1876 Many OF these YES
sells are I'm completing state
The naval programme. which IS nov
occupving the great amy OF WORKING
distributed I'm the government yafus "
Portsmouth, Davenport, Cn0tham, SheeI
ness. and Pembroke. and IN the Brea
shipbullding establishments ON 90
Thames. the Tyne. and ine CLYDE com
priscs more vessels than nave ever he
fore been under CONSTRUCTION az one an
the same time. Reference has airead
been made TO the fleet OF twcnty-eigh
armored ships which are building or 10
which orders have been ISSUED; II TO me
are added the thirty-slN cruising shlps
sloops and gunbOats of various types am
sizes. some Of which have during the pas
few months been completed Tor sea,
will be seen that the new naval conslrnf
tion for the financial year which ends @
March 8lst next has comprised no les
than "a ships Of war II 90 this immens
total are added the fleet Of torpedo-ooa
destroyers which have been In hand du
,.i,., ,ha eo n,. parfoi fhcre Is q total %