The San Francisco call., 1899-11-06
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAvIEs.


built by Schichau, Elbing, for the German
navy. They are 157 feet in length, IS
feet inches beam and displace loo tons
on draught of 6 feet 1912 inches. Ihey
are fitted with Thornycroft boilers ana
are to steam % knots. Their fuel sup
ply is 81 tons, including tons petroleum
residuum and their means of oftense are
one FOUNDER, one machine gun ana
two torpedo tubes.
Four 360-ton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
have been completed at the yard OF Jar
row, Poplar for Japan, and passed
through their three hours trial with
load of 80 tons, with the following results:
Ikadsuchi. 1892 knots; Inadsuma 5l-V3I
knots; Akebone 310S knots, and Sazan-
ami 313s knots. A fifth boat of the same
type named the Obero was launched from
the Yarrow yard on October 3. with steam
up and ready to start on her trial IN q lew
days.
The French naval estimates for 1900
show an increase of about S22SO'Op over
the present years appropriation ana
amount to $63.000000. OF this sum $z4OOO'-
600 is for naval construction, including
armament and torpedoes, and s18,SSl, 900
is set aside for completing new ships,
hulls and machinery. The latter object
is SCI, $4,000 for the present year, indicat-
ing that the navy department has under
taken more work than It has been able
to complete and only $507,600 is estimated
for beginning new construction
The British cruiser Talbot attached to
the North America and West India sta
ton, recently passed through four-hour
trial under natural draught and averaged
1873 knots. Subsequently she made the
voyage from Barbados to Port Royal,
distance of l ,040 miles. in g. hours, averag-
O =, fe c1l
cruiser OF $500 tons. launched at Deven-
port in 1895. and made 20 knots under
forced draught on her first commission
trial From her recent performance it
would appear as If the ship, after four
years service, has not deteriorated TO any
apprecia BILE extent, for 16.S knots sea speed
maintained for two and one-half days
compares favorably with her initial trial
performance.
The battleship Ocean returned to Ports
mouth dock-yard October 6, after an un-
successful trial over the measured mile
under four-ffths power The engines
developed 10,303 horsepower, which was
ND to requirements, but the speed was
only 151b knots by the log, and two knots
short of anticipation. The ship was there
fore taken in hand by the yard authori-
ties to be docked and the causes Of fall
ure to be ascertained and remedied. A
sister ship, the Goliath, passed through a
thirty-hour four-ffth power trial, and
her engines developing 10,413 horsepower,
gave a speed Of 17.3 knots by the log.
These battleshfps are intended TO develop
1880 horsepower and speed Of 18.l5
knots under full power.
The Russian armored cruiser Gromo-
boy. building at the Baltic works, St.
Petersburg, will carry no less than Ga
,frr Ifr7cr four &
inch. sixteen 6-inch, twenty 3-inch Q2
pounders) twenty 3-pounders, and four
machine guns, the entire lot being quick
frers The vessel is wood-sheathed, Of
L. 1856 tons fitted with 36 Belleville boilers,
developing Is, 900 horsepower. which will
give a sea speed of 90 knots Her dimen-
sions are 1907 feet length over all, SSH
feet beam and 26 feet draught, and her
coal capacity is $500 tons, sufficient for
19. 900 knots steaming at 10 knots an hour
The water-1ine belt is 6-inch Harveyized
steel. 354 feet in length by feet depth,
which, toeAther With the armor, offers
protection for the engines against any
guns up to Pinch caliber.
Rapid progress is made in the building
Of the two battleships Duncan and Corn
wallis at the Thames Iron Works. London
They are an improved type of the form
liable class of three now completing and
being 1000 tons less displacement and of
five feet more length, with six
inches more beam, will have considerably
finer lines than the Formidable, Implac-
able and Irresistible. The new ships are
405 feet in length, 70 feet 6 inches beam
26 feet s inches draught on an even keel,
displacing 1900 tons, with 900 tons of coal
on board. The water-line belt is Of =
inch Harveyized steel for distance Of
go feet in the body of the ship, whence it
tapers to three inches at the ends. and
the armament consists of four 12-inch
guns, mounted in pairs in 11-inch bar
bettes, u 6-inch in 6-inch easements, of
which eight are on the main deck and
four on the upper deck. The auxiliary bat
terry embraces twelve 12-pounders, six g.
Founders and four submerged torpedo
tubes. The engines are TO work up to
1900 horsepower, the steam generating
in "a Bellville boilers, with an initial pres
sure of 300 pounds. The trial speed Is
to be 19 knots, and expected TO realize Is
knots sea speed.