The evening times., 1899-04-29
NEW CRUISERS FOB ENGLAND.
Consul Phillips Visits the shiDyar,is
at Pembroke Dock.

Consul Phillips Visits the Shtpyartia
at Pembroke Dock.
Daniel T. Phillips, Consul at Cardin,
transmits to the State Department an in
terestins report under the caption Of New
Cruisers in Great Britain"
II recently paid visit to Her Majes-
TVS establishment at Pembroke Dock, :.
says Consul Phillips. land by the courtesy
of the chief construction engineer was con-
Quoted through all the machine shops: saw
the near completion Of the royal yacht.
soon to be launched. and the armored
cruiser in process Of building. Two thou
sand four hundred men are engaged in
these dockyards. Everything proceeds
with the regularity Of clockwork.
1.-The royal yacht has been SO frequently
discussed that shall confine my observa-
tions to the new cruiser in course of erec-
tion at Pembroke Dock, which is to have
displacement of {, 800 tons. similar ves-
sci Is also to, be built at Portsmouth and
two other armored cruisers OF the same
displacement are TO be erected by contract
These four vessels are officially represent t
ed as cruisers Nos. !, 2, 3. and 4. 1heir
main features will be identical. The di-
mensions of the new Pembroke cruiser.
understand, are to be as follows: Length,
440 feet; BREADTH extreme. 66 feet; dls-
placement, $500 tons: speed. with natural
draft, % knots; indicated horsepower, ~
900; armament, fourteen 6-inch quick-hr-
ing guns, 4-inch turrets and 1O-inch case
mates, ten 12-pounder quick-hrlns guns,
three 3-pounder quick-hring guns anu
two torpedo tubes.
"The 6-inch guns will be of the latest
type and viii be protected by armor four
inches thick. Vertical side armor Oh the
same thickness will be carried over con-
siderable portion of the length. with thin
ner armor on her bows. Strong protective
decks will be associated with the SIDE ar
NOR. The steel hulls will be unsheathed.
A speed of twenty three knots Is to be
maintained for eight hours cOnsecutiveiy.
on contractors trials. In smooth water.
about twenty -ope knots should be main
tanned for continuous steaming az sea- Tne
coal bunker capacity will be $500 tons. and
1850 tons are to be carried on beard al
the speed trials. Sums OF $l11,93o and
$30S, ,779, respectively, are provided, TO De
expended for labor at Pembroke Dock on
these two new vessels.
"Sir +. ]. Reed, formerly member OF
Parliament for Cardiff. undertakes to criti-
else the plan of the Government for the
building of these new cruisers. He Is a
distinguished authority on such matters.
being one of the foremost civil and nauti-
cal engineers in Great Britain. His atti-
tude in this connection Is regarded by
many component authorities as hypefcriti- /
cal. The difficulty. to Mr.. Reeds mind. Is
that the cruisers are to be SO small a
fast vessel, with next TO no protection ana
two or three light guns. is all that is neces-
sary for preying upon British commerce:
The vessels sent out for the protection OF
that commerce and the pursuit and de-
struction of the enemy should be at least
equal IN speed and possess sufficient Often
Give and defenciye power to overcome these
small commerce destroyers. His OBJECT.
therefore. is to urge the admiralty not TO
cut down these vessels. the designs OF
which are not definitely settled, TO such
small dimensions and tonnage as TO make
them too feeble for their purpose