New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-14

gun position arrnor 10 inches OF Harveyiz,t
steel The deck plating was Sis inches thick
twelve 59-fnch quick-hring and thirty-two
smaller guns and four torpedo tubes. The fuu
coal capacity OF each was 1Ooo tons. giVlns .s
radius OF action OF 3 400 knots az 1O-xnot spesc'
and the highest speed attainable was III knots
The weight OF a full broadside from their guns
was 8. 1867 pounds
The Petropavlovsk was thus q powerful ship
she was not quite the equal Of the Rstvisan.
and fell considerably short OF eGuallins one OK
the fighting giants Of the japanese Navy sns
had the fault. which nearly all Russian ships
built IN Russia have. OF standing very high OUT
OF the water and carrying her guns and heavy
top hamper very high A vessel that 'stanus
up like house IS a splendid thing to look at
and a pleasant one to live aboard. and may
have some advantages over low lying ones ~
firing; but she presents splend1d tAIssL -
the enemy's guns. and as YESTERDAY Sls .So5s
shows she is so unstable as easily 70 De uaU'
to turn turtle
For while complete details are not YET d
hard. it seems from some official reports tnat
the ship was not blown to pieces by the nine
She simply had a hole blown in her nun.
Through that the water poured IN. and SO shifted
her balance as to upset her Had she been pet
ter provided with buIkheads or had the doors N
them been closed. she might perhaps have 0een
saved. Had she been built lower and the cehtls
Of gravity thus been nearer her keel her equiii'
rum would have been more stable ana ln'
catastrophe might have been averted III sh'
heeled over so swiftly we may well shudder 70
think what would occur IL the PObieda- one OK
the remaining Russian ships at Port Arthur.
shouId be struck by a mine or torpedo. for sns
stands still higher out OF the water ana DOaSI
the proud, but perilous, distinction or havins :
higher freeboard than any other battlesh4p IA
the world
There will be widespread regret at the ceatn
in so ignoble a way of vice-Adniral MakaTon'
by all odds the most efficient commander In tns
Russian Navy. He was the inventor and con-
structor OF the ice breaking boat Ysrmak. nanieu
after the Cossack outlaw who won pardon fS
his crimes by conquering Siberia for the RussiAA
crown In the days OF Ivan the Terrible Hs VS.
also the stout champion OF many small, swSc
boats, instead OF a few large and costly oatI<~
ships. It is a bitter piece Of fate that he has
met his death IN a vessel Of the kind OF WHICH
he disapproved. He came OF lighting stock A.
ancestor OF his. former Admiral Makaron-
having been commander OF the frst Retvisan u
the Russian Navy Swedish ship which ws
captured from the Swedes by English onlea
IN the service of Catherine III OF Russia
Makaroff was well known IN this county.
where he spent some time about seven 80.
ago. He a fine exponent OF the scfen.ino
sailor He was deeply and tntelligently MS
ested in every new invention and device ana
sought to make the Russian Navy the peTI
such details OF any IN the world. He may hs.
been too much OF a hobby rider IN some "
spects For example, he thought IL would %
possible for his fcebreakng boat TO gnaw -
way through palseocrysttc foes 20 the NOT oItt
his earnest practically In naval service. and nc
was a strong advocate OF those methods OF Prr
cision which. above all else. seem TO be IacS%s
IN tho Russian Navy. and to the lack OK Wal"
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