The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21
NOTES or FOREIGN NAVIES.


Nnc nAttleSnlp Queen at Malta reCcltly Nncn she
took aboard $50 tons In one hour and i've min
utes. or at the rate OF 100 tons an hour. According
70 the Nary. the record had previously been held
by the battleship Implacable. which In April took
on 1850 tons at an average Of 3e4 tons an hour.
The speed OF the Drcadnought Is snld To have
fallen OF a knot and a half since her ofncial trials.
The cause Is not definitely known. but an efort win
he made to restore the lost speed by fitting her with
new propeller blades Of different fitch.
The nring OF live torpedoes al a rock as the target
has now become a quarterly practice.
The explosion due TO gasolene fumes which oc-
Cured on the British submarine C 8, June ~. IN the
NTH accident 70 British submarines since February,
1915. Four of these accidents were explosions.
The NTH was the running down OF a submerged
submarine by another vessel. In the explosion
last month the boat was not damaged. though four
lives were lost.
The Admiralty has issued urgent Instructions
that the ventilation arrangements OF the maya
zines OF all warships are TO he constructed 10 a.
to insure the maintenance at all times Of a temper
ature not exceeding 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Chr
bonic acid gas under pressure Will be used for this
purpose.
GERMANY.
Motor ooats are oelng used more exclusively m
inc German navy as tenders 70 the "arshipe anu
".peuo ooats' lhe't speech u 80 Anots.
~ mas peer announced oS INC ulIccVor OF hdVai
construction OF the uefmah navy hat III iu'ure
~" DC thc poicN OF 'he navy 70 MAKE es'cnueu 10
Oh steam turbines LOT 'e PROPULSION on smps.
ne new herman orpeoo poh' . i'o' ""ose On.
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anu ~ ID tneh alu'lpa'eu NAV a sp'V" 'o'''
oil khots VIII De attaiheu'
Annhe hour "ofhlhe udS' "''nout any lowering
% tno wages pau " ,he men, % yen auopNa
IN INC uochI hru at hiei anu "hheimsnaNeh
10 the torpedo factories AZ tnederlchsort ana Mur-
"'ch' u auaT'er OF an nour irs'' .i'nou' pay,
Is Rranleu . Iuncn, Il Mothins uAy u i.ans
mne hours anu : auaf.r. on n o.ner nanus eps
nav oeen ,aken 70 msure IN pune.ua, NV
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meters 70 eieVen meters uhI'y SIX reeV, "nne ."e
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mcnes,' ~ Is ALSO contemplated IN connecuon
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good evidence that the more rapid M val expansion
desired by the German Navy Lea que Ia within the
capacity OF the German shipya rds. Sin OF the
most important yards In the country have furnished
him with Particular OF their resources. and he
nndS from these data That In the Germania yar I'd
a large bAttleshlp or cruiser can be completed
within a period OF from twenty four to thirty
months. and that at least two OF these vessels could
be laid down every year.
The Howaldt var d at kiel qua ranteed to deliver
one b~attleship or cruiser every year after the first
two years. The Vulcan yard at Stettin could lay
down two battleships 81 1900 tons and two cruisers
OF Is 900 tons every year and complete them within
from twenty four TO thirty months n the guns
and armor were promptly delivered. This arm
is about to open a new yard at Hamburg. which
will Increase its productive capacity from 50 to rs
per cent.
At the same port Messrs. Blohm 4 Voss say
they can lay down two large vessels every year.
and deliver them within thirty months II they
were gua rantecd a succession OF work. while Herr
7 Schichau says he ran easily lay down four battle
ships Of 1900 tons each and NJ out two or three
more at his yard at Danzig. The weser Company
az Bremen would lay down n couple OF battleships
and two cruisers simultaneously and complete
them within from twenty four to thirty months.
All these resources are In addition TO the building
facilities OF the Imperial dorkyards. There seems.
therefore. 10 he no doubt that the Germans have
or will presently have the means OF building ships
WIN f"pu"'
French naval estimates for 1903 show a slight
Increase over those Tor 1907, the former being Ss2,
10000 francs, n gain ot 2o0oO0m francs. The
chief Increase IS 1"iHo!~N francs Tor new cons'ruc
ton. THIS Includes provision Tor Sx hatucshlps
ofls.350 tons. each OF which VIII cost over NO!~o"H'
There VIII be two new armored cruisers' twenty
destroyers ana MY submarines ana submerslbles
During 1907 the following vessels VIII enter service
-Four battleshlps, one armored cruiser fourteen
dcstroyers and nine submarines.
The Minister OF Marine mas mace new resula
lions concerning the use or back powder IN the
navy In ordrr TO svo'd disasters IKE thnt OF inc
jena. The new rules are as follows
I. Black powder Tor proiectiles and blank IRE
will no longer be supplied TO the ships, except for
specific exercises ana on CONDITION that satisfactory