The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-07-10

ain and Germany or not The uni
yersal recognition OF this primary
fact forced the naval authorities OF
the world into policy of complete
| reconstruction of their fleets when
the British ship Dreadnought made
it's appearance four years ago. The
! Dreadnought has tonnage of $4,000.
speed OF twenty-one knots an hour
and Is armed with ten 12-inch guns.
capable of gun-fire of $500 pounds
of metal.
Being four to six miles an hour
faster than other modern battleships,
| the Dreadnought, when II first went
into commission, would have been
able to engage the next most power
I, full battleship afloat. and to sink 1t,
before the other ship could get with
In range Of the Dreadnought for the
use of its complete armament. The
superiority of the range of the guns,
the weight OF metal they could throw,
the faster speed Of the ship. all these
combined made the new ship the most
powerful and terrible engine of war
afloat
Immediately 1t became necessary
for other nations to build ships able
to grapple with this monster The
German Empire and the United
States we're first to take up the
pace, followed shortly by Japan and.
at a slower pace. BY the other mari
time nations of the world. including
Brazil and the Argentine Republic.
But the original Dreadnought was not
long to remain the biggest and strong
est ship, for its power was soon to
| be exceeded, although II gave its
name to the Dreadnought and the SUI
per. .Dreadnought classes of battle
ships. The British ship Neptune,
which will be completed next year,
has a tonnage of 20,5o0. The ships
now being built will be armed with
guns of 1875 inches ca'iber. throwing
shells each weighing ESQ pounds, as
compared to the $50 pound shells OF
the 12-lnch guns of the Dreadnought.
Thus the race in the British navy
alone.
The first all-bigIgun ships to be
completed outside OF the British navy
were the American battleships Mich
| igan and South Carolina, each of 49,
| 900 tons, of IS knots speed and each
| having eight 12-inch guns These
| two ships are not SO large nor so
swift as the British Dreadnought.
| but they are included In the Dread
onught class by European naval ex-
pertS because of their all-big-gun ar
mament. The North Dakota and the
Delaware, nearing completion, of 2o,-
600 tons each, bearing ten 12inch
| guns, are Of the true Dreadnought
type, as are also the Florida and the
Utah, now building, which have the
same armament, but which are 1000
| tons heavier. The new Wyoming
and Arkansas Will be of the super
Dreadnought class An English navy
officer remarked that In his opinion
the most terrible thing in all this
fierce competition was the proposed
new American ship OF 10000 tons,
armed with 14-inch guns capable Of
throwing broadside weighing 49,
| 920 pounds as compared TO the
| Dreadnought's $500 pounds.
During the year 1909 four new
| Dreadnoughts were added to the Brit
| ish fleet. bringing the total up to
seven. These were the three battle
ships, Bellerophon, Temeraire and
Superb, and the Dreadnought cruiser,
| Invincible. The latter has a speed
| of % knots, and is armed With eight
12-inch guns. AS the Davies OF the
world stand today. this cruiser is all
| that its name implies. During the
| present year three new Dreadnoughts
will be added to His Majesty's navy,
the battleships st. Vincent, Colling-
wood and Vanguard. all of which are
now almost ready to be placed In
commission. Each OF these has a
| tonnage OF 10, 500 The super-Dread-
nought Neptune. and the 19.0UUton
cruiser Indefatigable. have been
launched and will be ready for COM
sion early in 1911. =?
Last year, under the influence of
the German war scare, the British
| government ordered eight new ships.
| The Hercules and Colossus were laid
down in July and august and tho
Orion and Lion in November. The
| first three are battleships, and the
last is cruiser OF the Invincible
class. The other four battleships
were laid down in April All these
will be completed and in commission
| by the summer of 1912. bringing the
| British Dreadnought fleet up to 20
| lack of activity across the North
Sea, The German Emperor and the
| German nation are seemingly in en-
| tire agreement on the subject of the
| German navy. They believe that it
should be large enough to protect
Germanys great maritime commerce,
that 1t should be powerful enough to
maintain Germany's dignity among
the nations, that 1t should be strong
enough TO know no fear. Laughing
at British panics and dlsclaimlng any
desire whatever to outstrip the Eng
hsh navy, the shipbuilding yards arc
busy and the Krupp gun factory is
| hard at work.
The German naval progress is not
so easy TO estimate as the British.
The British press and public demand
and receive complete information
The German press and public do not
demand anything. and are content
with what is vouchsaGed from above,
TWO German Dreadnoughts are
| completed and In commission. the
| Nassau and the Westfalen. They are
| each OF 1S,500 tons. have speed OF
20 knots and arc armed with twelve
| 11-inch guns. They also have sup
! Elementary batteries of twleve 50,
Inch guns. The Westfalen was built
at Bremen and on the way to the
sea went aground IN the shallow
| water OF the river Weser. The ship
was detained sometime, while the
| British smiled and the Germans
/ snashed their teeth. II was another
proof that Germany needs new and
better sea-ports The abattleshlps
Posen and Rheinland. just completed,
and ready for commission. are SINH
lar TO the Nassau.
The battleships Helsoland, Ostries-
! land and Thuringia We're launched