The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-26

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France lard down on August twu
.1pU ton haltl,--hl-. To- b" called the
lean Bart and the tVuIbat. the one az
Rr'-r aud Ihv other At Iurirnt lh,S.'
ar. '.r" largest y'.--ol~ thai Iranrt has
vet undertaken tn hUlld They are to be-
armed with t""l," - inch guns aud
'N"uty-lwu - inch EI- They are L.
have engines ul gNu"p horse Inw,r and
they arrvNI ,r'rd ~ d,'yrlpp -Ia.,-d IT
twenty knots IhrDr .rrwS Will consist
"t ~ officers and mru Thrv ave-
+ planned 10 be A. all respects 81 Tho
Ip~r-drraduuugh' class.
/ II has taken Franc" hllhcr- from four
- iv" wears - huii much smaller
armur,IId vessels wh,r GERMANY and
/ England turn uut dr"adnpughtS M from
twoto two and a half wears The French
Governments has l-~uI"d orders tn 'hr
naval authorizes that iho-.' I'VE ships
must II" r''rdy 10 20 INTO commission
IA three wears With tins end N view
great reforms have, been made IA initlaf-
Iug TIA" work Exact plans aud spc,ifi-
cations have been prepared with the
understanding that they shall not ha
altered Constant changes oi plan have
been the irving cvil IT the French dock
yards fur many vCar- NJ the contracts
for materials ana construction were
gwen "ut h"iur" a plate was rolled or a
rlv"r driven
French expert opinion. as reflro'c
IN m" PARIS newspapers. = 10 the effect
iha' rh">" are IA" irs' French ships fit
T." b" matched against Tho latest war
SHIPS at tncIann Germany and other
drcGdn"lghr building Powers It II
I'm" here are the vessels ~ the Dantnu
class AK at them the las' II which will
not b" finished un'Il next wear which
equal m" Dr"aInuuEht IN tonnage.
beng each of l~VD tpr,- displacement
hut IN" French authorities regard ~"
Dr"aduough' herself ~ already almost
a back number and h"SgieS II Is con
Sldcrri rha, u grca; stake has been
made IN the armament of these French
~hiII- 40" Dlnto1. Drd"rot. tondorc.t.
Nlrab,urL N"ltar" and N"rxullud To-
secure tnuit phcI'v - guns only four 81
m" largest the - inch size were used.
and they were put. as in IN" older battle
ships, IN two tIrr"'s fore and ar IN"
rest ri th" primary battery consists of
lively" %. ln'h guns placed M sN tTr-
r"'S thr"" ON each side "i M" vessel
Ih0N duality 1T ,lhh,r - actually spoken
of "a taking tu" ~'IID- uu' of 'hr dread
upughi class
In th" Jean Bart and 'h' ,.url"'
Their" ar" Two turrrt- with 'wu guns each
forward and two afr In each a." uu"
rlrrrl j. ON higher level than 'h. nj, her.
Two Other turrrtS are dmIi-he-. ono
ou each side with rang" ct tire II 10
degrees Thus b" ucN ~hlI~ will have
br"aI- Il" tire "f ten guns and u fore ur
afr ir" # eight IN" secondary bat
terry L. lu the protected citadel below the.
rurr"t- aud afford, am "Eystlv" ire -
-lN 80 nlu" guns m any IIr,otIun.
Considering the cIorluoI- cost 81
'h,-~.' vessels. about SIS",p"u apiece.
II - NOT surprising that ~" French
newspapers. probably ~ Government /
instance. are doing good deal 81 ~
planning why vessels JVp tons larger
than 20" Dau'pI 'IaSs. which IN turn !
wcr" 800 toms larger than anything
IA ~" French ravy. a-r imperative
Thr'uyurri" arEIm"ur I~tho tremendous
development ofG"rman maritime power.
AdtniraI MAHAN IA AN ar'"!" m Tho F.
london I'm" HH' pee "r'IF -.ud D. was
i"fi'" ana dangerous ." attempt T." d"- .
i"rin.h" ~" llrp"~' "I ''rinan naval
expansion. ~" German fleet now ~
for every Power irI tho word .
Admiral N.u,< had .I. T-,,,.I s,.,,-
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