The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
A FLEET OF DWEADHOUGHTS
TWENTY GIANT WARSMIPs F0R
ENGLAND IN IeIs.

TWENTY GIANT wARSMIPs FOM
ENGLAND N 1eIs.
4
In Tsaaa Year Gssmaay MAY nave Ssssn-
teen Large Vensals- taerman Dread
nouHaAes mlRasE ThAn Was muppssed-
rrs~s,s N nssaslsians nu~asas Navy
LONDON. March Ia-Ths British nAva
estimates for Iea0-Il. just published
provide fOr an expenditure of end. 0ls. s0o
tho largest anm that has ever been voted
at ono time Tor Britain's frst line % de-
fence and an increase % 90 30. ON over
the year lsoe-IO.
The sum allotted Cor new oonasruction
h 90. sse. iso. and the new ships include
ave battlsships. i've cruisers. twenty
destroysrs and soma submarines. These
ships do not include the four contingent
DreadnouGhts belonging to the current
program. ne nor the two hattlezhits Co
DO constructed In England for Australia
and New Zealand.
I Between April I. Isoe and March n.
1910. the following ships viii have been
completed and become available for ser
vice; Five battleships CTemerAire. Cob
lingwood. ~. vincent. superb and VAN
guardD. two unarmored cruisers (Boadi-
csa and Reiloaal. nine destroyers. six
frst ciass torpedo boaas and sixteen
submarines.
This year viii witness a great boom
In sAipbuilding In England. Not for
twenty years since the naval defence
act VITA builders Of warships Be 10 busy.
The vnsssls which will no under construc-
ton between now and the end Of the
next financial year are a. follows; Seven
teen DreadnOuahss, twsAty-thres small
cruisers. seventy destrOyers and twenty
! i've anbmarlnss.
| Of the destroyers four are for the Ar
| gsntine navy. All the other ships arc
destined Tor the British navy or the Colo
Mai squadrons. Inc total cOst Og tbess
ships viii amount To over e3s0. 90 .OOO.
anu their oos,st rlctlon wlli provide en-
| ptOymens for 1oo. Oh men Tor Two years.
1 ine nrsl Loru Ut the Admiralty IN
introducing the new estimates In the
houss of Commons said that two OF the
i've nee haatisehips would be laid down
in dook yards IA January, issf. and the
three others which are 10 bs put 10 CON-
| tract wouba he hoped. bs laid down IN
the same month. Az would be com
pIeted by January. 1919.
\ The two ships being built for Australia
ami NsW kealnnd would be cumpleted by
the GUNNER Of 1919. Al that time. sad
Mr. McKennA. In addition 10 these colo
NAL DEeadnonghts there would he twenty
British Drsudn0ughts In homo waters ana
Ave new shipa Of the leoe-io programmes
| wOslld ~ approaching comparison.
The new estimates provide ss.TsO.O0g
Tor Submarines. Not including the Old
sHoIlands- there are fifty-three British
4 s,lilniarines IN commission.
Questioned regarding the 0oveFnment' q
dehnitiOn of the two power standard Mr..
a.a.lts.s4 akaa tia ufauR~lmrrf ywkfsrh,
the 0ovsFurnsnt had IN vlSw when franz
ing the estimates was such q strength ~
would sscnre Drttain's safety IN the event
of attack from any probable combination
Of nsviss; ne thrss era, kowsss ns.r;
that 4 did- ass matter WhiCh two we're
taken into cunst6erntacn.
| Germany. Ne aid. II her cOnsarlction
progrsmne was accslsrAtsd. might have
seventeen large ships that could be made
availabls for var in 1912 and twsnty-one
in 1914. Happily after Ieis the German
programme provided for the construction
OF not m0re than two large ships a year.
Tho Eaiig EKprsss has discovered that
English opinion has been very much
misled regarding tho strength Of the
German navy The facts IL publishes con-
Germ chisay the tonnage OF Gsrmany's
battleships and arnored cruisers of the
Drsndnought type.
The diaplncemenfA OF tno Ten herman
u
or under construction. says the EFrrsss.
have hsen understated. With REGARD 20
/ the Nassau and Nestfalen. now in COM
mission. and the Rhetnland and Poseu.
now under trial the difference 10 noe great.
/ Tho other 81 battlsshipe nov under con-
struction will cArry \ new pattern - inch
gun superior 10 anything now in eSte3encs.
/ and Il " in the cnss % these vessels that
the greatest error has been made
The principal naval reference books In
III IT,. al.ta.a uw1eA
diaplAc~ment % ie.O0O tons. Al q matter
% fact each Of them will displacs 2. $40
tons " 10 pointed out that u the com
I5letsd Rritish DreadnouGht battleshiDs
one - 20 u. 90 tons. thru are ot - 600 and
three are Oi is.7s0 % those under CON
placement
Ths EIEvvss gives q table showing that
the total Tonnage az the ten German
! DreadnouGht hattieshtps completed or
under consfrbc,ion N not lsS.1Ts. ~ com
puted by the ofticial publications of the
british Navy League. but 3oe, 600. an in
crpase Of 27.722 tons. more than equal to
ono ship ~ tho latest tyne.
Russials scheme for The resurrectlon
than In practice. Il progressss % slowly
indeed that the Dreadnoughts nov being
built In Russian yards are threatened
with obsolescsncs before they are launched
owing 60 the lack Of facilities for the turn
ing out Of homo built battleships.
n. stolypin. the Premier. gave assur-
ances that the four rejected home built
Dreadnoughts would he covnpletcd within
four years II nows seetns that even
this literal period will be exceeded. and
before any date for the completion Of
the ships can be fixed 10 will he necessary
first 90 equip the yards and factories
which have been entrusted with their
construction. This fact. which has caused
somsthing Of . scandal. Wa revealed
by Vice. Admiral Toysvodsky. tho Russian
Minister OF Marine. Who has asked tho
Duna 90 vote some $500 90 for the
euuipmsnt Of the Obukhon. lzhorsk
and Admiralty Works 30 a. to make IL