The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-06-23
naval REVIEW
At SP|THEAD.
That on June "a viii Be the
Largest Ever Held.
HONOR FOR AMERICAN FLAG.

The Delaware, Representing the United
States, Will Be the Most Powerful
Unit Present Ten Dreadnoughts
Will Be In Line.
The great naval review by King
George at Spithead on June "a, two
days after the coronation, will see
gathered together In full commission
the largest number Of vessels OF the
Dreadnought class ever assembled.
Most of them. of course, will be units
of the British navy, but the United
States navy will be represented by the
most powerful and up to date battle
ship participating in the review. the
Delaware. which is considered in ma
val circles to typify the latest ideas of
battleship construction. The system
adopted in her case Of placing the five
turrets in a single line is being fol
lowed in all the new battleships of the
British feet now under construction.
There are to be no fewer than ten
battleships of the Dreadnought class
brought into line ON the review day.
These are the Colossus. the Hercules.
the Neptune. the St Vincent. the Col
| lingwood. the Vanguard, the Bellero-
phon, the Temeraire, the Superb and
| the Dreadnought. TO these will be
added four cruisers of the Invincible
class-the Indefatigable. the Invinci-
| BILE, the Inflexibie and the Indomitable.
Germany's Dreadnought.
Germany is the only other nation to
| send Dreadnought This will be the
Won der Tam, which recently under
| took a lengthy cruise to the ports of
South America and is declared to be
the fastest warship in the world
| The other foreign naval powers are
sending vessels of the pre-Dreadnought
class, although in some instances they
are of quite recent construction. France
will be represented by the Danton.
Japan by the armored cruiser KuTa-
ma, Austria by the Radetzky, Italy by
the armored cruiser San Marco, Rus
sia by the armored cruiser Rossia,
Spain by the cruiser Reina Regente,
Argentina by the cruiser Buenos Aires,
Chile by the cruiser Chacabuco, Swe-
den by the armored cruiser Fylgia,
Turkey by the cruiser Hamidieh and
China by the cruiser Hai-Chi.
Denmark, Holland and Norway are
to be represented by small coast de-
tense vessels. and the list OF visiting
ships will be still further increased by
the presence of secondary representa-
tives from Japan. Italy and Chile.
| Covers Eighteen Square Miles.
All the vessels at the review, includ-
ing foreign warships and passenger
ships with spectators, will be moored
in lines, supplemented by shorter lines
for the torpedo boats and submarines.
The boundaries of the review ground
as arranged by the admiralty inclose
an area of about eighteen square miles.
There will be 10 British war vessels
Of various types present.
The king and queen will pass through
the lines on board the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, which will be ac-
companied by two other royal yachts
the Alexandra and the Alberta. On
their first passage their majesties will
have on one side the representative
vessels of the foreign powers and on
the other some of the finest ships OF
the British navy.
AS the royal yacht approaches each
vessel in the line salute will be fred
and at the same time the shore bat
teries will Join In the greeting.