The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-24
One Hundred and Seventy Fly the
British Flag, Being Thanked By
Many Foreigners.
T0GA SHAKES HANDOF GEORGEv.
Admiral Vreeland, Representing
American Navy Also Given
Hearty Reception.

Portsmouth, England, June a.
Coronation week was brought to
brilliant and spectacular close today
with the great naval review in the
Solent, where forty-eight miles of
warships were reviewed by King
George and Queen Alexandria and
by invited representatives of the
naval powers Of the world The re-
view not only provided a deeply i'm
pressive spectacle, but it afforded
abundant material for forming an
adequate idea of the vast extent of
Great Britain's sea power.
Anchored in six main columns,
with smaller craft in fanking lines,
every ship dressed and newly paint
ed, the fleet presented a magnificent
spectacle as the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert, bearing their Majesties,
escorted by two other royal yachts,
the Alexandria and the Alberta, and
by several ocean liners carrying the
royal guests, the Colonial representa-
tives and members Of parliament
passed through the lane of ships.
Occupy Eight Square Miles.
The fleet occupied eight square
miles Of anchorage between the Isle
of XN,;r bo ;,,1o 1o
tween the entrance to Portsmouth
harbor and the Bramble Bank. The
British vessels were assembled in
five long main lines, the foreign YES
sells forming the sixth line. One
hundred and seventy warships were
flying the British flag. Included in
the list were thirty-two battleships,
among them the dreadnaught, Nep-
tune, St. Vincent, Collingwood, For
midable, Prince of Wales, Victoria,
Victoria, Dominion, Agememnon,
New Zealand, King Edward VII,
Superb and Lord Nelson.
Twenty-Five Armored Cruisers.
The armored cruisers numbered
twenty-five and included such mod
ern and formidable fighting mach
ines as the Indomitable, Inflexible,
Indefatigable, Defence and Invinci-
BILE. In addition to the armored
cruisers there were nine protected
cruisers. The remainder of the
great fleet comprised seventy de-
stroyers, twelve torpedo boats, eight
submarines and number of supply
ships and other auxiliary craft.
U. S. Has Biggest Ship.
Flying the Stars and Strips the
giant battleship Delaware of the
United States Navy stood out con-
spiciously among the foreign war;
ships. The Delaware, of 10000
tons displacement, was the heaviest
ship of the entire fleet, either British
or foreign. The Won der Tam of
the German navy was the next
largest foreign warship in line
Next to the Delaware and the Won
der Tam, the Danton, from France;
the Radetzki, from Austria, and the
Kurama, from Japan, claimed most
attention in the foreign line. Next
in point of strength was the Italian
cruiser San Marco. The other
foreign warships included the Reina
Regente, from Spain; the Buenos
Ayres, from Argentina; the Chaca-
buco, from Chile; the Hamidieh,
from Turkey; the Fylgia, from Swed-
en-; the Rossoya, from Russia; the
Hai-chi, from China; the Giorgios
Averoff, from Greece; the Eidsvild,
from Norway, and the Jacob van
Heemskerck, from Holland.
Roar of Statutes for King.
The progress of the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert along the lines
occupied several hours. All the
while the ships kept up roar OF
salutes. The ships aides were
manned with sailors at attention
the quarterdecks were thronged with
officers and marine guards, red-coat-
ed bands played "God Save the
King" while "bo'suns'' whistles
piped out the order of the day.
After the Victoria and Albert had
made it's tour of the anchored lines
it took it's station near the St. Vim
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