The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-24
Americas Twenty Thousand
Ton Dreadnaught Was the
Center of Interest in Coro-
nation Naval Review.
ALL NAVAL POWERS
WERE REPRESENTED
International Fleet Occupied
Eight Square Miles of An
chorage- Was Inspected
by King George.
National News Association)

(National News ASsociauoh)
Portsmouth, England. June 24.-Cor-
onation week was brought to a bril-
liant and spectacular close today
with the great naval review in the So
lent. where forty-eight miles OF war
ships were reviewed by King George
and Queen Mary and by invited repre-
sentatives of the naval powers Of the
world. The review not only provided
q deeply impressive spectacle. but 1t
afforded abundant material for form
ing an adequate idea Of the vast ex-
tent of Great Britain's sea power.
Anchored In six main columns, with
smaller craft in hanking lines. every
ship dressed and newly painted. the
feet presented a magnificent specta-
Gle as the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert. bearing their maiesties. es-
corted by two other royal yachts. the
Alexandra and the Alberta, and by
several ocean liners carrying the royal
guests. the colonial representatives
and members OF parliament passed
through the lane OF ships.
Eight Square Miles.
The feet occupied eight square
miles Of anchorage between the Isle
Of Wight and the mainland and be-
tween the entrance to Portsmouth har-
Dor and the Bramble Bank The Brit
ish vessels were assembled in five
long main lines. the foreign vessels
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. Neptune, st. Vincent
Wales. Victoria. Africa. Dominion,
Agamemnon, New Zealand. King Ed
ward VII. Superb and Lord Nelson.
The armored cruisers numbered
twenty-five and included such modern
and formidable fighting machines as
the Indomitablc. lnflexible. lndefatiga-
bic. Defence and Invincible. In addi.
tion to the armored cruisers there
were nine protected cruisers. The re-
mainder OF the great fleet comprised
seventy dcstroyers. twelve torpedo
boats. eight submarines and num-
ber Of supply ships and other auxil.
iary craft
Flying the Stars and Stripes the
giant battleship Delaware Of the I'm.
tied States navy stood out. conspicu-
ously among the foreign warships The
Delaware. OF 10000 tons displacement.
was the heaviest ship Of the entire
feet, 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 ltal-
ian cruiser San Marco. The other for
eign warships included the Reina Re-
gente. from Spain: the Buenos Ayres
from Argcntina: the Chacabuco from
Chile; the Hamidieh from Turkey; the
Tylgia from Sweden: the Rossiya
from Russia: the Hai-chi, from China;
the Giorgios Averoff. from Greece; the
Eidsvold. from Norway. and the Jacob
van Heemskerck. from Holland.
The progress OF the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert along the lines oc-
cupied several hours All the while
the ships kept up roar OF salutes.
The ships sides were manned with
Bailors at attention. the quarterdecks
were thronged with oficers and mar
inc guards. relocated bands played
'God Save the King." while "bo'sun's"
whistles piped out the order OF the
day.
Receives Admirais.
After the Victoria and Albert had
made It's tour OF the anchored lines IL
took Its station near the ST. Vincent.
Collingwood and other vessels COM
prising the irst battle squadron. Ad-
miral Togo. Japan's great naval fight.
Admiral Vreeland. representing I. .
United States navy. togethe, with 9TH
er foreign naval officers and also the
nag and commanding officers of the
British fleet paid their respects TO the
sailor king. who received formally on
the quarterback Of the royal yacht. As
the officers. In full dress uniform and
attended by the members Of thei:
STATS. came over the side OF the yacht
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