The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-30
NANIES OF WARRING NATIONS
turkey and Balkan Allies Have E,v
Sea Fighters.

Two cruisers, four torpedo cruisers
and one gun vessel, besides other ves-
sells OF which three transports lately
purchased from the North German
Lloyd Company are especially worth
mention.
TWO battleships, the Kheyr-ed-
DIN Barbarossa and the Turgute Refs,
were bought from Germany, and were
formerly known as the Kurfurst
Friedrich Wilhelm and the Weissen-
burg. They are each Of $500 tons.
and were launchd in 1891. They are
undoubtedly efficient vessels.
The Turkish Government paid s4-
100000 for them, and each carries six
12-inch guns, eight 4.1-inch guns. and
eight 3.4-inch guns with four ma
chine guns. In addition they are fit
ted with three torpedo tubes each, and
their speed is II knots. Their armor-
ed belts are 15 inches thick, and their
decks are protected with 1-2 inches
of armor.
The third battleship, the Mes
soudieh, is about the same size, but
much older. She was launched on
the Thames in 1874 and has two go
guns, IL six-inch guns, IA three-inch
guns. and several weapons of small
calibre. Her speed is theoretically 17.5
Knots and she has an armored belt
IL inches thick and one-inch plates. .
on her deck.
The ruiser-battleship, the Assar-i-
Tewfik, is still older, as she was
launched in 1868, though like the
M Messoudieh, she has been renovated.
Her armament consists of three So
inch guns, seven 4.7-inch guns, and
six six-pounderS. She has a nominal
speed of 13 knots and a displace-
ment of 4,613 tons.
OF the two cruisers, the Abdul
Hamid, which has lately been re-
armed with Armstrong guns, was
built in England and was launched in
1903. She is of $500 tons, and has
a speed Of 22.2 knots. Her armament
consists of two 6-inch guns, eight A.
inch guns, and smaller weapons. The
Medjidich, built at Philadelphia and
launched in 1903, is a little smaller
than the Abdul Hamid, having
displacement of 3,432 tons. Her
speed is 22.2 knots and her arma-
ment is similar to that Of the Abdul
Hamid.
Greece possesses only one modern
vessel, an armored cruiser, Giorgos
Averoff, built at Leghorn in 1910.
She has displacement of 1856 tons,
and an armor belt varying from to
1-2 inches in thickness, with 1 ga
inch plates on her deck. Her speed
is "A knots, and she is armed with
four S.2-inch guns, eight 7.5-inch
guns, 16 3-inch guns, and three SUBJ.
merged torpedo tubes.
The three battleships of Greece, the
Hydra, Psara, and Spetsai, are small
and old. Built in France in 1889 and
1900, they are of only 4,SOs tons each,
With nominal speed of II knots.
Their armor varies from IL S-4 inches
to 4 inches in thickness, and their
deck protection is 1-2 inches. Their.
principal armament consists of three
lO-6-inch Canet guns, five 5.9-inch
guns, and other smaller guns each.
They each have three torpedo tubes.
In addition Greece has three gun
vessels of British manufacture, dat
ing from 1884. They are the Acheloos.
Alphios, and Erortas. Their displace-
ment is only 42O tons and their
speed 10 knots. Their sole armament
consists of two 81 Krupp guns and
three machine guns each. Then there
is a corvette, the Sfaktirea, which was
built in England in 1885 and has a.
displacement of 1000 tons She. like
the gun vessels. is unarmored and
has a speed Of 14.5 knots. Her arma-
ment is two 3.9 Krupp guns and two
machine guns.
Roumania has a single protected
cruiser, the Elizabeth, built in 1887
III England. Her displacement is l.
$40 tons. She is armed with four So
inch guns, four quick-firing guns, two
machine guns, and four torpedo tubes.
Eoumania has a composite gunboat.
the Mircea, of 60 tons, and the
Grivitza, of 110 tons; two gunboats
OF 45 tons, and three first-class tor
pedo boats. For service on the Dam
ube she has four small gunboats and
other vessels of trifling fighting value.
The Bulgarian Navy consists of IL
ST ol mnrS Of small cizn of ,.linl, ..,o i..