The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-27

dve battleships and a cruiser squadron
Of three vessels; also q light cruiser
squndron of four vessels.
The third home feet has also two
battle squadrons. known numerically
as the seventh and eighth. The
seventh battle squadron consists OF
eight battleships. one attached cruiser
und cruiser squadron OF seven yes
sells. In the eighth battle squadron
besides six battleships are Eve dis
tinct cruiser squadrons of six vessels
each.
The first home feet comprises I'm ad-
dltion to the vessels already mention
ed four distinct dotillas. each cofnprls.
ing cruiser. n depot boat and fifteen
to twenty torpedo boat destroyers.
The second home feet is accompanied
by Il mine layer squadron OF seven
ships.
Battle Cruisers.
Engiand's first home feet comprises
four vessels OF the class known as bat.
tie cruisers.
Germany and England are the only
nations in the group which have built
any battle cruisers. These are huge
cruisers of high speed and Of great Of
fensive power They are In reality
baft'eships. In which some thickness
or armor has been sacrificed in order
/ to permit the installation Of. powerful
driving machinery to obtain speed.
They might be called fast battleships.
Whnt they lack I'm armor is made up
In speed. Still. they are heavily armor-
ed. though not so heavily as are bat
tleships of the Dreadnought tyne.
England has nine and Germany four
of those hnttle cruisers.
Sqaadrons In Far Waters.
AS its name implies. the home feet
lies In home waters. The navy main
tnins patrol fiotillns to the number of
four. besides a submarine fotilla mum.
berlng forty-seven vessels. Each pa-
troll fotilla compri ,es a cruiser and
about twenty torpe 10 boat destroyers.
These vessels patrol the sens.
In the Mediterranean squadron there
are eleven cruisers. heavy and light,
and ten destroyers. The eastern
squadron III China waters comprises
six cruisers. six attached ships, ten
river gunboats aid eight destroyers.
boih the Mediterrunenn and the east.
ern squhdrons are likely TO become In.
volved in case of general European
conflict. Small squadrons, chiefly
cruisers. are maintained in Australian
waters. in the East Indies, around the
Cape Of Good Hope and off the west
coast of America.
Tho Iron Duke.
The new battleship Iron Duke, the
first OF the FIVE large ships OF he 1911.
IL program to be completed, was com.
missioned only last March for .,aty as
the fingship OF Admiral Sir Gevr:e Cal.
laghan. the commander In chief of the
home fleets.
The iron Duke Is the sister ship or
the Emperor of India. She was laid
down Jan. 10. 1912. and was over two
years in construction.
The Iron Duke and the Emperor OF
India are the first Dreadnought ships
ina the British navy to carry the six
inch gun. previous ships, with the ex-
SPN'- " eho Ao"ouS DiSauhouSut,
first OF her class. which was furnished
with twelve Founders. mounting four
inch guns.
Another unique feature OF this class
Is the provision of two twelve FOUNDER
guns on high angle mountIrcs for use
against aerial warships. 1ne training
and eievating gears Of these mount
iflgs are arranged tO narmit of lnrpa
snd rapid movements of Ale guns In
both, directions. The effective high
angle ranges is stated to be about
1.O00Isar at an angle Of not less