Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-19

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Icy > British Naval Expert in the ~
Illustrated London News.1
Z War by sea. OF which this nation
has had no experience for a hundred
years, has come: and with it the put
ting to the final test of those novel and
ingenious appliances which have been
provided for the destruction OF men
and material afioat. II. is true that the
last tine our fleet had any very ser.-
sous work to do was in 1S54-5, when we
we're at war with Russia At that time
however, our ships had not to engage
the ships of the enemy. for these lock.
ed themselves up In ports, and II was
shown that the battleships Of the pc
Rod were united to cope with the
Qualifications against which they were
pitted at the bonlbardment of Sebas-
topol.
Since the great war which closed
in 1915, feet actions have been fought
by the ships OF nations other than
Great Britain. Italy and Austria at
LISA, China and Japan at the Yalu,
the United States and SPAN at Santi-
ago, and other nations In less famous
engagements, have all tried their fleets
in actual conflict against each other.
But the most important naval battle
since Trafalgar of course, is that
which was fought in the Tsushima
Straits. to the south Of the Sea of
Japan, at the end of May, 1905. when
the Japanese feet under Admiral Togo
gained victory over the Russian fleet
under Admiral Rozhdestyensky.
Though only nine years have elapsed
since that celebrated battle. the ma
.2ies of the world, and especially those
bf the great sea powers, have under
gone material change. With rapid
fly which Is really startling, progress
has developed on every hand, improv-
ing existing weapons and adding many
new ones, until the naval armoTies OF
the world today present striking con-
.tfasts to those Of a decade ago,
since Tsushima the aDreadnou ght, ],
4. q s,,,,,e info heinz The advent Of
All. sSodb.n,al,ing vessel. has led to
"a anor,oo,,,e, increase in the strength
- inSivid,ai ehsns THE feeling of
sfsrsled enrnriep with which her adj
s ,,.'rI 'thrilled The naval world about
sirht wears aeoa will Be remembered.
Instead 9of only four heavy guns. she
wai f,ffad with ten. Her speed was in
creased from 1912 to 81 knots. Tur-
bines replaced reciprocating engines
for her propelling machinery. Two
inches were added to the thickness OF
her main armor oelt amidshius as COM
pared with her predecessors of the
King Edward type. lnternal protec-
ton to minimize the Risks of under
water explosion was provided for TO
larger extent than ever before. In q
word, nothing was left undone to
make this vessel, to quote the words
az the admiralty to the Canadian gov
arnnlent "she largest and strongest
sfiu Of war which science can build
or money supply" But time and prog
ress never stand still; and since the
Dreadnought appeared further develop
ment has taken place Succeeding YES.
sells Of the heaviest displacement have
been given ornaments of increased
size and power, and the ships them
selves have undergone changes affect.
ing all their offensive and defensive
powers, until today it is found that
the latest effective battleship in COM
mission shows as great an advance
upon the Dreadnought as that ship did
over her predecessors
= .h,s art,c,e which II is intended
.h - s bs merely Introductory to a Sc.
ris :. dsscribinr IA detail the new appli-
800 ~ 49, - nav rays, warfare : summary
1913 e.s.. s Given If the changes in the
o ,n,.,nn = ri II shins and the causes
~ JIi have brourht them about. TAX
ing the battleship first, the latest ves-
sells of this type in every large navy
not only show an increase in the num-
Der Of guns carried, but in the size and
power of the weapons themselves
there has been continued and consist.
emit advance, and the methods OF
mounting and using them have con-
siderably improved. The heaviest guns
used AT Tsushfma were 12-inch. firing