The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-13
DEsTROYERs AND SUBMARINES
HE DAYS BEsT CARTOONS
by HERBERT TEMPLE.

LONDON. October 4.-Since the great
european war started there has been q
great deal published about the relative
strength Of the various armies In the
field, the nayies of the backgrounds
and the available resources, both In
men and money. of tho warning powers.
but little has been said about the tor
pedo craft and submarines of the con :
ficting nations.
In the war SO far a considerable part
has been played by torpedo boats. tor
pedo-boat destroyers and submarines.
German submarine sent British
cruiser to the bottom OF the North
Sea with most OF her men. A British
submarine sunk a German cruiser. the
Hela. Torpedo boat destroyers played
a largo part in the naval engagement
or Holgoland.
The following summary of British
destroyer programs for 1906 and sue
ceeding years Will convey an idea Of
her strength In modern "oceaa-going"
vessels:
1so5-6-Five boats, $50 to ss5 tons.
Speed. SO knots; armament. five ~
FOUNDERS and two torpedo tubes.
1t06-7-Two boats, $40 to $50 tons; SO
knots; two 4-inch guns and two tor
pedo tubes.
1aO7-s-Flve boats. 1.o27 to 1000
tons: 33 knots; two 4-inch guns and
two torpedo tubes.
laoS-s-sixteen boats, s97 to s7s tons:
81 knots; one 4Inch, three l2-pounders
and two torpedo tubes.
1ao9-1o-Twenty boats. 100 TO $50
tons; q knots: two 4-inch, two l2-
FOUNDERS and two torpedo tubes.
19lo-1I--Twenty-thr boats, 7t5 to
$40 tons; 27 to 80 knots: guns as for
mer.
.12-Twenty boats. oos to ss4
tons; 20 to 81 knots; three 4-inch. one
machine gun and two tubes.
1312-13-Twenty boats. 965 tons; 30
knots; three 4-inch. one machine gun
and two double torpedo tubes.
The above III boats are all In Scr
vice. with the exception OF two of tho
l9l2-l3 program, which arc being hur-
ried forward. as are also the sixteen
boats provided for in 1919 All of
them are turbine driven. and, with the
exception Of the 1908 boats burn oil
fuel exclusively. The coal burners of
1905 form the Mediterranean fotilla,
and Of the remainder the first twelve
are in the second fleet, while tho 1909
boats form the second iotilla, the 1910
boats the first fotilla, the 1911 boats
the fourth hotilla, and the 1912 boats
the third fiotllla, all being attached
to the first fleet and in full commission
In addition to these they have thir-
(namcd after rivers), which were pro-
vided for between 1901 and 1908. They
displnce from $40 to $50 tons and steam
25 LIZ knots. their armament consist
ing OF four 12-pounders and two tor
pedo tubes Finally. there are seventy
older craft. launched between 1894 and
1902, averaging about $50 tons and
steaming 80 knots when they were
built Progress in the interval has rem
dered them rather unit for modern tor
pedo craft work, but they are still ex-
ceedingly useful for coastal work. and
form, with the river class boats. the
patrol hotillas. of the second fleet
Besides these destroyers, we have
thirty-six modern torpedo boats
Launched 1eo6-9), which were designed
especially for coastal work. They dis
place 244 to 30s tons. carry two H.
FOUNDERS and three torpedo tubes, and
steam 26 knots with turbines and oil
fuel.
Germany has never admitted the me-
cessity for the destroyer" as the Eng
iish know 1t, and her vessels, classed
as such in British publications, are
merely large torpedo boats" in Ger