South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-18

has l0 first class baLtleshlps-th SIN
Giorsio. the san Marco the Pisa. the
Amali, the Nit1ro Emauuelo the
Regina Elena, the NapoH the Roma.
Anrzncrita. The san Giorgi0 and the
San Marco are of $3.50 tons displace-
ment with crews of $50 men. have
main batteries of -four I0-lnch and
secondary batteries of eight ..5-inch
and l8 lz-po0nder rapid fire guns.
with t--ree torpedo tubes They have
q speed Of p knots.
Second line Vessels.
The Pisa and the AmaIn are vessels
OF 10.1I6 tons. carrying complements
OF 900 men. have main batteries OF
Tour l0-Inch gums and secondary bait
ieiIes OF eight lJ-inch and MS ID
FOUNDER rapid fire guns. They also
nave three torpedo tubes and were de-
signed FOR speed or - - knots
Next come the NItJnrio Emanuele.
the Ec9iua Elena, the NapoH and the
Roma. vessels of fairly modern con
structiou whose armament is too light
Tor them 20 be classed as battieships
OF the first line. OF 10000 tons dis
placement and carrying crews of goo
men each. With "a speed of Il knots.
thcT have but TWO 12-inCh guns each.
with secondary batteries of u eight
inch and "A l2-pounder rapid fire
guns
The Benedetto Brin and the Regina
Mars Inertia are of-an older class.
Ihey were launched i'm 1901 are of
1900 tons displacement. carry crews
or 40 men and have a speed of Is
knots. They have main batteries of
four l2-inch guns and secondary bat
terlos of four eight-inch. II siX-inch
and 20 12-pounders.
Besides the above named vessels
there are several second class battle
ships whose inferior speed and arGa-
ment rclegate them 10 the rank Of
coast defense vessels They are tho
giuseppe Garibaidi, the Narese. and
the Francesca Ferruccio carrying
each one 10-inch and two efght-inch
guns in their main batteries. and the
Ammiraglio di st. Bon and the Eman-
uele Hitherto. with four 1o-inch and
eight siX-inch guns i'm their main hat
terles. The first three are designed
for speed of 20 knots and the other
two 8 knots The other heavy ar
mored vessels, the Carlo Alberto. the
NettOr Pisani, the Marco Polo. the
Stella. the Re Umberto. the Sardeena
and the DandOlo, are of antiquated
design.
The Italian Scout Cruisers.
The italian navy boasts three fast
scout cruisers, the Marsala. the Nino
BlNlo and the QuartO, OF approximate
~ 3.4O0 tons displacement armed
each with six 4.7-inch and six three
inch guns and carrying two torpedo
tubes above water. The first two use
mixture of coal and oil fuel and the
l2@f named uses oil only. Shey are of
-nots speed and are on a par with
the fast scout cruisers of the British
and German nayies which have proved
themselves TO be of such good value
in the present struggle
The Lydia, formerly the Turkish
cruiser Drama, of $500 tons, is the
only modern Italian protected cruiser.
she carries two siX-inch and eight
f.I-inch suns and has two torpedo
tubes. Her speed is p knots.
The Italian navy is very well pro-
Nided with desUOyers, having 35 in
commission and is in course of con-
strucuOn. all fast vessels OF modern
type. Sixty sea-going torpedo boats
also are in commission. There are = .
submarines, of which all but six are of
modern type. Sixteen are OF the
heaviest and fastest type
In course of construction the Italian
navy has four superdreadnaush
which, however cannot be completed
in less than year. even If work on
them is huI.te}. These vessels. which
were laid clown last year, are the q.
Colombo, the 81. Colonna, the T.. Mo-
Tosini and the CarTaCciolC. Here the
Italian constructors bdVe discarded
the triple moLDt, the main batteries
being eight l5-inCh guns, mounted IN
four cente, line turrets, the inside two
firing over thc outer two The sec
0ndary batteries Will be 10 six inch
and 20 three-inch rauid ire guns.
These vessels are designed for a speed
of % knots.
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