Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-25

badly damaged condition and Il wa
dangerous for the big British battle
cruisers 10 follow.
The iact that only eleven men were
wounded aboafd the LION, which he'd
the line. indicates that tie British cns-
naifiaa wnra lirbt II is possible that
mare cf ina Hluechef's crew were
pteked np ~ the british destroyers.
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All the vcfaels named ~ the Brit
lsh official tprese bufcAu ae having
taken part IA the naval engagement,
except mo Hlnecher are bAttle ernis-
hrs. al heavily armed ana capable %
rreat speed
The Blurcher. which WIS sunk, was
az nfinord crnlscr fsa feet long and
displaced l6.bba tons. Her compile
inent VAS Sc Officers and men. She
WAS bullt ~ Kiel IN 1905 ~ O cost Of
sc,s0o.o00. Her speed WAS a little
more fhan twenty .sie knots mn honr.
The Illhcch,f carried twelve ~ inch
guns and sistoal 2tpounders. She
was Alao cdcipped with three torpedo
tubes.
The Derfilngcr Is a 2s.0O0-ton ship
which was completed July ia OF last
year. She a armed with eight i2-
inch ana fNeivc e@inch guns and
twelve gi-ponndcrs and has in nddi-
ilon five torpedo tubes, There Is no
record available FOR her speed.
The seydIiiz h somewhat smaller
than The DerfIinger. her displacement
being 2s,0d0 tons. Sho carries ten !
lf-inch guns. twelve e-inch guns,
twelve ea-pounders and four ~
FOUNDER hDti-aerial guns. She has four
torpedo tubes. She ~ Also new
heat having been completed In May,
1914 Her speed IL about twenty-slx
knots. although IN her time trials she
made iweniy-nine knots.
The Molike IL a 2s.00O-ton bont aud
has a speed OF about twenty.soven
knots She Ia a sister ship 30 the ia
minus cruiser Cioeben, which once be-
lonped 70 Germany but which now
files the Turkish flag. The Moiikc
has the Same gun power be the scyd-
iliz, except that she II not equipped
with nnti-ncrial rlflos.
The I4ion. which was In the van OF
the fighting and The Princess Royal
are sister ships Of 30sis tons and
cieh cnrfica a complement OF 1000
officers and men. They are ESQ feet
long and have speed OF about TWEEN
ty.eight knots. although In Their time
trials the LION bettered thlrty-one .
knots and the Princess Royal thirty
two. The vessels ARE armed with
eight s.5Iinch ana sixteen 4-inch I
guns and three torpedo tubes. The I
Lion was built In 1910 and the Prln- q
cess Royal tho following year. !
II was reported al The time that
The Lion was IN the naval engagement :
VI Falkland island IN which a Brit
|sh aquadronsunder Rear Admiral Sir
Frederick sturdse sank the German :
ntuiscfs Hcharnhorst. Gneisenau, =
Nurnberg and Leipzig. {
The Tiger IL a 27.000-ton ship and
was built In 1913 Her armament, u
however. II the same AS that OF the r
Lion and Princess Royal Available y
laval records do not give her speed, y
,ut that Of her sister ship, the Queen
Mary. " recorded as thirty-thrce ?
tnofa y
The New Zealand is twenty-alx- =
mot ship. She was built In 1911 and 2
) armed With eight iz-lnch and six !.
cen ttinch guns and three torpedo !,
uben.
A trifle lighter In tonnage. but oar- Y
wing the same armament as tho New I
Zealand. II tho lndoinitable. which !
vas built Ii 1897 and has 4 speed Of !
wentyAsisht knots T"
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, who 2
gas IN command Of the British forces :
n this tight also commanded the 4
.atiie battle cruiser IN the engagement '
III Heligoland on August rs, last, IN
Fhieh three German light cruisers
nd two German torpedo boat de-
tfoyers We're sunk. The cruisers
Vere the Mainz. Ariadne and Koeln.
I a.