The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-06
.NGLAND'S NAVY STILL MORE THAN
 SHE OF KAlSFR'S

The great naval battle recent ily between che German and Brit [ ish fleets has caused @ considerable amount of speculation as to the pres ent relative size and lighting strength ! of the two nayies. Granting the claims of tho British that the Ger mans lost two batlleshipsr the West fallen was oue, and two dreadnaught battle cruisers, and that the British lost three great hattie cruisers and that the Marlborough, the strongest ship Great Britain had at the out break of war. was disabled, there ! are now 19 ships of the dreadnaught class or better In the German navy fit for service md SS In the British navy In addition, the British have 27 battleships Of from 14,9O0 to l7- GOO tons, smaller than the Dread naught but larger than tho next lar gest ship of the German navy. The preponderance Of the British navy Is. maintained in the smaller bahe- ships and cruisers, armored ond oth' erwise.
 The following list of British ships does not include the Audacious, list ed by Whitaker's as still among the British fighting craft, but not includ- ed in the American lists of foreign battleships. In incudes the Lord Nel' son. reported as lost at the Dardan- elles but repaired and in commission and the Queen Elizabeth, damaged at the Dardanelles and repaired,
 The erltlsh List
 The British list of fighting ships and tonnage follows;
 leships-Renown, Repulse, and ' Resistance. superdreadnaughts' 1916 class. 2S.OOO tons; Royal Oak. Reso- lution. Revenge, Families, and Roy. al Sovereign. superdreadnughts, 1916 class. completed In 1915. 15750 tons; Malaga. Warspite, Valiant, Barnham, Queen Elizabeth. superdreadnaughts, 1915 class, 2I50O tons; Iron Duke, Emperor Of India, Benbok, (Whita' ker's includes the Audacious in this class). superdreadnaughts, 1914 class. 25.O0O tons; King George, Centurian Ajax, superdreadnaughts, 1913 class 2S,5O0 tons; Conquerer, Monarch, Or. ion Thunderer, superdreadnaughts, 1912 class, 22,COO tons; Hercules, Col osus. Neptune. dreadnsughts, 1911 class. 10000 tons; st. Vincent Col llingwood Vanguard. dreadnaughts, 1910 class, 19.5OO tons; Bellerophone, Temerarre, (Whltakers incudes the Supurb in this class); dreadnoughts 1910 class Dreadnought, 1906, type ship. 17,9OO tons; Lord Nelson (Whit- aker's also includes Agamemnon in this class) 1908 class, 16,50O tons.
 To this list might be added the Hi. bernia, Brittania, Africa, Zealandia King Edward VII. Dominion, Com monwealth. Hindustan. 16,250 tons; Queen. Prince of Wales, Implacable, Venerable, London (Whitaker's in- cludes the Formidable and Irresista. lble in this list) 1904 class, 15,0O0 tons; Magnificent, Prince George, Victorious. Caesar, Hannibal. Illus. lFAQuSt auplLHlr AtaAes NV AAbe4NNA 70 an cludes the Majestic in this class) l4- 900 tons; Cornwalis, EXmouth, Rus sell. Albemarle, Duncan, 14OOO tons; Canopus, Glory, Albion. Vengeance, | CWhitaker's includes the Ocean and Goliath l3,OOO tons; SwIftsre CWhit- aker's includes the Triumph 12.OOo tons
 Battle Cruisers
 Tiger. 2S,OOO tons eLion. Princess Royal. 26,S5O tons; Australia, New Zealand. 1S.SO0 tons; Innexible, In. domitable. 175OO tons.
 ! Armored crthsers carrying heavy guns and classed as fighting ships, built in the present century, number about S5.
 GERMAN FLEET
 The German battle fleet at the be. ] ginning of the present year, ellmin- ating the vessels that were lost last week. is listed as follows:
 Ersatz Worth. TT Ersatz Kaser Friedrich IL. Marlsyraf. 2S,OO0 tons; l Grosser Kurfurst. Konig. Kronprin2, 25.575 tons. Ersatz Hertha, Derflin. ger. 26,OO0 tons; Seydlitz, (damaged)