Arizona republican., 1916-06-03

Continued from Page One) able were both British battle cruisers of 27,OOO and 1S.OOO tons displacement respectively The Queen Mary was , 720 feet, S7 feet beam and drew 30 / feet of water. The Queen Mary was completed in 1913. She carried eight 13.5 inch guns, sixteen 4 inch guns and was equipped with three 21 inch torpedo tubes.
 The Indegatigable was 57S feet long. 79l2 feet beam, and 27& feet deep. This battle cruiser was equipped with eight F inch guns, sixteen inch guns and had three 2l torpedo tubes. The Queen Mary and the Indefatigable carried complements Of 9C6 and $50. The Queen Mary cost l about $10,000,000 while the Indefatig- able cost nearly $8,000,000. The Brit l ish dreadnaught Marlborough, said to have been struck by a torpedo was of tie Iron Duke class She was built in Liverpool in 1914, displaced 25, 900
 tons, and was 620 feet long and 95h
 feet beam. She was equipped with
 four submerged torpedo tubes.
 The German battleship Pommern
 which was sunk by a British torpe-
 do displaced 12,997 tons. She was 398
 feet long, 72 feet beam and 25 feet
 deep. The Pommern was built in
 1907 at a cost of about $6.000,000. She
 carried 729 officers ard men. Her
 armament consisted of four II inch
 guns fourteen e. inch guns, num-
 Iz. 1c z T
 six 17.7 inch torpedo tubes.
 The Frauenloab, which did not re-
 turn to the German base after the naval engagement, was a small Ger
 man cruiser displacing 2,715 tons.
 The Invincible was laid down ir
 1907. She displaced 17,250 tons, was 562 feet long over all, ES feet bean 5 and 2e feet deep. Her normal com. { plcment was 73l. She was armed ? with eight F inch guns, sixteen 7 inch guns and three torpedo tubes
 The Invincible took part in the maya 2 engagement off the Falkland Island l in December 1914, in which the Ger | man Pacific squadron after defeatin e British squadron off the Chilean : coast, was destroyed.
 The Defiance was built in 1907. He . displacement was 14,6OO tons, and sh !. ordinarily carried 755 men. Ht u length was 525 feet, her. beam "A fe, 4 and her maximum draught 28 fee u She was armed with four 9.2 inch ar n ten 7.5 inch guns, sixteen F pounder = and five torpedo tubes.
 70 Tie Black Prince was built in 190 II displacement 13,000 tons ard carrie
 704 men. She was 480 feet long an l. 73 feet heam. Her armament w. l. six 9,2 and ten 6 inch guns, twent l. pounds and three torpedo tubes. -e The WarriCr. which was disable 70 displaced 1S 66O tons and is 4S0 fe it long. Her complement is 704. Sl l- carries six 9.2 irch and four 7.5 int l. guns. twenty four , pounders ar nt three torpedo tubes.
 ne Previous to this battle Great Brita Vs had lost during the course of the W $. ten hattleships, eleven cruisers al no various smaller craft.
 V Germany had lost eighteen cruiser
 nineteen auxiliary cruisers, chief ol converted messenger liners and nur S erouS smaller vessels.
 UT Sirce the beginning of the W '" British cruisers and destroyerS Ina 70 patrolled during day and night { - approaches 10 the German fleets la 70 in the bay formed by the mouths
 the F.lhc and the Weser. protected
 the mighty Qualifications of W
 helmshayen on the south: on north by the supposedly impregna It. defenses of the 1<iel canal and gpal oh ed by the outlying Island of Hels Ire land. Until tho engagement that l it. just occurred. however. no Germ he fleet 1as put forsh in force to nee for sitate the giving If alarm to
 British main fleet