The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-18
IMPOSITION Of NAVY
UNCERTAIN QUANTITY

washington, Nov. 1T.-There viii be
f@NMfpfising lot of junk in the Ger
~ navy now being turned over TO
S6o sa1lfes and America under the
5kxumfetfce terms
Az HhSs 9Aat It is explained by navy Of
Ezr41A39 hard, is due TO the German pol
s1w which for the past TWO years. has
Ennnded excellent upkesp of the best
k<1n0 only and concentration of con-
SDG&jon on submarines and aero
#Snnnan In both of the latter catego~
S616n they fell far behind the allies and
80 United States.
oRlciais here say that there is no
HA0Nantory here OF the ships that are to
Eosnop out and surrender to the allies,
<46oys say that hattleship construction
Nth two or three exceptions was laid
ENn3de and that the formidable twenty
EayGar progressive program was ahan-
s9ned after the Jutland fight. The bat
&kae nset including the battle cruisers
Nker4 kept In dock
&NsIt Ii anticipated that Of the seventy
E26ur Warships spoken Of in dispatches,
ekhe majority will be In poor repair.
a The last valuable records of Ger
X4hnys baftleships and battle cruiser
Sr4rAn4th showed She had thirteen
built and seven building
I'D Of ordinary battleships twenty:
&&anr battle cruisers built and four
HUWlIWlnK. oG TIE GTtG8EfduGHiS SpNE
SSSvere Of only $1,000 tons. the rest
tx4so0B to e4yGpo tons. OF the ships she
1k&ended TO build four were Of only
&N4. 900 tons. in round numbers. and the
SD&hers 2s,5oo tons each.
Twenty Battlcships.
The twenty so-caIled battIeships,
varied In tonnage from 1924 tons
1891 tons,
Germanys armored cruisers were
Tine In number carrying from 1880
&1 $1,000 tons burden. Every
and second line battle
sS6ip OF the United States WAS superior.
E6tp 10 ship, TO the warships Of Ger
1any.
hi The officials believe that instead Of
s1venty- four ships OF the great rght-
EnG classes, Germany will turn over
90&Out ffty-one 10 include dread
snn9hts. battleships, battle cruisers,
&&A4 N armored cruisers. The large
E40Ht6@r of light cruisers torpedo de-
N4kteyers and submarines and mine
NOWeepers Will figure in the final
ndtt. but officials here understand
2114o navy to mean the fighting craft
above enumerated. II is esti-
xted also that the mum Der of sailors
#shO will be out OF a job will totaI
snee.o0o
OF the dreadnauGht type, the last
S4ocords show-~the Nassau, Is. 600 tons
@nrmanent. twelve lt-inch guns, speed
Nm knots. The Wesfalen. Posen and
Mainland OF the same type and
The Ost Freisiand, the
E1sAlgcland, the Thuringen. the olden-
Nrx OF 22.435 tons ay fa8lsaefit
e19ive I2-incn guns and -, s35 dis
11Acement. The Kaiser. the Friedrich
for Crosse. the Kaiserin, the Prince
$eogent Luiipold and the koeuie
Hart. of 24.3o6 tons burden. The
xanament of each being ten l2-irch
ms and speed of eos knots. Nc
ctAls here appears 10 know how
1Dony OF this type of dreadnaughts
4fmany had building. but il is said
~ only two were completed.
~ names Of the ships to be built
1Eo the Crosse kuerturst. the Mark
the Koenig. the Kronprfnz, the
Rrantzworih and the Era Is
k3Adrich. III Thess. however. were
= hAve the very powerful armament
I'm 2-inch and eight l5-lnch guns
~ Armament of these was supposed
~ equal to the English Queer
: l1aheth and was intended TO offse
Ivy United States 14-inch gun arn1a'
S6at
14 u not known how many ship;
l&fnAny lost after the year endine
1amary /. 1915. Ii is certain she los
- following cruisers: Yorek, Scharn-
6rot, Gneisenau. Ariadne. Koeln
hlnx, Hela konigsburg. Emden
n1p1i9. Nurnbere Magdebure, Kaiser
lthelm der Crosse, Cap Trafalgar
ppaet and thirtytwo others. includ
Is II the Goeben The battle cruiser
q e0olau was sold 10 Turkey.