Arizona republican., 1918-11-19
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position = Gigantic Sur
render Is Unparalleled In
History

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-There was
no announcement here today regarding
the delivery of the fleet of battleships,
battle cruisers and light cruisers, which
Germany was required under the terms
Of the armistice to surrender today to
the associated nations. Nor was there
any information as to the names of the
ports at which the vessels were to be
interned.
There was much speculation as to the
final disposition of the ships. but in the
absence of any official information,
many officers thought this matter
would be left until the peace confer
ence meets. The armistice provided
that the vessels were to be disarmed
before they left Germany and that they
were to be interned at neutral or allied
ports, as the associated governments
might direct, with only care takers on
board
Publication of the names of the bat
tleships and cruisers which were desig-
mated by the associated governments
for delivery reveals that Germany is
stripped of at least half of the fleet of
dreadnaughts which it had in commits
sion or building, when the war began,
and of practically all of its battle cruis-
ers.
Formidable List
The dreadnaughts KronprinZ Will
helm. Grosser Kurfuerst, Markgraf
and KONG are of the same type, each
$50 feet long and of $4,000 tons. They
were designed for a speed of % knots
and had just been completed when the
war broke out. They were armed with
10 12-inch and IA 5.9-inch guns.
The PrinZ Regent Luitpold, Konig AL
bert, Kaiserin, Kaiser and Friedrich der
Crosse were completed in 1913, and were
564 feet long, with a speed of q knots
an hour and of $4,000 tons. They also
carried ten 12-inch guns each and IA
5.9-inch rifles.
Available naval records here do not
| show a battleship Bayern, but it is re-
garded as possible that this is one of
the three new dreadnaughts completed
since the war started. These were au-
thorized in 1913 and 1914 and were to
have been of 10000 tons displacement
with eight 15-inch rifles each.
. Besides the craft delivered Germany
! had four older dreadnaughts, but their
| surrender was not required They will
| be disarmed and laid up in German
ports, however
! The Derflinger is the largest of the
battle cruisers, her displacement be-
| ing $4,000 tons and length rs feet. Her
armament consisted of eight 12-inch
rifles and her designed speed was 80
knots an hour. There is no mention of
a cruiser Hindenburg in naval records
available here, but this ship probably is
sister of the Derflinger, and originally
was named the Lutzow
Celebrated MoItke Included
The Seydlitz is a battle cruiser of
24,600 tons and carried ten 11-inch
guns. Her speed is 20 knots and she
was completed in 1913.
The battle cruiser Moltke. a sister
ship of the Goeben, was completed in
1872, and soon afterWard visited this
country as the flagship of a fleet which
| President Taft reviewed at Hampton
Roads. She then was regarded as one
Of the finest battle cruisers afloat, be-
ing SO feet long, of 22,600 tons dis
placement and 255 knots speed. She
had 10 1l-ineh rifles in her main bat.
terry.
The Won der Tam was built in 1910
and has displacement of 1890 tons
Her speed is 27.6 knots an hour and he,
armament consisted of eight l1-inch
rifles, ten 5.9-inch rifles and mant
smaller guns