Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-18
GERMAN navy BELIEVED
IN POOR FIGHTING TRIM
MCch.Vaunted High seas Fleet VIII
Be Found to Contain
Much Junk.
HAS FEW NEW DREADNoUGHTs
Germany Understood to Have De-
voted Entire Atteition to Few
Vessels at Expense OF Her Other
Warships.

WASHINGTON. November 17,-There
VIII be surprising lot Of junk in tho
German navy now being turned over
armistice terms.
This fact, 1t is explained by navy Of
n metals, here. Is due to the German policy
which for the past two years has de.
mnnded excellent upkeep OF the hest
ships only. and II concentration Of con-
IN I hotj, on suomarines and airplanes.
fell far behind the allies and the United
States.
Officials here say that there is no In
VehtorH mere OF tho ships that are to
come out and surrender to the allies.
They say that battleship construction.
s.,de , on, or n three executions. was laid
year progressive program was aband.
oned after the Jutland fight. The bat.
wore ne ten, 'no c the bntle cruisers,
IL Is anticipated that Of tho seyentv
t ,SSer ~arships spoken of in dispatches.
IN" The ma' fast |i, BE in poor repair
many.s battlcships and battle crniss,
Strength showed she had thirteen
an 5Sad II, built and seyon building.
four battle cruisers built and four huii3 !,
ing. or the Dreadnoughts. four were ~
only $4,000 tons. the rest $4,000 to a..
build. four werc OF only Is, ooo tons ; 10
round numbers. and the others. 2S'5no
ino
,neE varied In tonnage from 1854 Ton
TO 1891 tons. 'ohs
AMERICAN VESSELS
SUPERIOR TO ENEMY,s
n, nserimanys .rmored cruisers were
n a IN number. carrying from io.5eo 10
$4,000 tons burden Ever Dro,dnon tn
ana second line battleship Of the iinifsS
States was superior. ship for shin 10
me ~arShips Of Germany y"
The officials believe that ,rstos
Ei ' ships OF the great fiSh1.
a ns elaS Ss,xo Germany ,wlli turn over
thoughts. 6attieshlps battis Dread,
number Of Ugh, erusers. , phs ,"s ds
Shw T,. wili figure in the final audit
put omciais here understand tho navy
s 90 mean the fighting Graf, as abovs
the number OF sailors who will IIs Do ' nat
OF n = JOB VII total 100000.
records shows caa the Sas type tho last
sn, 20 Knots; the wesfaien. F samT;
the 6 81 ' Ffe, same bs ana
g0iand. the Thuringen. the Olde nburg.
en,s; Tie Raiser. the fried aiisRR'a der
crosse, the <aiserin. the Prince Re.
G 6een5 1 1Sd and the Koenig Albert.
speed OF 2o5 Knots. No oftic Euss here ane
'rPtar 10 Know how many OF this TYNE
or Dreadnoushts Germany had build
ing. put II is said that only two we're
completed. The names OF the ships TO
be built were the Crosse Kuerfurst.
me Markgran. the Koenig. the Kron-
nrinz. the IT.. Brantzworth ana the
Erzats Friedrich. III. These, however,
were to have the very powerful arma.
ment OF ten twelve-inch and eight M
Teen. men guns. The armament of
these was supposed to be equal 10 the
English Queen Elizabeth, and was in
tended TO onset the United States
lourtecn-inch gun armament 1t is
not known how many ships Germany
lost after the year ending January l.
1915. 1t IS certain she los, the fol-
Gneiscnau. Ariadne, Koeln. Mninz, Hela.
KontsSburg. Linden. Leipzig. Nurn-
berg, MaSdeburG, Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. Cap Trafalgar Comet and
thirty-two others. Including the Bres-
Tau The battle cruiser Goebcn was
sold to Turkey