SOME PACTS ABOUT THE BRITISH FLEET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2262, 24 October 1889, Page 2

SOME PACTS ABOUT THE BRITISH FLEET

1 The British fleet at the Splthead review - oomprhed Ihlrty-.eveu ironolads, with a , aomplemeut of 15,291 officers aad men ; ■ twenty unarmoured cruisers, manned by 6219 officers and men, aud smaller craft, and torpedo boats, making np In all 112 pennants, the total orews numbering nearly 23,000. The total ooat of the ships taking part m the review, exoluiive of armament and not Inoludlng the torpedo boats, is put down at about -819,600,000, By far the moot expensive vessel Is tha , Infl.xlble, whioh oost £951,000. while the 1 speediest is the Sharpshooter (cost £57,000) 1 oipible of doing twenty-bhe khoti per , hour. The Emperor may be pardoned If remembering onr fleets m foreign waters, he ocnsldered that England oould fairly lay olaim to the title of mistress of the isas without counting on the seventy ships to be built under the Naval Defence 'Aot of this session. What must have attaok His Majesty as he paeeed' through the lines quite as much As the great numerioal strength of the o*ot, says the oorreipon--1 dent of the "Morning Post/' waa tha advance In naval architecture which haa been made slnoe the time when tha Frenob startled the World by the Introduction of Ironolads,' This advance waa dearly demonstrated by the presedoe of representatives of the earliest and of tbe lat -st types of iron battleships. Thera was the Blaok Pslnoe, sister ship to the Warrior, the first English seagoing armor oJnd. a vessel when launohed, of entirely novel design, of unprecedented length and slaa, acd whtob, leaving out of the question fighting effiolenoy, is to this day a grand and beautiful specimen of the contractor's skill. As an evldenqe of the rapid strides made In weapons of destruction/ It may be added that a quarter of a century ago the 4£m armour and thlok wood baoklug on tne sides of the Blaok Prlnoe were praotloally proof against tha heaviest shot and shell oarrled. Now, however, the Blaok Prlnoe, although ber armament has been modernised, Is useless as a fighting maohlne . In marked contrast to her waa their flexible, which oame In for marked attention from the Bmpeiot and his staff, because she not only represents In tha highest degree the prlnolple of ooooentratlon of armour and armimeot, but hes destructive capabilities were tried at tha bombardment cf Alexandria, when tha four 8,0 ton guns In her turrets, throwing at the fortifications projeo tiles weighing ltfOOlb, completely shattered them.

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