NEW WARSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 572, 29 July 1909, Page 5

NEW WARSHIPS.

THE BRITISH DREADNOUGHTS OF 1910

;'■;.;: ' CRUDER SPEEDS. ■..' .< : .-. 'f.^iST^'TH^ ; IBy'Teleerarjh.-l'rcea^AssqcisU^nl^fldbyri^ti 1 . ''■■ :^'i'.'/-'':<\yi-.: ':'''■'■■!:-:j\ ■■■ July •27.'- i - ' vyvßeplying in.tho.Hoj\se oj Cpmmorjs to iVIr, AWH. Qui( : 'Lord'o£ of'tho'Admiralty,-'; stated the'jpohtvacts ■ for. 'tho ■'■■firsi.'-two y .'." Eirea'aiioughts. jVpiild .be. oqnipleted in July, 1010 (• f). ■;■; '. .. v!v"[Tli|ere'.,'seeriisV to ,, be. something .'wrong 'here.. The;l?P9 : loYl)readnoughtsQrofqur, in number; the'later/twq. wqro tq- be laid:do\vn'-'.fn'.'Npvojn-.Was'; cqnfirpicd'." by Mr. 'remarkscabled 'yesterday—anc} tho earlier:two''(hiring/the'.present month 1 . Apparently. : tho istatement cabled above , ;'should: be' either : ; that;, the; contracts.-for: tho , first" t\yo Dreadnoughts 1 have' beeii epmpletcd,this ! m'onfh (Jply,. 1009), or:,thnt: tho Chips' themselves. y,-\\\ bei'conipleted by July; 1911. That, would be_(il.' lowing.' the''usual'iwdvyears' for cohstruction.'i I Suh'ilarly,-' thei" .''contingent" \pr ■''"extra" ' foiir to be laid'down: in ; April;.l9lo,.should be, coiij- . pleted ;by; April^lOl^jil:;:^^.-:-v>.V:'>;"'-.^.vv. ',;; ; also stated that,the.Govern-i : ment vhad. information that' a'.fqre.igii Power i'>rae";bniiding a : -laster ; crujser ■than.tfie In>' .viMiMe. ; ; :;''b^^M: L '' r ';>^y^'l l .:':-.;';'v'";'' ; - : '.";-'-■''■■

THE PURSUIT OF SPEED DREADNOUGHT CRUISERS AN,D THEIR PURPOSES A faster cruiser than the Invincible would have to exceed an ivenga 01 38 knots per hour in an eight hours full speed trial i» the open sea' The Invjncible averaged 28 knots m fetich a tual last Maj, and tot a shoit time worked up to 29 LnoK N.o other cruiser or battleship afloat has equalled this The Invincible, tho Indomitable, and In flexible were built to be c(iua\ to 25 Tho Indomitable bettered this speed, and the In vincible has betterd th,e Indomitable Can Gorraany better both?

; : The'-big , \no^v' Wilding'are'thelridefatigab.le;'(Brjtish)''an4'!thf Yftn'Mer-TiinH/jGej-. ;'flgureS.' haye-' been- |iub"{ lieli^^ab.oii^; , th%M > f'Knt"'Mib?pe|f{dTni!iii[qe' , Qf , .MiW Irivi'ncib'Je shoe's: tiftii improved/ pti-.;:'Antidipatoiry.'.' figures'' •: are sb^ps^-hec^ f epu '■ anlj- o ? .'keep jiig" i ts'.secrets ) /pl^instiiripgs'thi'^publieationi/dr'-'Ml^ViM^rjii^, t^<i' bbsf ayhiltiblSjba'gis.'pf tuils; bJHhe Brfe jjndYjfhii.: .Qerma , n.v;Yon,'der,'Tann:--r.' V■'.'.'..'.■.■ • v^ , *'~v>;:-V. t':V;,, ■;■.; Invincible. ,In(lefatiEable;. ; ydnderTann.' Toniiage; ; ;Vl7 j 2so,V^ , jvy9,o()9;:":;v.;;.; 10*000 vr-w -,:45,000 . l^A&fipOiK. ,C Spee'd;?"-'- 1 ', 1 ?.- f:-,',\' ! ■"'«/'; f : '.'•'■■■■ ■ v GunJK^.' weight ■ljin,>:\-:twelyoliin.; ;;Msiae;>.;;;v6BM ■;■ A';CruiserV6f. record speed would.• eridaiitlyVin{' Tplve;;some;; departureYfrora- the.";,figiiros..atr ••'t{ißflt?4;i'to!;tlie;V!oii/'aes-.Tann\'<y';"''^-/v/^^ !p^t- : i3iin'.-;er?flutr'ijnV'V^^V/,: , i- : .: : /^:;; : -^ I'■'•.ft ihat|in"his l lsp v eecll'cabled ■yqsCerdayj-jyr.'iVM'Kfinfla -w;''sPs?i^l9':,tq:.•P9fferfiil?ltlian , vtlie-.-!lnyihoiWfl,.typfl: J -''-He!'-al«r~ statedlthaf the't'twp'.Novemßer-.Dreadt; '■■'iiqugy^,v'^ojiidi*b'ei mg '\a /^<'ne^r'6f"oruiseris ,,; tlii|i%puld?M 'ftble'l f- 6x:\u ; Cthe /eriemJj's^sHips; ;: %: 'X':i%fy; groat;.argument, for: theVlnyinciblo''type. j'js thitj'sne.can i.eitlier; :giye., : -. or refuse i'flgnt; ;..\vhat;:;:she: / {cannot;iQut-gun , ;;'sho''.':canl outrun.'. ■Her- !ja ' nQt'-SpXthjck'aa 'tha^ : qf ; a;Pr€a'd-' a'vvljyvbpforefserjpua' : j;rouble' arjives.""-The Panes' doinitaple; mftdo,;her^great ■■ run.; across the. : AI;-.; ilantidlas'tyear. , ' The; Paris .'jon'riial fbfll^jahip;.?'ca'paWo ?p{.'forcing, ■aiimigagomeiit'! i 'pV.i rif iising ' ; ip' ; ,'£ightJ; ; ' SHo' jjreotly: r r'euiices'; theiValue ■'. ct/t-'itjip : trmoured - cruisers v bf':' i>ll'': oilier 'heavier '-'guns ■a'nd.'grcater. i !prptepUqn^sKo > ''cb.uld''keß'p;^tach'&f'dl^.&'nce > 'frbm :: jtheithree'-beatiFrenchi'y'Jdpanese.'and'-A :VsSsels,..o£-('tho: Baiiie ; :typtf, 'that : .; yf hile' herioiyn* jflro~'w.p\^d;-'ti^";per.£^cst:lK'-^9e<;tlye ] ,'-"^|ie'^,iv : duld I -p6: l :invulnerfibl«^tp \ Indeed, ..vthe'Vlnv. ;domitable:'could , : in"a '■di ;t!ie'\lV?h'ch- : .and''Gerinah'..b'attieships.'iin. ..codit.! I'mission/'and'tis''"Superior Uo:soiiie'ot' ; the'Brir ]Qji t^61 >Jeaq|;of^t^'iCojumnW'.".-^;-;-)''. : ; j According-to. another; Tvriter,,,the fqr ■ ivh'ibh :! -: Hie 5 IndomUablpl'pr: inflexible -type'v has iboen/.biiilt'is'iipt; ,bnly:tp"'.:deaT with ■hostile .cjriiiserl;'- "b^lt l iS' > battle , '-.tp .cpmjfer {ho -.eiemyHo; .figb / ti : -by;;ne{iding''h l ini''pff or ! '■'cdncetitratjng '.'in; the •■>head '"of ,;hisr :line. : ;;By : v superrojVspeed" the :ctms|rvV'it f'is-■'.argu'e'd,' : ;Bonld ; 'kMs'j"aheadj'-'.«Sr ;gaj;iig;v|lH the»vhnig''only v - the\"6mg|e[ leading .S.Auother.' detyi'pf !"is ; (;o'"be .||«nKiiitp\ ! pritical, momen| .; bf^";"tng"■fight.;.' ■.Thlß'iiffaB r yNelson's:-id^a'.when.Vn the^eve'^pti-Trrfalgft'-he;'told "Admiral (K«afe thjit/hpiihtendeS!;to.•'■'-keep .rone 7di?iqpn'', : ;ofvhis fastest .'battleships in a; situation ;of "adyantagiv sugeribr-spwd;■ bf; the\lndomj-': tables -tendefs" it .ppsyble:. to use. them ; . in :;th.is f.asiliibii '■:'- rp}\ ■:}■■": 'also figure, in. a" pursuit)/'V ; thus'^'.'A'gin'gle'Uwelye-inch'i sliejl landed'rpn^pr: , esisUnoe '.could liardly,fail. to;.inflict siich. in-, juries''as-wdiild^rcdu^e;:her' speed. ''Her.coik sbrt3,;WOuld"'eith"ef''liaTei> , to^^ : reduce", .theiiv speeil' to.'; keep .'fiear/Vtheir.^rc would'vhave--.tb abgndori.Uier! 'to;.her ;fcitey'';- ; If the'y'v'adppte^ vtlie.'latter ' alternative ; v tne;■ liir' dpniitablor^leay.ing':^^he';.'lains.'''(|a(^o , .tp-'';.b6' , ' : rp-' ; trieved , ; by.:, the "slower [ battleships: in • her Svake, •would. *hufry;-on';tq , ';rep ; eat'; tie' 'expenment. with .anbther.qf;«she ships;.of-thi) flying'enemy.,:>. •/"A.ister'n'-ohase'.is'proverbially', a/.long.chase," but it 1 is.npt.-ep.long wheS;'the pursuer -'has: an ;adyant"age -Pf \ ten "miles fan hour'in; speed, and :AvHeri:■ ho fM' the..wh.p?e.length;. pf ■%.Enemy's'' deck'.'bn'-which 'to';drop;. his' 'shells.'-'T .:•'..■ .."