THE RUSSIAN NAVY

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 67, 7 February 1883, Page 3

THE RUSSIAN NAVY

For somo time pa;t tbe Russian Admiralty bas been considering a project for increasing tbe fleet of the Baltic by the addition principally o light cruisers; and for constructing a strong ironclad fle^t iv tbe Black Se-t. The following programme for 188^ has now been drawn up: — In all nine war vessels are to be built, seven for the Baltic and two for the Block Sea For the Baltic are to be built twt ironclads at the Baltic works, estimated to cost 2,800,000 roubles ; one cruiser a^ the .Nevsky works, to cost about 400.000 roubfe> ; two cruisers atthe Baltic and IN'evsky works, *.> cost about 800,000 roubles, anil t««, . gunboats at. oth' j r yards in "St. IVterburg, to cost 415,000 :oublcf*. ioi rhe Black x ea two ironclad n-.---be built, one at Sebiit <■■.» i iy i.'ussian -ociery of ."•ii-i. !'• j •<•• Commerce, and the otlhVH- ]\i.u ; t vat avery heavy cost, tb? t rai t<>- a ■ the nine vessels being 7,409,6*4:) roubles. Thereat cost wis , ->t con r • . far exceed this sura. Measure.-' :i •<• also on foot for considerably .■.tr' i^g.bening the forts at Cronstadt. in consequence ot tbe lesson tau^bt by the knglish bombardment of Alexandria ; a q a well-known militar* engineer is now being consulted ou the subject.