War Fleets of the World.

Manawatu Herald, 21 July 1898, Page 3

War Fleets of the World.

4 return of the fleets of Great Britain, Franco, Russia, Germany, Italy, the United States, and Japan, was issued on 28th May as a Parliamentary Paper on the motion of Sir (3. Dilkv. The return shows that tj^ere are 52 British battleships in qomnussion, 9 building, and 3 ordered, 64 in all ; cruisers armoured 18, bajldiDg 4, and 4 ordered, 29 in all ; protected cruisers in commission 95, building 24, total 119 ; unprotected cruisers 15, coast defence vessejl, armoured, 15 : special veseejjj 3 ; tornedo vessels 84 ; tor. pedo-ffoat destroyers 50; torpedoboat; destroyers building 46 ; firstclass torpedo-boats 8. Making a graqd total of 877 vessels. FRANCE. Tfra French fleet comprises battleships }n commission 27, building 8, arm<j||red cruisers 9, armoured cruisers building 10; protected cruisers 80, protected cruisers building %Q, unprotected 16 ; coast defence vesßejß armoured, 14 ; special vesgjuv 1 ; torpedo vessels 18 torpedq^yeßsels building 2 ; torpedoboat pestroyers building 8 ; making a gt&pd total of 148. BYSSU. The Russian fleet consists of battleships in commission 42, building jg, ' to be commenced this year 4 ; cruisers armoured 10, building 1 ; cv4ffta protected 3, building 8, to be comtjienoed this yenr 2 ; cruisers unprotected 8 ; coast defence vessels 5, building 1 ; torpedo-vessels 17, torpedo-boat destroyers 1, building 28; total, 112. OEBMANY. ?he German fleet consists of battleships 17 ; armoured cruisers 8 ; pdfcected cruisers 7 ; unprotected cruisers, 21 ; armoured coast defence vessels 11 : special vessel 1 ; torpedo vessels 2 ; torpedo boats 118 ; a total of 165 vessels already built. Germany is building battleships 5, Armoured cruisers 2, protected 8, torpedo-boats 9. Total of 24 in contemplation. C\, YOU CAN 1 ? Have, a cake and eat it too, but you can have your meat and keep it in the warmest of weather by using " Sauaumb," the great (cod.preservativo.