BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 7 March 1906, Page 3

BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES.

Tlir Naval KsliinaU's for I'JOo-fi totalled briny a Jt;;i.sni).olli> on the previous yea'.' s t»t;i 1. The number of ollieers, seamen, buys and murine, provitluil lor sea ami other service,-5 fur amounted io 12!',Oijt), being a decrease of 21iim mi (In l previous year. The slrenuth ■»! 1 lit* Uoyal Marines on .January 3 si, lilUo. was 2'.».]SU. Tlie total of tin- lioya! Naval lle-ene lias Urn li %ed by tlie Admiralty al 2 4 J,00n, ami llint number lias already been enlisted. The of (lie lii'iii.-ii Navy in .ships liuili, building, and projeeied mi November JiOth, 1'.105, was : isni/r. Haltleships, iirst-class 015 ]iat(les]ii]is, seeoiid.[*la.s> I Armoured cruisers :»•) I'roleeted erniser>. lirsl-t'liiss . . 'l\ Protected cruisers, sceond-elass ... I'j Protected rruisers, third-class ... -1 Srouts '» Torpedo voxels -1 Turpedo boat destroyers ... ... 101 l Torpedo boats ... ... Hi Submarines 17 H.iUle>hip~» lirst-L-he s "» Armoured cruisers '•> Prolceted eruiserx, seeniid-i'iass .. 1 Seoul - - Tnrprdo dotv> ... Submarine' ... ... ... riiojl-.i'|T.l>. jiallieships, first-class ... ... 1 Armoured cruisers ... ... I Torpedo boat d<-:iroyeiv. 1* Submarines II The nrw iiifludes Fuur battleships, Ihc and I Helve eoa.s- ---\ and twvlve submarines. • estimates for l'Jo(i-7 j ">OO, being ;l drerease ol' I >. mi the previous year's luial.