The British Navy.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3164, 9 April 1879, Page 2

The British Navy.

1 It is officially r anno^nced thatthVfol. lowing ships areat present,bejingbjvtyfor the Royal Navy in Government and pri* vate yards :^A^,C^atham'r:Agiioaennon, •;4 guns, double-screw, iron, ajunoup ; plated turret-ship, 8492 tons, 6000 horie-power; iPolyphemusj | •pyewi7?ro%'Km^ir I pkted torpedo ram, 2640 t08i.,6500 hone-power; jConstance, jl^Bopep oowwtto^»teel and iron, cased witK 1 wpod, SSOTnmi, 2300 horse-power ;I>bteretl, 6, co^poiiteg'ereir'i sleop, 1121 tons, 700 horse-power. At Devqnport—Miranda, 6,, and, Phoenix, 6, composite ;, screw sloops, 1124 tons, D6O horse-power. At SheerneiSr-Kingfiiher,6, ' composite) screw •lpop,U24toni, 90Qh6ri|e. poweri At Pembroke—Aiax, 4, screw, iron. armonr<plated : tnrre); ,sbjp» 8943 tons, 6000 hbrie-power; Boagsflr, 1, double-screw steel gunboat, 257 t0n«7168 horse-power; Cockchafer, i4^ Espiqo,,^ and Bullfrog, 4, screw composite gunboats, 455 tons, 360 horse-power; Tickler, Gadfly, and Griper, double-screw iron gun vessels, 254 tons, 168 horse-power; In* solent, 1, double-screw steel gunboat, 253 tons, 168 horsepower; Insolvent, 1, double-screw steel gunboat, 253 tons, 168 horse-power; Nautilus' and Pilot, flailing' brigs, 501 tons. .At Poplar—Orion, 4, double-screw iron armour-plated corvette, 4720 tons, 3900 horse-power. At the Thanes Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall —Swift and Linnet, double-|crew gunvessels, 770 !tohs, 870 vhorse-power ;■ Majestic, iron armour-plated turret-ship, and the Pincher, double - screw iron gunboat, are being prepared to be built at Pembroke; and the''Con* queror, iron armour-plated turret-ship at Chatham. Several of the above vessels .are now almost ready for launching, and in addition to these .several new, shipi, which have not yet been in oommiisioß, are preparing for sea, amongst them being the Neptune (late Indepencia), 6, armour* plated turret-ship, 9000 tons, 9000 horse* power, at Portsmouth; Superb (late Messendouyeh), 16, armour-plated; 8760 tons, 7430 horae-power, at Chatham; Nelson, 12, armour-plated ship, 7323 torn, 6000 horsepower, at Chatham. Provision will also be made in the Ettimates for the next year for the laying down of several other vessels, including two ironvladi. ,