COMPARATIVE NAVAL STRENGTH OF EUROPEAN NATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 719, 25 January 1877, Page 3

COMPARATIVE NAVAL STRENGTH OF EUROPEAN NATIONS.

The following is a list o'the British ironclad fleet, with gun-tonnage ot the vessels : —

The Kussian irouolad navy consists of 26 ships, the lirgest of which is Peter the Great, 9 660 ton?, carrying 4 guns in two turrets. These vessels combined mount 186 guns, off which over 80 avo lur 6 * turret guns. The French navy consists of 445 ves^ pels, of which 276 are steamers and 44 sailing vi ssels, 32 ironclads, carrying 1,162 guns ; 238 large war steamers, carry ing 1,162 »u:is ; 38 corvettes, transports, &c, carrying 107 guns ; 12 large sailing vessels, carrying 101 guns ; the entire personnel of which c unprises 28,000. In dependent of those, the " marine" troops i.mount to 15 000 j " Artillerie de Marine," 4,000. In time of war, provision is u.ade for raisi g this force to 17OjO0U men, There are besides, in course of completion and afloat, 7 vessels ,of 3,710 hor*e power, ami one sailing transport. The uavy of Turkey in 1875 consisted of about 165 vessels, of which 72 were steamers and 20 in nclads. The German t avy list for 1876 enumerat s the German war navy as follows :— 8 frigates and 3 corvettes. Crii^ers— l4 corvtttts and 9 of the fiist-clasa. Vessels for coast defence — 2 ironclad gunboats, 11 torpedo boats, 8 gunboats of the second -class 6 avisos and 2 transports. School-ships— l ship of the liue. 1 sailing frigate, 4 corvettes and 3 brigs. Vessels for harbour service — 9 hteam transports, 3 veasels Berving as barracks, 5 pilot boats,, and ten sailing vessels for the transport of coal. Tbe navy of Italy in 1872 was 76 sleam and sailing vessels of war, with 653 guns and 18,342 man including marines. Dt-niuark possesses a navy consisting of 33 steam vessels, mounting 291 guns, with 1,125 officers and men. The navy of Sweden consists of 37 ateamers of 3,096 -horse power and 47 guns, 14 of tbe vessels being ironclads or monitors, 8 sailing vessels, with 156 guns and 8S rowing vessels. The navy wben fully mauned, comprises about 8,000 sailors and maiines, with a reserve of 35,000 men. The navy of Norway consists of 28 vesselp. with 155 guns, 4 being monitors, besides 12 gunboats, mounting 100 guns. The royal navy of Holland consisted, on August 1, 1875, of 32 men-of war Bteamere, 28 of them ironeJais, snd 15 sailing men-of-war, with-383 guns. The navy of Portugal consists of 38 ships — many in bad condition and scarcely seaworthy — with 288 guns, manned by about 3,200 sailors. The navy of Spain consists of 120 steam vessels, of which 10 are ironclads. — " Liverpool Post."

Ship. No. of Guns. Tons Acbiles 16 9,69< Agincourt... „. 23 10,fi2; Alexft idra... ... 12 9 405 Audacious „ 14 ... ... 6,U3-. Belerephoo. ... 15 ... ... 7,55] Block Piinee , ... 28 9 13; Ciledunia ... ... 24 .». ... 6 885 Cyclops .- 4 ... ... 3,43C D fence 16 6 07C Devatfation ...* 4 ... ... 9,19C Dreadnought ... 4 10,950 bnterprifle ... 4 1,350 Erebiu 16 1844 Favourite,., ... 10 ... „ 3,232 Glattou ... ... 2 4*912 Po gon 4 3,430 Hecate 4 8,430 Hector ... ... 18 6713 Hercules 16 8 677 Himalaya 3 4,490 Hotspur 3 i',olo Hydra 4. 3 430 Invincible 14 ... ... 6 034 IronDuke 14 ... . 6,034 Lord Oljde .. 18 7^842 Lord Warden... 18 7,842 Minotaur ... .. 17 10,627 Monarch ... .„ 7 ... ... 8,322 Northumberland 28 ... ... 10 554 Ocean 24 6,832 Pallas ...' ... 8 3,787 Penelope ... ... 11 ... "... ■ 439t Prince Albert ... 4 3 9 '4 Prince Consort... 15 ... .. 6.833 ■Repulse 12 ... ... 6.19U . .Research ... ... 4 1,741 Eeßißtance... ... 16 6,700 Rover ... „ 17 3,944 Rbynl Alfred ... 18 6 707 Rojal Oak ..v 24s ... ... 6,366 Eoj-al Soverei b n 5 5,080 Rupert ... ... 4 5,444 Scorpion 4 2,751 Shah 26 ... ... 5.701) Su.tan 12 9,286 Swjftsure 14 6,66 V Terror ... ... 16 ... .-.. 1.514 Thunderer ... 14 9,190 Triumph 14 6,660 Valiant 18 6,713 Viper ... ... 4 1,228 Vixen 2 1,220 Vologe 18 3 078 | Warrior 32 ... ... 9,137 Waierwieh ... 4 ... ... 1.279 Virern 4 2,751 Zt-aloua ... ... 20 6.U96