ADDITIONS TO THE FRENCH NAVY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2329, 14 June 1887, Page 2

ADDITIONS TO THE FRENCH NAVY.

- — The Chamber of Deputies having voted the supplementary credit of £1,040,000 demanded by the Minister of Marine, the fol- > lowing new vessels will at once be built: — At Cherbourg, a first-class cruiser to ba named the Alger, which will be 360 feet long by 42 feet in beam, with a 20 feet draught of water, a displacement of 4,1(i2 | tons, and a speed of 1!) knots. The Alger, which is to have an ironclad deck, will carry four 7-in. guns, six (J-in. guns, six: revolving cannon, four other guns, and four torpedo tubes. At Brest, a first-class cruiser of the same type, to be called the My. At Toulon, two second-class cruisers, the Davoust and the Sachet, each with a> displacement of about 3,000 tons. At Havre, two cruisers, to be named tha Cosmao and the Coetlogon, about 310 feet ' long by 31 feet in beam, with a 15 feet draught of water, and a displacement o£ 1,848 tons. In addition to the above vessels, " the SocitSte des Chantiers de la Loire is about to lay down a second-class cruiser, the Chanzy, of the same type as the two about to be built at Toulon, while the SociiSte da la Fironde is to build at Bordeaux cruiser of the same type and dimensions as the two about to be constructed at Havre. The Societe des Forges et Chantiers de la. Mediterraue is about to build a first-class cruiser to be named the Mogador, which will be 351 feet long, by 44 feet in beam, with a 20 feet draught of water and a displacement of 4,325 tons. The Mogador will be armed with four 7-in. guns ia turrets, six G-in. guns, and several revolving cannon and torpedo tubes. Her engines will be of 8,200-horse power, and J her calculated speed is about 19 knots an hour. Thus, three first, three second, and three third-class cruisers will at once ba built, one first, oue second, and all tha three third-class vessels being undertaken by private firms. About thirty torpedo boats will also ba ordered from private firms, but the Minister is waiting befora giving the order until some trials of othee torpedo boats just built are completed.