1 Steel 735, 4500 28. Steel 525 3000 8 3 Chatham Maudslay. Bldg. 49,000 Total 2 4.7-in. Q.F., 4 3-pdr. Q.F. Cruiser Sapphire Wood 1970 2360 18 1 220 037 (3rd class) 0 Devonp'rt Maudslay 1887 22,877 y 13,290 1 4-in. 25-cwt. B.L.R., 6 3-pdr. 2 f. tu. 19.00 1 f. tu. 21 0 21. car. Q.F. 13.58 270 2080 Cruiser pp. Satellite Comp. 1420 1400 15 9 200 038 0 Sheerness Humphrys. 1881 47,500 15,400 8 6-in. 81-cwt. B.L.R., 4 M., 1 1. 13.10 .. 400 6000 2 s. Steel 1580 3200 14 6 220 034 0 Glasgow. Thomson 1885 x63,916 y23,600 4 5-in. 40-cwt. B.L.R., 8 3-pdr. 3 f. tu. 17.00 450 6900 4 1. car. 2 8. Steel 1770 4500 14 6 225 036 0 Devonp'rt Harland 1887 (3rd class) 60,606 31,000 6 6-in. 5-ton B.L.R., 83-pdr.Q.F., 1 f, tu. 17 00 estim'td 2 M., 1 1. 21. car. 2 8. Steel 4050 6000 19 6 300 046 0 Chatham. Humphrys. 1885 151,681 y60,940 2 8-in. 15-ton B.L.R., 10 6-in. Iron 6250, 7480 26 5334 052 0 Portsm'th Ravenhill. 1873 177,912 57,333 2 9-in. 12-ton M.L.R., 16 7-in. 21. car. 16 20 (One vessel not Steel 735 4500 8 3 230 027 0 Devonp'rt 2 4.7-in. Q.F., 4 3-pdr. do. .1 f. tu. 21.0 21.car. 100 2500 28. Steel 735 4500 8 3 230 027 0 Chatham. Maudslay. Bldg. 8 9 200 023 0 Devonp'rt Maudslay 1887 x23,000 y13,300 1 4-in. 25-cwt. B.L.R., 6 Q.F. Includes Gun Mountings, &c. 6 4-in. 25-cwt. B.L.B., 2 3-pdr. 2 4.7-in. Q.F., 4 3-pdr. do. 1 f. tu. 21.00, 21.car. .2 f. tu. 19.00 21. car. 1 f. tu. 21.00 21. car. 100 2500 13.00 105 2500 100 2500 80 2400 y Propelling Machinery. GREAT BRITAIN.-Unarmoured Cruising Ships, &c. -continued. comp. composite hull; 2 s., two screws; M.L.R., muzzle-loading rifled gun; B.L.R., breech-loading rifled gun; Q.F., quick-firing gun; M., machine gun; 1., light guns under 15 cwt., including boats' guns; f. tu. or b. tu., fixed or bow torpedo tube; 1. car., launching torpedo carriage; P., deck protected; pp., partial deck protected. The protecting decks in all these cases are at least one inch thick. 805 1200 11 73 165 031 0 Greenock Greenock Endry f Comp. 2120 2000 18 8 220 040 0 Middl'sbro Hawthorn. 1875 69,998 25,7714 6-in. 89-cwt. B.L.R., 8 5-in. 38-0wt. do., 8 M., 21. Includes Gun Mountings, &c. y Propelling Machinery. With Subvention. Royal Naval Reserved Merchant Cruisers. LIST OF VESSELS held by the Owners at the disposition of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. There are numerous ships on the Admiralty List complying with Admiralty conditions as to subdivision which have no national tie. They are suitable for receiving an armament, but there is no arrangement with Owners, except the promise of preference for occasional State employment. Average speed of Britannia between Brindisi and King George's Sound, Western Australia. The average ocean speed is higher than this. A subvention will be paid on these vessels when they are completed for sea. SMALLER VESSELS, GUNBOATS. Vessels, Note.-Troop and store ships, yachts, armed tugs, special service Smaller and harbour-service vessels, training ships, coast guard vessels, and &c. small surveying vessels are not included. Paddle-wheel Vessels. — Alecto, Cockatrice, Enchantress (late Helicon), Pioneer, Sphinx, Vigilant. Old Type Gunboats.-Britomart, Cherub, Orwell, 330 tons; from 218 to 227 I.HP. Twin Screw Gunboats (Iron).-Dee, Don, Esk, Medina, Medway, Sabrina, Slaney, Spey, Tay, Tees, Trent, Tweed, 363 tons; 320 to 410 I.HP. Twin Screw Iron or Steel Gunboats (Staunch Type).-Ant, Arrow, Badger, Blazer, Bloodhound, Bonetta, Bouncer, Bulldog, Bustard, Comet, Cuckoo, Fidget, Gadfly, Griper, Hyæna, Insolent, Kite, Mastiff, Pickle, Pike, Pincher, Plucky, Scourge, Snake, Snap, Staunch, Tickler, Weasel, 180 to 254 tons; 130 to 270 I.HP. For the unarmoured ships to be added to H.M. Navy, and those removed therefrom, between the 1st of April, 1889, and the 1st of April, 1894, see Parliamentary Returns on pages 155 and 622. TORPEDO BOATS. 19 of about 85 feet in length, 28 tons displacement, and 350 to 500 LHP. of about 18 to 20 knots speed. 2 of about 100 feet in length, 40 tons displacement, and 350 to 500 I.HP. (at Esquimalt). 4 of about 110 to 113 feet in length, 63 to 67 tons displacement, and about 18 to 20 knots speed. 48 of about 125 feet in length, 60 to 66 tons displacement, and 5 of about 125 feet in length, 85 tons displacement, and 750 I.HP. 1 of about 150 feet in length (late Swift), 137 tons displacement, 80 Six more are building, 130 feet long, with a guaranteed speed of 22 knots. They are to carry an armament of 3-pdr. quick-firing and machine guns, and three torpedo launching tubes. Second Class. 51 of 60 to 66 feet in length, 12 tons displacement, and of 100 to 140 I.HP. 10 building of about the same length and of a new type with a guaranteed speed of 16 knots. |