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a MARINE REVIEW. SHIPS OF THE LEADING NAVAL POWERS. sore : : : . i Kk- i torpedo gunboats, the classification and the ESS Saas on of battleships, cruisers, coast defense ships, look-out ships and ec air URGES anERCy Maval Annual are Follower and only those ships are included which were launched when the 1897 edition of the annual was i i do boats now building are therefore not in the list. i in May last. The new battleships of the United States navy and the several torpedo | st fears Jone United States will make a better showing when the 1898 issue of this work is published: ' 2s UNITED KINGDOM. FRANCE. RUSSIA. GERMANY. ITALY. UNITED STATES. No. . Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. | Tons. First-class battleships, A division bees oss au eee z ae 2 epee 4 9,874 see : | oaas : B division............ ; Vs ee pesrerses | Beepidiclias bat eleahipa Wee tba seule s takes vet 7 69,690 8 ope : tatees : arog 2 21,987 SURED Cites saneee ird- hi A division........... 8 65,710 3 3,48 ; 20,228 . SEES lI ROR SSRI HRT pace rorea til Maelo See ae a e a B Aisin banks 13 70,760 6 36,870 4 19,955 3 22,929 3 [DUS OO Ra boaters Mle aus. oo Total battleships...... Ba eyed OT 573,060 35 | 328,480 20 | 173,669 14 82,163 13 fore 4 | 42,164 : 3,39. 1 4,527 Galas MITST=CLASSICHUISELS..crcsvecccceepescccocecocssos ots 22 149,950 8 43,819 5 36,394 1 6,956 a4 Second and third-class cruisers................ 59. 219,005 11 40,877 ) 11,0¢ 0 3 12,704 13 34,348 iB BLinsasa\es MGoast defence ships.i. 19.2515. cesieccosseeee ss "14 65,400 16 56,298 12 35,226 18 36,144 Boe eel ersscee sats aye llores | eetoe ars orn Look-out ships..............c00s005 cP EeS OP83, 19 36,240 12 19,005 Seacnprennadiaahe 11 16,837 pik SW eowsste was sete ollsamec tenes PERO PECO SUMO OALS vcs. citeesccsscsss-teecetoesen oe. 34 28,579 13 7,146 8 3,911 10 3,212 15 11,516 rg cil ee WD CSECOW ETSerrcaseeieressccsecscscest! soseeccee sesentises 92 14 : 16 6 Gea erence |e O ulaale cos em actoee Torpedo Boats-- : Senpoiie, 126 feet to 150 feet............. 43 36 13 95 96 13 | First-class, 115 feet to 125 feet............ 26 69 6 4 i a Second-class, 101 feet to 114 feet........ 4 78 1 9 7 Third-class, 86 feet to 100 feet............ 20 36 aa Ske 36 i Vedettes, 85 feet and under ......:.........) 78 9 109 16 32 The (eliowine diagrams show pictorially the same set facts.that are given statistically above. Thus, in the first line, if the size of the first : battleship be taken to represent the numerical strength of the British fleet in that arm, then the French vessel shows the strength of the French fleet, and so on. BATTLE SHIPS. wath Althea a _f oY he FRANCE RUSSIA GERMANY ITALY U.S GREAT BRITAIN iat CRUISERS. ees : ey | | | FRANCE RUSSIA GERMANY (ITALY. UNITED STATES ROR PEDO "BOATS. HANAAAANGUUNOAAUEUUAGNLAVANEDEEA EE GREAT BRITAIN hh a ck Sie oe al ae ee S GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE RUSSIA GERMANY ITALY" U.S, TORPEDO DESTROYERS. TORPEDO GUNBOATS. Plas eS Auk, uh, aa, dal, Cah, Sele ck GREAT BRITAIN. FRANCE RUSSIA GERMANY ITALY U.S. GREAT Britain. FRANCE Russia GERMANY ITALY. Around the Lakes, Big Sable, Lake Michigan, and on the course from Milwaukee to the Mani- Thesmall ore dock' of the Chicago & Northwestern company at Ash- tou, he passed through considerable wreckage, including bulwarks painted land will be rebuilt during the winter at a cost of about $145,000 white inside, a cabin bulkhead with door attached, which was painted yel- ? ; ' low or grained, and a large piece of deck, about 25 by 40 feet in dimensions, It is understood that the treasury department will sell the old revenue é se fi i e a al ck i a aN a i i a i cutter Fessenden upon completion of the two cutters for the lakes now building at the works of the 'Globe company, Cleveland. Capt. Ben. Trip, who has been piloting in Georgian bay, says there is plenty of water there for any vessel navigating our present lake channels, He took the steamer R. E. Schuck into Midland, drawing 16 feet 8 inches. Just twenty-two and one-half hours after the Lehigh Valley liner Sar- anac had arrived in Chicago with 880 tons of general merchandise on Thursday last, she left with 2,400 tons of east-bound package freight. In that time the steamer had gone to five docks, and 3,200 tons of general freight had been handled; Capt. John F. Parke of the steamer A.D. Thomson informs Geo. L. "McCurdy of Chicago that on the 10th inst., when twelve miles north of floating beams up with pawl post attached, the latter painted white. It is quite probable that this wreckage was from the lost schooner F. W. Gif- ford. "It would seem to me," said a captain who returned from the head of the lakes the other day, "that the American Steel Barge Co. is losing money in not going ahead with the construction of the second dock which they propose to build. While I was there the Wallula was in the dock and the Samuel 'Mather was undergoing some repairs at Duluth, and from what I could learn they have had numerous cases of late of vessels applying for the dock, but when it was found that they could not be accommodated im- mediately they were ordered to proceed down the lakes as best they could and have repairs made below." I