THE SQUADRONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1904, Page 5

THE SQUADRONS.

STRENGTH OF THE FLEETS. Below we prinC a list of the vessels which, so far as we have been able to ascertain, comprise the Baltic Fleet. Nothing definite has transpired as to the vessels which actually left St. Petersburg, and it is possible that some of those in our list may not have been re.idy for sea when the fleet dejiarted. As to the ltianning of these vessels, the Russian ccnespondents of The Times said recently :—": — " While there appears to be no serious shortage of naval commandeis, deck officers, and minor deck ratings m ith moderate practical training for the newer Russian war vessels in hand, completing, or running various trials, there is a perceptible dearth of engineer officers and engine-room artificers of sound practical experience. Especial difficulty is experienced by the Russian Admiralty Department in securing well-trained chief and second engineers. . . . Consequently the Russian Admiralty Department has been driven in muiy cases to appoint to the engineruoms of the newer vessels comparatively young men, who h4ve little practi^ col experience of the engjnes and boilers of up-to-date naval craft. The engineer difficulty is, indeed, so pressing that many engineers have been taken over by the Russian Naval Department from private and subsidised Russian steamship companies. Few, if any,! df these engineers have ever been in charge of a marine engine worked by steam from a Belleville boiler. As a last resource engineer cadets are being hurried through their practical course afloat in the vicinity of Kronstadt and elsewhere M T ith all speed

to enable them to join the engine-room staffs of the new vessels." THE BALTIC FLEET. Battleships. Tons. Knots. Completed. Borodino ... 13,600 18 1904 Orel 13,600 13 1904 Kniaz Suvaroff ... 13,516 18 1904 Alexander 111. ... 13,516 18 1904 Sissoi Veliki „. 10,400 16 1897 Favarin ... 10,206 16 1895 Nicoltu I. „. 9,672 14.8 1892 Alexander 11. ... 9,927 16.5 1890 Peter Veliki ... 9,891 14.5 1875 Crvisers. Vladimir Monomach. 6,061 15.2 1885 Admiral Nakhimoff 8,524 16.7 1888 Pamiat Azova. ... 6,675 18.8 1890 Svietlana ... 3,828 20.2 1897 Afrika ... 2,590 13 1879 Asia ... „. 2,500 13 1880 Nayezdnik „. 1,334 13 1879 Plastun ... 1,255 13 1880 Viestnik ... 1,255 13 1880 Torpedo Gunboais. Posnadik „ ... 400 22 1892 Voevoda ... 400 22 1902 Abrek ... 535 21.2 1897 Torpedo-boat destroyers, 9. Transport : Kamschatka. THE BRITISH SQUADRONS. MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. Battleships. Tons. Knots. Completed. Albermarle ... 14»000 18.6 1903 Bulwark ... 15,000 18.0 1902 Cornwallis ... 14,000 18.9 1904 Duncan ... 14,000 18.9 1903 Formidable k ... 15,000 18.0 1901 In; placable ... 15,000 18.0 1902 lire'sistible "... 15,000 18.0 1902 London ... 15,000 18.0 1902 Montagii ... 14,000 18.8 1903 Prince of Wales... 15,000 18.0 1904 Queen 15,000 18.0 1904 Venerable ... 15,000 18.3 1902 Cruisers. Aboukir (Ist class) 12,000 21 1902 Bacchante (Ist) ... 12,000 21 1902 Arrogant (2nd) ... 11,000 20.75 1900 Furious (2nd) ... 5,750 19 1900 Hermione (3rd) ... 4.360 19.5 1895 Intrepid (3rd) ... 3,600 19.75 1893 Uaiad (3rd) ... 3,400 20 1892 Pandora (3rd) ... 2,200 20 1901 Pegasus (3rd) ... 2,135 20 1899 Pioneer (3rd) ... 2,200 20 1900 Pyranus (3rd) ... 2,135 20 1900 Torpedo Gunboats, 3. Destroyers, 20. CHANNEL FIEET. Battleships. Tons. Knots. Com- • pleted. Ctesar ... 14,900 17.5 1897 Hannibal ... 14,900 17.5 1897 Jupiter ... 14,900 17.5 1897 Magnificent ... 14,900 17.5 1895 Majestic ... 14,900 17.5 1895 Mai "s 14,900 17.5 1897 Prince George ... 14,900 17.5 1896 victorious ... 14,900 17.5 1897 C'RtjISERS. Bedford (Ist class 9,800 22 7 1903 Hogue (Ist) ... 12,000 »22 1902 Doris (2nd) ... 5,600 19.5 1898 Hermes (2nd) ... 5,600 20 190U Pactolus (3rd) ... 2,135 20 1899 Prometheus (3rd) 2,135 20 1901