WARSHIPS IN PACIFIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15687, 14 August 1914, Page 6

WARSHIPS IN PACIFIC.

STRENGTH OF THE POWERS,

THE BBITISH MARGIN.

The following is a complete list, as far as can be ascertained, of the warships of ' the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance in Pacific waters. The German cruiser Emden and the Russian cruiser Askold, which' are reported to have sunk each other at ■ Wei-hai-wei, are not included. The whereabouts of the German squadron ii - not definitely known. Normally the only. '■■■~ Gorman .warships in mid-Pacific or Australasian waters are the cruisers Condor and; Cormorant, and the surveying ship Planet-. The Condor and the Cormorant are used'C for Datrol duty in the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, and are sister ships. Both are third-class cruisers of 1614 tons. It has, however, been reported that tl* Gneisenau, Scharnhort, and Numberf, which have never before come into: tta:«

South Pacific, left the China station \* fore the outbreak of war, and are' now at Samoa.

The fleets of the Powers 3re :—

British Empire.

cniKA FLEET. Triumph, battleship. 11.800 tons. Wl too!*' Minotaur, cruißer, 14,600 tons, 23 know. ,:; Hampshire, cruiser, 10.850 tons. 23} knoll. _■ Newcastle, light cruiser. 4800 tons. 261 too* Yarmouth, light cruiser. 5250 tons, 25} kwr.v Chelmor. destroyer, 600 tons. 25* knots. Colne, destroyer, 600 tons. 254 knots. Fame, dostroyor, 600 tons, 25} knots. Kennet, destroyer, 600 tons. 251 knots. ; Ribble. destroyer, 600 tons. 254 knots. , ', Usk, destroyer, 600 tons. 251 knots. > Welland. destroyer, GOO tons. 251 knots. EAST INDIES. Swiftsure. battleship, 11.800 lons. 19} taojf Dartmouth, light cruiser, 6250 tons, 26 *»«» Fox. light cruiser, 4360 tone, 19} knots. Pelorus. light cruiser. 2135 tons, 20 knot*. , AUSTRALASIA, " ' ■'.'■ Australia, battle cruiser, 19,200 tons', 27 knot*. Melbourne, light cruiser, 6600 tons, 21 knowSydney, light cruiser, 6600 tons, 27 know. Encounter, light cruiser, 5800 tons. 20 knotsPioneer, light cruiser, 2200 tons, 20 know- . Philomel, light cruiser. 2575 tons. 20 knots. Psyche, light cruiser. 2200 tons, 20 knots. Pyramus. light cruiser. 2135 tons, 20 knots. Parramatta. destroyer. 700 tons. 28} knots. Warrego. destroyor, 700 tons, 28 knots. ■ Yarra. destroyer, 700 tons, 27 knots. Submarine AEI. 800 tons, 17 knots. • ;-, Submarine AE2, 800 tons, 17 knots. British cur. eqcadrom. . Great Britain has also two. small ships A" the west coast of South America, and th* W' lowing light cruisers at tho Cape:— Hyacinth, 6600 tons, 20 knots, Pegasus, 2135 tons, 20 knots. Astraca, 4360 tons. 19} knots. v France Montcalm, cruiser, 9367 tons, 21 knots. Duploix, cruiser, 7578 tons, 21 knots. Threo destroyers. Russia. Light cruiser, 3000 tons. Twenty destroyers. . Eight submarmos. German Empire. Gneinenau, cruiser, 11,420 tons, 24 knots. Scharnhorst, cruiser, 11.420 tons, 22} know. Number*, light cruiser, 3396 tons. 231 knowLeipzig, light cruiser. 3200 tons, 23- knots. , Typo destroyers. Coraioran, 1614 tons, 16 knots. Condor, 1614 tons, 16} knots. Comet, 971 tons. 21 knots. Planet. 971 tons, 21 knots. Austria. One cruiser, 4000 tons. . ~ Italy has on* cruiser of 4500 tons »»;«■ Pacific. i;