. Review of reviews and world's work. red ships, therewere building forher in Great Britaintwo battleships ofthe most powerfultype, exceeding12,000 tons dis-placement, and witha proposed speed of18 knots. She hadalso added consid-erably to her list offast cruisers. Oneof these, the Yoshi-no, built at Els-wick, had a measured-mile speed of knots. There can be no doubt that the Chino-Japanese war gave an immense impetus to thedevelopment of the Japanese navy. Not onlywere ships captured from the Chinese, some ofwhich were repaired and are now in commission,but large orders were placed abroa
. Review of reviews and world's work. red ships, therewere building forher in Great Britaintwo battleships ofthe most powerfultype, exceeding12,000 tons dis-placement, and witha proposed speed of18 knots. She hadalso added consid-erably to her list offast cruisers. Oneof these, the Yoshi-no, built at Els-wick, had a measured-mile speed of knots. There can be no doubt that the Chino-Japanese war gave an immense impetus to thedevelopment of the Japanese navy. Not onlywere ships captured from the Chinese, some ofwhich were repaired and are now in commission,but large orders were placed abroad for war-ships of all classes, including torpedo craft, andthe Japanese also set to work to build ships intheir own dockyards. BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS. Japan now possesses six battleships, all builtin England ; namely, the Fuji, the Yashivia, the Shikishima, the Asahi, the Hatsusi, and theMikdsa. These are first-class battleships in the fullestsense of the term, ranging in tonnage from the12,300 of the Yashi7na to the 15,000 of the. THE CRUISER ASAMA. BUILT AT NEWOASTLE-ON-TYNE (9,75() TONS; KNOTS). (Type of the new Japanese warships.) Asahi, Hatsusi, and Mikdsa. Their speeds areall at least 18 knots ; they are armed with themost powerful modern guns, and considerableareas of their sides are piotected by the latestand most up-to-date face-hardened armor. Eourof the six carry more armor and more guns thanBritish first-class battleships, but less coal. Thereis also the CJiinyen (late Chin Yuen), capturedfrom the Chinese, German built. She has beenthoroughly repaired, and is now in commission ;and, although she cannot be classed as a first-class battleship, being of only 7,220 tons, and 14knots speed, she is a powerful ship of her to the battleships comes a squadron of THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REf/IEW OF REFIEIVS. six very powerful vessels which Admiral FitzGerald seems to rank as second-class battleships,having the speed of cruisers. Four of tliese,the Tokiiva, the
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