. Review of reviews and world's work. NOTHING YET PROVED IN THE FAR EAST. At the beginning of the present conflict, theRussian fighting line in Chinese waters consistedof seven ships,—namely, the Czarevitch, Retsvi-sun, Peresviet, Pobieda, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, andSevastopol. Of these, one, the Petropavlovsk, hasbeen completely destroyed, four have been badlyinjured, and two still remain unhurt in Port Ar-thur harbor. The Japanese fighting line includedthe Mikasa, Asahi, Shikishi-inn, Fuji. Yashima, and Hat-suse. Of these, one, the Hat-suse, has been completelydestroyed, and the remain-der a
. Review of reviews and world's work. NOTHING YET PROVED IN THE FAR EAST. At the beginning of the present conflict, theRussian fighting line in Chinese waters consistedof seven ships,—namely, the Czarevitch, Retsvi-sun, Peresviet, Pobieda, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, andSevastopol. Of these, one, the Petropavlovsk, hasbeen completely destroyed, four have been badlyinjured, and two still remain unhurt in Port Ar-thur harbor. The Japanese fighting line includedthe Mikasa, Asahi, Shikishi-inn, Fuji. Yashima, and Hat-suse. Of these, one, the Hat-suse, has been completelydestroyed, and the remain-der are in active service, buttheir condition is unknown,and is kept carefully concealed by the Japanese. Up to the present time,these two fighting lines havenot met. Therefore, none ofthe pressing questions rela-tive to battleship efficiencyhave been answered by thepresent war. AVhile abun-dant tests have been made ofthe resisting power of armorplate and the penetrativepower of guns, no nation 66 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP MIKASA. (Length, 436 feet; displacement, tons; speed, knots; four 12-inch largest battleship in the world.) has yet been willing to expend a battleship asa target in order that its resisting qualities asa structure may he determined. It is not cer-tain under what conditions of stress and strain,or of wear, this structure will pass the limitof serious deterioration ; it is not certainwhether and for how long it can withstandwithout impairment the shock of its own guns ;it is not certain what will happen to it ifstruck squarely by. say. a 12-inch shell at mod-erate range, even if the armor at the impactpoint is not penetrated. No two hostile fleetsof modern battleships—no two hostile modernbattleships—have ever tried out the battleship is believed to be, as alreadystated, the highest expression of naval power, a adthe nations of the world have gone steadily onincreasing it in size an
Size: 1959px × 1276px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1890
