. Book of the Royal blue . tthat sailed the English Channel at the Jubi-lee of Queen \ictoria could not stand upagainst it. The fleet that dotted Oyster Bay whenRoosevelt reviewed his fighting arm num-bered but .^5 ships. The rendezvous atHampton Roads, when the great nations ofthe earth sent representative ships, num-bered .^8 American vessels and 12 foreignships. All the fleet which is planned to meet atSan Francisco will be made up of the fol-lowing : First-class battleships Armored cruisers 8 Protected cruisers 0 Gunboats (> Torpedo-boat destroyers <i Monitors ! It has been annou
. Book of the Royal blue . tthat sailed the English Channel at the Jubi-lee of Queen \ictoria could not stand upagainst it. The fleet that dotted Oyster Bay whenRoosevelt reviewed his fighting arm num-bered but .^5 ships. The rendezvous atHampton Roads, when the great nations ofthe earth sent representative ships, num-bered .^8 American vessels and 12 foreignships. All the fleet which is planned to meet atSan Francisco will be made up of the fol-lowing : First-class battleships Armored cruisers 8 Protected cruisers 0 Gunboats (> Torpedo-boat destroyers <i Monitors ! It has been announced this is a test cruisefor men and ships, and the eyes of theworld are upon the Inited States. Sixteen battleships, 5U(1 feet long, massesof honeycombed steel, with the agility of ayacht; fitted with armor o\er a foot thickand shooting l.^-inch shells to the horizonand beyond, sailed on Monday, December16, 1907, from Hampton Roads around the Horn for their 14,ll(HI-mile \oyage to THE GREATEST XJfJL CRUISE OF HISTORY. i^. BATTLESHIP LoniSIAN \ San Francisco; the torpedo-boat flotilla ha\ -ing preceded it on December 2. The a:reatbattleship fleet was in command of Fitrht-iiiii Bob K\ans. THK S ITINERAR\. Fort. Arrival. Hampton Roads San juan T)ec. 7 Trinidad Dec. 15 Para Dec. 20 Hernanibuco Jan. Rio de Janeiro Jan. Monlevideo Jan. Iunta Arenas Feb. 8 Talcahuano Feb. 20 Callao Mch Panama Mch. Acapuico Mcli. 28., Magdalena bay .April 6. San Francisco (Probably Departure. Dec. 2, .Dec. 12, .Dec. 21, .Dec. 31, .Tan. 10. .Tan. 20, .Feb. 1, .Feb. 12, Feb. 25, .Mch. 9, .Mch. 21, .April 2, 190710071907190719081908190819081908190819081908 Mav 1) Port. THE FLEET S rnNER.\R\ . Arrival. Departure. Hampton Roads Dec. 10, 1907 Trinidad Dec. 24 Dec. 29, 1907 Rio de Janeiro Jan. 11 Jan. 21,1908 Punta Arenas Ian. Feb. 5. 1908 Callao Feb. 18 Feb. 28, *.Magdalena Bay Mch. 14 *San Francisco (Probably May ll Assembling in the Pacific are three float-inn fort
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