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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
The total naval force of the United Kingdom, in commission and in reserve and building, was as follows at the end of August 1870:
Total number of ships
Total horse- power
Total
number
of
guns
Total tonnage
Steam
Coast- guard tenders
Sailing
In commission
In reserve and building
174 318
25
39
57,205 64,286
1,984 3,610
314,449 318,845
There served in the fleet on commission, 30,722 officers and men ; 5,603 boys; and 6,618 marines, being a total naval conrplement of 42,943.
The most important division of the navy, the ironclad fleet of war, consisted at the end of September, 1870, of 54 vessels, in- cluding those on the stocks. The following is the list, in alphabet- ical order of names, of these 54 ironclads, with specification of number of guns, horse-power, tonnage, material of hull, and year of launch, or, in the case of dates later than 1870, estimated time of completion. Those ironclads marked with an asterisk before their names are turret ships.
Name
Guns
Horse- power
Tonnage
Material of hull
Year of launch
- Abyssinia ....
4
200
1,854
Iron
1870
Achilles
26
1,250
6,121
Iron
1863
Agincourt .
28
1,350
6,621
' Iron
1865
Audacious .
14
800
3,774
Iron
1870
Bellerophon
14
1,000
. 4,270
Iron
1865
Black Prince
28
1,250
. 6,109
Iron
1861
Caledonia .
24
1,000
. 4,125
Wood
1862
- Cerbe.rus .
4
250
2,107
Iron
1870
Defence
16
600
3,720
Iron
1861
•Devastation
4
800
4,406
Iron
1872
Enterprise .
4
1 60
993
Wood
1864
Erebus
16
200
1,954
Iron
1856
Favorite .
10
400
2,094
Wood
1864-
- Fnry .
4
1„000
5,030
Iron
1873
- Glatton
2
500
2,709
Iron
1871
Hector
18
.800
4,089
Iron
1862
Hercules .
14
1,200
5.234
Iron
1870
•Hotspur
2
600
2,637
Iron
1870
Invincible .
14
800
3,774
Iron
1 869
Iron Duke .
14
800
3,787
Iron
1870
