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THE BRITISH EMPIRE! — UNITED KINGDOM
There are also various shallow draught river gunboats.
Certain fast Cunarders are subsidised for use in case of war.
In the following tables the ships are grouped in classes according to type. The dates of the Naval Estimates under which they were sanctioned are given ; these dates correspond to the date of the design of the ships concerned.
[Ships the names of which are in italics are not yet completed for sea.]
Pre- Dreadnought Battleships.
<-i en
Name
(Majestic Magnificent Mars . Prince George Victorious . vJnpiter
1894- 1895
189(5
f Caesar
- Illustrious
- - Hannibal
^Canopus
Glory . J Ocean 1897 \ Goliath I Albion V Vengeance
W
1897- 1898
1898- 1899
1898 sup.
1899- 1900
1900- 1901
1901- 1902
1902— 1903
1903- 1904
Mo O I-I
r Formidable -! Irresistible V. Implacable
/-London -; Bulwark . I Venerable .
/"Duncan Exmouth . Cornwallis . Russell
Albemarle .
{?
Queen rince of Wales
{King Edward Dominion . Commonwealth
fZealaudia . I Hindustan .
{Hibernia . Africa Britannia .
ySwiftsure . \ Triumph .
s
Armour
Belt
Big Guns
Tons
inches
inches
'^ 15,000
9
12
j- 15,000
9
12
^-12,050
12
i 15, 000
9
12
il5,000
9
12
Vl4,000
7
11
1 15,000
9
12
J 16,350
9
12
/
} 11,800
7
10
Miiin Armament
4 12in.; 12 fiin.
4 12in.; 12 Gin.
4 12in.; 12 fiin.
4 12in.; 12 6in.
4 12in.; 12 Oin.
4 12in.; 12 Oin.
4 12in.; 12 Oin.
4 12in.; 4 9-2; 10 Gin,
4 lOin.; 14 7-5in.
o
Indicated Horse-power
5
12,000
5
12,000
4
13,500
4
15,000
4
15,000
4
18,000
4
15,000
5
18,000
14,000
t> 1
^ ;
Knots
16
IG
18-5
18
18
19-5
18
'18-5 to 19
-^to
I 20
Note,— One of the Duncan class, the Montagu, has been lost.
