Show TORPEDO MOATS tVliat rnrn > eiin 1ower lUio fold Cor Ttielr speedy nt A hluo hook Just Isiuod plvc Incidentally Inci-dentally hidden nlmot by n map of other Information Iho contract price of a largo number of ills torpedo boat destroyers now being conitructcd by private firms tor the navy Thcso vessels ves-sels ono nbout 200 feet long of about 230 or 210 tons displacement and with engines of 4000 or 1500 Indicated horsepower horse-power attnlneil n speed ot 27 knots Mcsir Yarrow London hnva built three of this larger typo Iho price for each being 37100 Memm Thorn rort London havo also built three nt 130130 each 1nlmcrs 8hli IlulMIng company Jarrovr get 37107 Mesirs Thomson Cljdebank who have some experience of high speed vessels I have loan their work most satlsMctorlly for 31792 Iho Naval Construction company nt Harrow aro to get 33077 and although their cssols havo not yet been tried there la I every proipcct ot successful li 1 sue lly way of comparison It may bo Interesting lo state that tho Trench paid 30GS for n 27knot torpedo boat only 111 fret long ot 123 tons displacement displace-ment and 2700 Indicated horsepower Tho costs are not available for any larger torpedo boats of tho french hut It Is pretty evident that our croft are built at n very much less I rate Tho torpedo Aventurler 151 feet long of US displacement nnd 1000 Indicated Indicat-ed homo power and 23Vi knots speed coat tho Trench 18331 our total blest of ten flrstchsa torpedo boils HO feet lone nnd 23 knots cost us on an nvrr ago of 14191 encli The same parliamentary parlia-mentary book ntntrs that the contract price of Iho hull nail machinery ot the 14000 ton cruiser Terrible with llelle vlllo hollers and engines to glvo 23 knots speed U 513317 It Is being built by Messrs I Thompson Clydebank Tho contract price for Iho sister ship rower fill building at Harrow Is I 535252 |