Show ABOUT WARSHIPS WAR SHIPS GREAT BRITAIN is generally regarded as abo strongest naval power and france a close second some naval officers are inclined to reverse the order putting france first tun submarine war boat has led to the hying of balloons from warships war ships A balloon hovering over a ship can detect every movement of a submarine boat coming to the attack IT has been proposed to make the upper half of war balloons of very thin steel and the lower portion of ordinary balloon material the whole so constructed as to hold hydrogen instead of ordinary gas A has been submitted to the british admiralty by which it is said the largest battleship battle ship in tho service san in four minutes bo protected from the attack of any number of torpedoes no matter how skillfully they may be directed tac minister of jacho spanish navy has before the cabinet council in madrid a plan for thorough reform his proposals include the building of two great battleships battle ships the purchase or construction of several torpedo boats of the first and second classes and the arming of all the battleships battle ships with cannon of the latest models THE fastest vessel afloat is declared to bo the thirty two hundred ton warship built for the argentine republic her biggest guns are two eight inch guns she has twin screws and engines which in developing nearly nine thousand horsepower horse power carried her through a six hours trial at a speed of twenty one thousand two hundred and thirty seven knots |