Show iv yc y c p W 4 s arf t wt THE indomitable ENGLAND S SHIP OF MYSTERY NOW IN AMERICAN WATERS prince of wales visit to canada gives naval officers of united states chance to gratify their curiosity the prince of valea has come to america and incidentally has brought with him england s great ship of mys tery the indomitable or rather the alff fast all big gun battleship cruiser has brought him to canada to take part in the quebec centennial celebia alon and the coming of the great 1 fighting ship will give our naval chiefs the opportunity they have long wanted of prying into the secrets of this ves sel around which england has thrown so much mystery this new ship built on the lines of the dreadnought Is a combination of battleship and armored cruiser and what is more remarkable she Is regard by those experts who have man aged to learn something of her armor armament and speed as being efel dent both as a battleship and as an armored cruiser she is bigger than any other completed battleship except the british dreadnought and she Is swifter than any armored cruiser yet sent afloat previous to her advent our three fast scouts of the salem class were reckoned as the fastest war ships in the world of this trio the chester recently maintained a gait of 26 52 knots an hour designed for a speed of 25 knots an hour this british racer Is now credited with 28 knots the indomitable Is the first of the all big gun cruiser battleships to go afloat the michigan the first of our all big gun just plain battleships was launched a few weeks ago the michl gan Is rated as a dreadnought this dreadnought cruiser of great britain carries a battery equal to that of the michigan and her speed Is BUCQ that she can easily outrun any of our much boasted scouts As the british dreadnought ravola naval construction so doubt less will this new type of cruiser dreadnoughts revise naval pro grams the dreadnought is the most powerful battleship now in existence she mounts ten 12 inch rifles the in carries eight guns of this caliber and in actual fire Is equal to the dreadnought moreover while the dreadnought has a speed of only 21 knots an hour the indomitable can steam nearly six knots an hour taster and whereas the dreadnought has anly 12 for repelling torpe do attack the cruiser battleship has an antl torpedo argument consisting ot 16 25 the indomitable Is driven by turbine engines which have an estimated horse power of 41 her great freeboard would seem to enable her to maintain high speed in almost any kind of weather forward the vessel measures 32 feet above waterline the freeboard Is 29 feet aft it Is 20 feet the armo protection consists of a belt seven inches in thickness prior to the advent of the dreadnought the officers of all ships of war had their quarters aft this custom Is as old as the navy itself but new types demand new arrangements and in the dreadnought all of the officers include ing the admiral and the commanding the indomitable showing after trl pod mast and method of hoisting and stowing boats officer have their quarters forward in the space formerly occupied by the crew the indomitable has the same arrangement still other unusual features that give the vessel a singular appearance are the tripod masts the representative of our shipyards which has gone to meet the able in canadian waters la the bew hampshire this Is the newest battle ship which we have in commission the vessel Is of 16 tons has a speed of 18 knots and is armed with four 12 inch rifles eight eight inch and 12 seven inch the cruiser bat of great britain is superior to her in speed and her eight 12 inch guns just double the four of that call her carried by the new hampshire |