Show WHAT IS A DREADNOUGHT The controversy cont ver y at at present raging in parliament and the th press pre as to the rela rote tive tire strength of or the British and German battle fleets turns turris mainly on our com corn comparative comparative strength in Dreadnoughts says The vessel which has given her name to the modern modem type of heavily armed battleship was launched in 1906 1908 and all older types were at once regarded as in ina Ina Ina a sense obsolete Compared with the ships of ot the King Edward class she carries carrios ten guns as against four of or the same cali call ber and four tour Eight of these can be brought to bear on a hostile ves yes vessel aol sel In one OM broadside and six ahead or astern She is thus able to pour such sucha a constant stream of shells upon an opponent as would probably probably probably ably sink or disable her in a very few rew minutes Moreover her guns have an effective range of over twelve miles Tho Dreadnought is fitted with tur bine engines giving her a speed of knots the King Edward class steaming eighteen el and knots The four cruiser battleships of the Invincible class however have nave a speed of knots and It will be remembered that last August the Indomitable with the Prince of ot Waimon on board actually equalled the record of or the tho by steaming from land Jand to land Jand Belleisle to the in hours an average of 2513 2611 knots an hour The newer Dread Dreadnoughts d noughts are to have a speed of o twenty two knots The displacement of the largest yes vas vessel vassel sel of tills this class claM the now building is tons as against apin t the Dreadnoughts and the King Ed Edward Edward d dward ward As the advent of these monster bat battleships has rendered earlier types ob oh obsolescent so the mystery ship In Invincible Invincible and her sisters have consigned armored cruisers of earlier date such as the Minotaur which was only built three years ago to a metaphorical scrap heap Ships of the Invincible class would probably In time of war be employed as cruiser battleships for their th lr speed would enable them to head off oft the vessels ve sels and com corn compel compel pel them to offer otter fight while their weights of metal eight guns would account for anything but buta a Dreadnought It is at least a question whether In Inthe Inthe Inthe the humid air lr of the North sea guns would often be effective at a twelve twelvemile twelvemile twelvemile mile range At nine miles the battleships of the King Ed Edward Edward Edward ward type would be able to use their and guns and possibly they would demonstrate demon to the world that they were very ver far tar from obsolete In foggy weather too the mightiest battleship might be sunk or put out of action by a tiny torpedo boat or sub submarine submarine submarIne marine while the deadliness of the floating mine was abundantly proved In Port Arthur waters within every memory It Is certainly hard for tor those who wit witnessed witnessed witnessed the diamond jubilee review to realize that nearly every ever vessel ve eel of that mighty fleet has already passed pa ed to the scrap heap Indeed but battleships of a date prior to 1817 now remain on the active list |