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Show Japanese Destroyers. Tho Japancso destroyers wero built by Thornycroft and Yarrow and are of tho latest type. The oldest has not been In service moro than tlvo years, and ls called tho Usugumo. Sho ls ono of six built by Thornycroft of Ch'lswlck, and Is 2J0 feet long by 10 foot beam, with a dnlft of ?vtr 7.ect and 11 displacement of 27." . s- ri, aPc?d of tho six on trial wrs about 30 knots (3ea inJIcs) per hour. Each carries a 12-pounder quick-firing gun forward for-ward and five slx-pounders, with a complement com-plement of fifty-four ofllcers and inon. They havo two large HllpUeal funnels, !Jll..'Hgffnr"rnqnr i. .wm i, .n... n i . .... - whereas other Japancso destroyers havo four circular funnels. Each carries two 13-lnch torpedo tubes. Two years ago Thornycroft sent to Japan two larger destroyers. de-stroyers. 217 feet long, 21 feet wide and S feet ln draft, with a displacement of ."WM tons, a speed of 31 knots and tho samo armament as above. Yarrow of Poplar has supplied seven destroyers to Japan, 230 feet long, KHA feet In beam, nearly 10 feet in draft, 3SO tons displacement, with a speed of about 31 knots. They aro armed like those of Thornycroft. Thoy have proved seaworthy in gales, but. of course, destroyers ought to slow down in rough seas, and hence fast cruisers ablo to keep up their speed might overtake or distance them ln storms London Globe. |