Show ENGLAND RAPIDLY BUILDING WARSHIPS EXPECTING I A WAR VAR WITH ITH GERMANY British Admiralty Feverishly F Feverishly Fever Fever- ever ever- Active in Launching Launching Launching Launch Launch- ing ing New War Vessels 1 GREAT SHIP SH IS FINISHED I IRace Race with Germany G for Naval i Supremacy Keen and Swift with lith Object jn ll View BATTLESHIPS BATTLE HIPS BEGUN i Comparison of British and German That Thai II Former Has Advantage I I l Cable Cahl London N Nov OVa Owing 22 22 Owing Owing- I to England's persistent bugaboo bugaboo bug bug- I of war with Germany the admiralty is feverishly r active in building building- and launching launching- new nev ve vessels els of I Iwar war The premier himself I attended the launching of the leviathan battleship Col- Col I lingwood The keel plates were laid in February and I Ithe the vessel launched nine months mouths later later later-a a record in battleship building I t M E 1 oi tr H I U flim I l' l o c l' l have cost cist 3 England's 1 on her hc n navy this year e r has been a trifle under l The amount of or was appropriated for fOl construction of new fc vEi sola this year The gigantIc gigant c Collingwood Is Ib 10 to- ported to be l the latent work In battleship battleShip battle battle- ship design Her displacement will win willbe willbe be 1920 tons heavier ln than tin tn b bj by 2000 tons The Tho was the thc first or of thol tho the l leviathan battleship class Since th then n have ha been launch launch- nl m e ed Two more are on omi the stocks andone andone and andone one will wll be ue launched soon Of too the 4 45 battleships or battleship cruisers cruisers- of r C the new nen types which have been uen or bore are being bu bult It for Cor the tho worlds world's navies ha e been launched launched- Eleven of oC them fly tho the British flag two belong belong be he- long to Japan two to the United States three to Germany and one to toB Brazil B razi I Race Kace foe roi Naval In the pres ll state tat of ot tension between between between be be- German the race tween England nn for naval supremacy Is swift En England lan lanhas has constructed or being con constructed nine of or the I class and Germany nine The dimen- dimen I of or the time Collingwood arc aie le Length GOO 1100 feet horsepower beam Bt SI feet draught 27 7 feet teet spec speed 21 I II knots Her armor belt la Is 11 ii inches Inches Inches' I thick She will m carry earn ten Inch 12 main guns fourteen Inch 1 tor anti peo guns and five n torpedo tubes Tho The German and English fleets that are arc now cul for Cor action in home waters waters wa wa- aro compared complied as follows II iii Fleet Battleships bt l I Agamemnon Agamemnon Aga Aga- a- a memnon 1 I 1 1 Majesties S. S 8 Vengeance 1 i. i Total 1 12 Armored Cruisers s 2 2 4 4 l c 1 I Essex 2 To To- Total tal tah 9 9 Armament t l 12 0 3 Z 7 i ln 5 gun guns US s 1 It I I Ig Ii Seat s HJ ct Battleships 6 5 Braun Braun- Dl un- un 5 4 Kaisers 2 2 Total IG 16 Armored 2 2 2 Total 4 4 Armament ll 11 ln 11 9 tI D. 1 in S ln in S-ln S I guns gun guis WeIght ht of or Metal British Metal British pounds German 41 pounds In speed cd and protection the advantage advantage tage is It also w with Ith till thiS British force which so 60 tar far as CU displacement is concerned con- con stronger than tho the ls Is I third om German tle fleet t. t |