This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
January 1, 1904.
Issued By The Office Of Naval Intelligence, U. S. N.
Number And Displacement Of War Ships, Built And Building, Of 1,000 Or More Tons Displacement.
Type. | France. | Russia. | ||||||||||||||
Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | |
Battleships, 1st class* | 50 | 669,000 | 9 | 142,600 | 20 | 223,621 | 6 | 87,800 | 17 | 201,129 | 8 | 112,864 | 14 | 152,581 | 6 | 77,982 |
Other battleships and coast defense ironclads.......... | 6 | 49,900 | 20 | 94,615 | 12 | 66,679 | 16 | 90,773 | ||||||||
Armored cruisers. . . | 27 | 262,800 | 14 | 166,000 | 15 | 113,767 | 8 | 91,849 | 8 | 71,261 | 3 | 28,144 | 3 | 28,048 | ||
Protected cruisers, 1st class (above 6,000 tons)...... | 21 | 201,950 | 4 | 31,513 | 6 | 39,546 | 3 | 19,965 | ||||||||
Protected cruisers, 2d class (3,000 to 6,000 tons)...... | 4 53 | 235,880 | 7 | 21,000 | 19 | 79,752 | 5 | 19,450 | 3 | 9,445 | 9 | 46,949 | ||||
Other cruisers and scouts (above 1,000 tons)...... | 44 | 96,510 | 8 | 21,610 | 18 | 32,840 | 11 | 18,093 | 31 | 69,427 | 4 | 11,715 | ||||
Totals......... | 201 | 1,516,040 | 38 | 351,210 | 96 | 576,108 | 14 | 179,649 | 59 | 416,158 | 14 | 142,274 | 73 | 387,874 | 13 | 117,745 |
Combined totals | 239 of 1,867,250 tons. | 110 of 755,757 tons. | 73 of 558,432 tons. | 86 of 505,619 tons. | ||||||||||||
Type. | Italy. | Japan. | Austria. | |||||||||||||
Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | Built. | Tons. | B'ld-ing. | Tons. | |
Battleships, 1st class* | 11 | 125,129 | 11 + | 166,700 | 14 | 173,276 | 5 | 63,125 | 6 | 84,300 | 3 | 31,800 | ||||
Other battleships and coast defense ironclads ..... | 12 | 47,945 | 3 | 12,244 | 3 | 13,004 | 11 | 62,480 | 2 | 16,720 | ||||||
Armored cruisers. . . | 2 | 17,415 | 8 | 111,800 | 5 | 31,891 | 1 | 7,264 | 8 | 73,550 | 2 | 11,520 | 1 | 7,400 | ||
Protected cruisers, 1st class (above 6,000 tons)...... | 2 | 14,750 | 3 | 28,800 | ||||||||||||
Protected cruisers, 2d class (3,000 to 6,000 tons)...... | 15 | 56,393 | 4 | 12,400 | 5 | 17,490 | 10 | 41,226 | 3 | 10,095 | 2 | 8,128 | ||||
Other cruisers and scouts (above 1,000 tons)...... | 23 | 32,773 | 2 | 2,170 | 11 | 23,937 | 17 | 31,506 | 6 | 11,785 | ||||||
Totals......... | 65 | 294,405 | 28 | 321,870 | 38 | 258,838 | 6 | 70,419 | 44 | 243,586 | 3 | 10.095 | 21 | 93,913 | 6 | 55,920 |
Combined totals | 93 of 616,275 tons. | 44 of 329,257 tons. | 47 of 253,681 tons. | 27 of 149,833 tons. | ||||||||||||
* Battleships, first class, are of (about) 10,000 tons, or more, displacement, and are not more than 20 years old. (The few exceptions as to age have been reconstructed and are given a modern armament.)
+ Contract not yet awarded for two additional authorized.
N. B. - Gunboats and other vessels of less than 1,000 tons are not given in the table nor are transports, despatch vessels, converted merchant vessels or yachts, or obsolete cruisers. Vessels not begun are not included in the table. For later figures see page 58.
Number Of Torpedo Vessels And Submarines, Built And Building. | Austria. | B'lding. | 69 | ||||
Built. | 7 | 61 | 1 | 69 | |||
Japan. | B'ld-ing. | 18 | 18 | 98 | |||
Built. | 17 | 63 | 80 | ||||
Italy. | B'ld-ing. | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 166 | |
Built. | 11 | 142 | 1 | 154 | |||
United States. | Building. | 4 | 4 | 58 | |||
Built. | 16 | 30 | 8 | 54 | |||
Germany. | B'ld-ing. | 12 | 3 | 15 | 140 | ||
Built. | 32 | 93 | 125 | ||||
Russia. | B'ld-ing. | 9 | 5 | 14 | 205 | ||
Built. | 40 | 150 | 1 | 191 | |||
France. | B'ld-ing. | 13 | 30 | 10 | 53 | 368 | |
Built. | 25 | 260 | 30 | 315 | |||
Great Britain. | Building. | 21 | 10 | 31 | 255 | ||
Built. | 125 | 90 | 9 | 224 | |||
Type. | Torpedo boat destroyers. . . . | Totals................ | |||||
 
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