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.

Great Britain.

France.

Russia.

Germany.

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.

United States.

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................