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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

The total naval force of the United Kingdom, in commission and in reserve and building, was as follows at the end of August 1870:

Total number of ships

Total horse- power

Total

number

of

guns

Total tonnage

Steam

Coast- guard tenders

Sailing

In commission

In reserve and building

174 318

25

39

57,205 64,286

1,984 3,610

314,449 318,845

There served in the fleet on commission, 30,722 officers and men ; 5,603 boys; and 6,618 marines, being a total naval conrplement of 42,943.

The most important division of the navy, the ironclad fleet of war, consisted at the end of September, 1870, of 54 vessels, in- cluding those on the stocks. The following is the list, in alphabet- ical order of names, of these 54 ironclads, with specification of number of guns, horse-power, tonnage, material of hull, and year of launch, or, in the case of dates later than 1870, estimated time of completion. Those ironclads marked with an asterisk before their names are turret ships.

Name

Guns

Horse- power

Tonnage

Material of hull

Year of launch


 * Abyssinia ....

4

200

1,854

Iron

1870

Achilles

26

1,250

6,121

Iron

1863

Agincourt.

28

1,350

6,621

' Iron

1865

Audacious.

14

800

3,774

Iron

1870

Bellerophon

14

1,000

. 4,270

Iron

1865

Black Prince

28

1,250

. 6,109

Iron

1861

Caledonia.

24

1,000

. 4,125

Wood

1862


 * Cerbe.rus.

4

250

2,107

Iron

1870

Defence

16

600

3,720

Iron

1861

•Devastation

4

800

4,406

Iron

1872

Enterprise.

4

1 60

993

Wood

1864

Erebus

16

200

1,954

Iron

1856

Favorite.

10

400

2,094

Wood

1864-


 * Fnry.

4

1„000

5,030

Iron

1873


 * Glatton

2

500

2,709

Iron

1871

Hector

18

.800

4,089

Iron

1862

Hercules.

14

1,200

5.234

Iron

1870

•Hotspur

2

600

2,637

Iron

1870

Invincible.

14

800

3,774

Iron

1 869

Iron Duke.

14

800

3,787

Iron

1870