+----------------+--------+---------+-------+---------+---------------+ | | Displa-|Indicated| Speed.| Maximum | Principal | | NAME OF SHIP. | cement.| Horse- | | Armor. | Armament. | | | | power. | | | | +----------------+--------+---------+-------+---------+---------------+ | | Tons. | | Knots.| Inches. | Guns. | | König Wilhelm | 9750 | 8300 | 14¾ | 12 | 18 of 14 tons.| | Kaiser | 7550 | 8000 | 14½ | 10 | 8 ” 18 ” | | Deutschland | 7550 | 8000 | 14½ | 10 | 8 ” 18 ” | | Friedrich der | | | | | | | Grosse | 6600 | 4930 | 14 | 9½ | 4 ” 18 ” | | Preussen | 6600 | 4380 | 14 | 9½ | 4 ” 18 ” | | Baden | 7280 | 5600 | 14 | 16 | 6 ” 18 ” | | Baiern | 7280 | 5600 | 14 | 16 | 6 ” 18 ” | | Sachsen | 7280 | 5600 | 14 | 16 | 6 ” 18 ” | | Würtemberg | 7280 | 5600 | 14 | 16 | 6 ” 18 ” | | Oldenburg | 5200 | 3900 | 13½ | 12 | 8 ” 18 ” | | Friedrich Karl | 6000 | 3500 | 13½ | 5 | 16 ” 9 ” | | Kronprinz | 5480 | 4800 | 14¼ | 5 | 16 ” 9 ” | +----------------+--------+---------+-------+---------+---------------+ All the above German ships are completed, and have been for a long time, with the exception of the _Oldenburg_, which was not launched until 1884. The _Baden_ was launched in 1880, the _Baiern_ and _Würtemberg_ in 1878, and all the rest earlier—the _Friedrich Karl_ and _Kronprinz_ nearly twenty years ago. Germany appears to have no iron-clad, large or small, under construction at present. It is unnecessary to set forth in detail her small armored gun-vessels; suffice it to say that she has one iron turret-ship, the _Arminius_, of 1560 tons, with 7½-inch armor, but only carrying four 9-ton guns, and steaming 10 to 11 knots; and eleven iron vessels of 10 feet draught of water, 1090 tons displacement, 700 horse-power, 9 knots speed, and 8-inch armor, each carrying one 12-inch gun of 37 tons. These were all built at Bremen, and launched between 1876 and 1880, inclusive. They are named after such agreeable creatures as basilisks, crocodiles, salamanders, scorpions, etc., but owing to their small speed would probably prove of less aggressive habits than their names imply. They would nevertheless be very useful in defending the coasts and harbors. The abstention for the present of the German government from the construction of armored ships must not be taken as implying that it prefers the fast unarmored cruiser as a type of war-ships, for it has no such cruiser built, and is building but three of very high speed, and one of 16 knots.[37] The particulars of these are as follows: