+---------------+---------------+--------------+--------+------------+ | NAME OF SHIP. | Displacement. | Indicated | Speed. | Armament. | | | | Horse-power. | | | +---------------+---------------+--------------+--------+------------+ | | Tons. | | Knots. | Guns. | | Elisabeth | 4500 | 8000 | 18 | 14 8-inch. | | Ariadne | 4800 | 8000 | 18 | 14 8-inch. | | Charlotte | 3360 | .... | 16 | .... | | Loreley | 2000 | 5400 | 19 | 2 4-inch. | +---------------+---------------+--------------+--------+------------+ The Admiralty Return makes no mention of the last ship, as she is but a despatch-vessel, but she is mentioned and particularized in the _Universal Register_. It is to be further observed that the first two vessels on this list are each to have a 3-inch deck, for the protection of the engines, boilers, etc., which fact has induced the Admiralty officers to designate them “protected ships,” as they do their own ships of this really unprotected type, and as they have not designated the French cruisers _Tage_ and _Cécile_. The German navy comprises a few modern and fast frigates, some of which have been honored with illustrious names, as will be seen from the following list: GERMAN UNARMORED FRIGATES. +----------------+--------+--------------+--------+-----------------+ | NAME OF SHIP. | Displa-| Indicated | Speed. | Principal | | | cement.| Horse-power. | | Armament. | +----------------+--------+--------------+--------+-----------------+ | | Tons. | | Knots. | Guns. | | Bismarck | 2850 | 2500 | 13½ | 16 of 3½ tons. | | Moltke | 2850 | 2500 | 13½ | 16 ” 3½ ” | | Stosch | 2800 | 2500 | 13½ | 16 ” 3½ ” | | Stein | 2800 | 2500 | 13½ | 16 ” 3½ ” | | Prinz Adalbert | 3860 | 4800 | 15 | { 2 ” 6 ” | | | | | | {10 ” 3½ ” | | Leipzig | 3860 | 4800 | 15 | 10 ” 3½ ” | | Charlotte | 3310 | 3000 | 15 | 18 ” 4 ” | | Gueisenau | 2810 | 3000 | 15 | 16 ” 3½ ” | +----------------+--------+--------------+--------+-----------------+ There are also some modern corvettes in this navy which may be classed in point of speed with the above frigates; these are, GERMAN UNARMORED CORVETTES.