1. Eleven protected steel cruisers: eight to be of 3200 tons, and three of 4500 tons displacement. The armament will be of the 9.45 or the 11-inch calibre Hontoria breech-loading guns, mounted on central pivots, with smaller pieces in broadside and a secondary battery of rapid-fire guns and torpedoes. All the ships are to be constructed on the cellular system, with double bottoms and water-tight compartments, are to have triple-expansion engines and twin screws, and are expected to attain a speed of 19 knots with natural, and 21 knots with forced draft. 2. Six steel torpedo-cruisers of 1500 tons displacement and a speed of 23 knots. They are to mount central-pivot guns from 6.3 to 7 inches in calibre, in addition to a number of smaller broadside guns, revolving cannons, and torpedoes. 3. Four torpedo-cruisers of 1100 tons displacement, to develop a speed of from 18 to 21 knots, and to be furnished with a heavy primary and the usual secondary battery. 4. Twelve steel torpedo gun-boats, six to be of 600 tons displacement, and six of 350 tons, with a speed of not less than 16 knots. 5. Sixteen steel torpedo gun-boats of 200 or 250 tons displacement, with a speed of 14 to 16 knots. 6. Ninety-six torpedo-boats, 100 to 120 tons displacement, with a maximum speed of 24 knots, and a coal endurance of 1500 miles. 7. Forty-two torpedo-boats of 60 to 70 tons displacement. 8. One transport of 3000 tons, to be equipped as a floating arsenal or machine-shop. 9. Twenty steel steam-launches of from 30 to 35 tons displacement, built on the life-boat system, and fitted with triple-expansion engines, to drive the boats from 12 to 14 knots per hour. The cost of the new fleet will be: For new vessels 189,900,000 Pesetas. For completing vessels now building 22,600,000 ” For arsenals 10,000,000 ” For submarine defence 2,500,000 ” ----------- Total 225,000,000[46] ” When these vessels are finished Spain will have the following fleet: NEW VESSELS. PRESENT VESSELS. Armor-clad 1 Armor-clads 2 First-class cruisers 12 First-class cruisers 6 Second-class cruisers 13 Second-class cruisers 16 Torpedo gun-boats 32 Smaller vessels 37 First-class torpedo-boats 100 --- Second-class torpedo-boats 50 Total afloat 61 Steam-launches 20 To be constructed 229 Arsenal transport 1 --- --- Grand total of fleet 290 Total 229