═══════════════════════╤═════╤══════════╤══════════╤════════╤══════ │ │ │ │Officers│ Classification. │ No. │ Tons. │ Horse- │ and │ Guns. │ │ │ Power. │ Men. │ ───────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────┼────── Battleships, 1st class│ 29 │ 377,176 │ 355,000 │ 19,291 │ 1,301 " 2nd class│ 12 │ 114,030 │ 75,000 │ 5,672 │ 346 " 3rd class│ 11 │ 77,820 │ 57,600 │ 5,487 │ 365 " armoured │ 18 │ 136,960 │ 116,000 │ 10,386 │ 604 Coast Defence, │ │ │ │ │ Iron-clads │ 16 │ 61,410 │ 30,460 │ 3,211 │ 209 ├─────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────┼────── Total armored │ 86 │ 767,390 │ 634,060 │ 44,047 │ 2,825 Cruisers, 1st class │ 17 │ 157,950 │ 278,000 │ 10,514 │ 688 " 2nd class │ 57 │ 243,820 │ 461,100 │ 19,346 │ 1,359 " 3rd class │ 52 │ 110,685 │ 220,340 │ 10,994 │ 927 Gunboats, Catchers │ 33 │ 25,940 │ 113,300 │ 2,935 │ 203 " Coast Defence│ 42 │ 11,828 │ 5,860 │ 1,527 │ 106 Sloops │ 22 │ 23,305 │ 28,000 │ 2,764 │ 318 Gunboats, │ │ │ │ │ 1st class (police) │ 20 │ 15,810 │ 23,400 │ 1,670 │ 202 Miscellaneous Vessels │ 24 │ 112,712 │ 202,300 │ 4,998 │ 318 Torpedo Boats │ │ │ │ │ and Destroyers │ 250 │ 25,000 │ 300,000 │ 5,860 │ 690 ├─────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────┼────── Grand Total │ 689 │1,494,440 │2,266,360 │104,855 │ 7,638 ───────────────────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────────┴────────┴────── First-class battle-ships are vessels of from 10,000 to 15,000 tons displacement, with steam-engines of 10,000 to 12,000 horse-power and attaining a speed of from seventeen to eighteen knots. To this belong the _Magnificent_, the _Majestic_, the _Renown_, the _Benbow_, etc. The first three carry each four 12-inch guns, twelve 6-inch, sixteen 12-pounders, twelve 3-pounders, eight machine guns, and five torpedo tubes. The _Benbow_ carries two 16.25-inch guns, each weighing 110 tons, in addition to her armament of smaller pieces. Second-class battle-ships, such as the _Edinburgh_ and _Colossus_, are under 10,000 tons, and with 5,500 horse-power develop a speed of about fourteen knots. Third-class battle-ships are represented by the _Hero_ and _Bellerophon_, vessels of 6,200 and 7,550 tons respectively.