“County” class, slower and less powerful, completed between 1903 and 1905 15 “Drake” and “Cressy” class, bigger and better, but slightly older ships, completed between 1901 and 1903 10 -- Total armoured cruisers 34 Cruisers: Big protected cruisers, “Diadem” class, 21 knots, 6in. guns (1889-1902) 6 Older and smaller (1890-1892) 9 -- 15 Fast Light Cruisers: “Arethusa” class, 3,500 tons, 30 knots, burning oil, completed 1914 8 “Town” class, 5,400 to 4,800 tons, 25 knots (1910- 1914) 15 25-knot ships, round about 300 tons (1903-1907) 15 -- 30 20-knot ships, 2,100 to 5,400 tons (1896-1900) 16 19-knot ships, 5,600 tons (1895-1896) 9 Older ships, 2,500 to 4,300 tons, 16·5 to 19·5 knots (1890-1893) 9 -- Total protected cruisers 87 Destroyers, 36 to 25½ knots (1893-1914) 227 Torpedo-boats, 26 to 20 knots (1885-1908) 109 Submarines, from 1,000 to 200 tons, speed from 20 to 11·5 knots surface, 12 to 7 knots submerged (1904-1913) 75 Minelayers 7 Repair Ships 3 It need hardly be added that a number of these vessels--including the two Pre-Dreadnought battleships “Swiftsure” and “Triumph” and groups of cruisers, destroyers, and submarines--were on duty in the outer seas when war opened. GERMAN FLEET. Super-Dreadnoughts (3 building) None Dreadnought battleships 13 Dreadnought battle-cruisers 5 -- 18 (Three other battleships are due to commission in 1914.) Pre-Dreadnought battleships (1891-1908) 22 Old coast defence battleships (1889-1893) 8 Armoured cruisers (1897-1909) 8,900 to 15,500 tons, 24·5 to 19 knots 9 Big protected cruisers (1892-1910), 6,000 tons, 19 knots 6 24-knot cruisers (1904-1913), 3,000 to 5,000 tons 25 -- 31