=1 Boat “Taku”= (1898), displacement, 270 tons; speed, 30 knots; armament, two 3-pdrs.; two torpedo tubes. Complement, 49. SUBMARINES. =2 Boats, U 1 and U 2= (1906-08), displacement, 197-236 tons; speeds, 8-10 knots; armament, two torpedo tubes. =6 Boats, U 3-U 8= (1908-11), displacement, 240-300 tons; speeds, 8-12 knots; armament, two torpedo tubes. =12 Boats, U 9-U 20= (1910-12), displacement, 450 tons; speeds, 9-15 knots; armament, three torpedo tubes. =16 Boats, U 21-U 36= (1912-14), displacement, 800 tons; speeds, 18-12 knots; armament: two guns, four (or five) torpedo tubes. MINELAYERS. =“Nautilus”= (1906), displacement, 1,900 tons; speed, 20 knots; armament, eight 3·4-in., 400 naval mines. =“Albatross”= (1907), displacement, 2,120 tons; speed, 20 knots; armament: eight 3·4-in., 400 naval mines. =“Pelikan”= (1890), displacement, 2,300 tons; speed, 15 knots; armament: four 3·4-in., 300 naval mines. THE FRENCH NAVY BATTLESHIPS. ---------------+------+------+-----+-------+------------+------------- Name. | Ton- | Speed|Com’-| Com- | Armour. | Armament. | nage.|(kts.)|ment.|pleted.| | ---------------+------+------+-----+-------+------------+------------- Courbet }|23,100| 20 |1,000| 1913 |Belt: am. |12-in., Jean Bart }| | | | „ |10½-in.; f. |twelve; 5·5- France }| | | | 1914 |7-in.; a. 7-|in., twenty- Paris }| | | | „ |in.; P.D. |two; eight | | | | |3½-in. |smaller; tor- | | | | | |pedo tubes, | | | | | |three. | | | | | | Condorcet }|18,400| 19 | 680| 1911 |Belt: am. |12-in., four; Danton }| | | | „ |10-in.; f. |9·4-in., Diderot }| | | | „ |6-in.; a. 6-|twelve; 3- Mirabeau }| | | | „ |in.; P.D. 3-|in., sixteen; Vergiaud }| | | | „ |in.; Bar- |torpedo Voltaire }| | | | „ |bette 12- |tubes, two. | | | | |in.; C.T. | | | | | |12-in. | | | | | | | Démocratie }|14,870| 18 | 800| 1907 |Belt: 11- |12-in., four; Justice }| | | | „ |in.; P.D. |7·6, ten; 4- Vérité }| | | | 1908 |2½-in.; Tur-|in., eight; | | | | |ret 12-in. |smaller, | | | | | |twenty-six; | | | | | |torpedo | | | | | |tubes, five | | | | | |(two sub-