Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1893 — About Ships and Shipping. [ARTICLE]

About Ships and Shipping.

Op 10,000 British seamen, 66 are lost every year. The heaviest anchors weigh about 7,700 pounds. Italy has 50 ships of war, 171 guns and 19,224 men. Frigates in the modern style were first built in 1649. The use of steel for ship building was begun in 1879. The Austrian navy has 129 ships, 411 guns and 8,740 men. The modern French navy dates from the reign cf Napoleon 111. The screw propeller was introduced Into the British navy in 1840.