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AVERAGE BROADSIDE FIRE OF THE SHIPS TAKEN SINGLY

Great Britain	7,690	lb.
Germany	6,935	,,
Great Britain's superiority	755	,,

Or, in a fleet of thirty battleships, practically equivalent to three extra men-of-war.

The preponderance in weight of the broadside fire of the British cruisers in the North Sea as compared with that of the German cruisers in the same sea is even more marked, as Great Britain has twenty-nine cruisers, thirteen of which are armoured, as against Germany's six, only one of which is armoured. Here again Germany is out-numbered and out-classed by Great Britain.

Since ships-of-war cannot be always at sea and are liable to accident and deterioration, the next point to be considered and compared is the docking accommodation possessed by each nation.