21 DECEMBER 1907, Page 3

The Daily Chronicle of Wednesday gives some remarkable figures as

to the final speed trials of the new turbine and oil- fuel destroyer Tartar.' A speed of 35.363 knots was main- tained for six hours, and over the measured mile the highest speed was 37-037 knots. This last is equal to forty-four land miles an hour,—truly a notable performance even in these days when the development of the turbine makes us expect unprecedented speeds. The ' Tartar' is one of five new ocean- going destroyers. The fastest of the others has reached thirty-four and a quarter knots. The contract speed is thirty-three knots.