A Formidable Navy

1901

Morocco has the smallest navy in the world. It consists of just one vessel — the Hassani. Until recently the peculiar feature of this warship was that it had no guns, but the sultan, Abdul Asiz, has now purchased at Cadiz four of the lightest pieces of ordnance left to Spain by the United States at the close of the war and has had them mounted. He is thoroughly satisfied that in the event of war with any of the powers the "reorganized" navy would be able to sweep the seas. — Philadelphia Record.