Part 2 of 2 +---------------+---------+-----------+----------------+ | | Draught | Greatest | Heaviest Guns | | NAME OF SHIP. | of | Thickness | carried. | | | Water. | of Armor. | | +---------------+---------+-----------+----------------+ | |Feet. In.| Inches on | | | | | Sides. | | | Duilio | 26 8 | 22 | 4 of 101 tons. | | Dandolo | 27 | 22 | 4 ” 101 ” | | | | Inches on | | | | | Towers. | | | Italia | 27 8 | 19 | 4 ” 103 ” | | Lepanto | 27 8 | 19 | 4 ” 103 ” | | Re Umberto | 28 7 | 19 | 4 ” 106 ” | | Sicilia | 28 7 | 19 | 4 ” 106 ” | | Sardegna | 28 7 | 19 | 4 ” 106 ” | | Lauria | 27 | 14 | 4 ” 103 ” | | Morosini | 27 | 14 | 4 ” 103 ” | | Doria | 27 | 14 | 4 ” 103 ” | +---------------+---------+-----------+----------------+ The manner in which the towers and guns of the _Italia_ type are arranged is shown in section and in plan, which are taken for convenience from the works of Mr. King and of Lord Brassey, and were prepared, I believe, from official drawings.[32] [Illustration: SECTION OF THE “ITALIA.”] Among her unarmored vessels, in addition to a large number of old and slow small craft, Italy possesses some fast modern war-ships of the second and lower classes which are deserving of notice. In the first place, she has eight steel vessels ranging from 2500 tons to 3600 tons, which Lloyds describe as “deck-protected cruisers,” with a total absence of any justification, I think, excepting that other people have doubtless done so before.[33] There certainly are people who for business or other purposes would call anything a “protective deck,” but why these eight vessels should be removed from the category of unarmored ships, and constitute a class by themselves, is more than I can imagine even the slightest reason or justification for. I do not know any modern naval gun which will not penetrate an inch steel plate when presented to it as it is in the curving down decks of these vessels. It appears to me a trifling with serious matters to try and induce naval authorities, officers, and seamen to believe that these vessels, and similar ones wherever they are to be found, have any pretensions to be regarded as “protected.” [Illustration: DECK PLAN OF THE “ITALIA.”] [Illustration: THE “ITALIA.”]