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Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson)

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Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.

Name: Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.
Author: Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson)

Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson)

Naval architecture; Naval battles; Navies; Ordnance, Naval; Torpedoes

Sea-going turret vessel. Swan-breasted ram bow, pointed stern,
single screw, three-quarter sail-power. Armored belt encircling the
water-line to the height of the upper-deck beams. Tripod fore-mast
with the single turret just abaft it. No direct bow-fire on account
of a topgallant forecastle, and no direct stern-fire from the turret
owing to a poop-cabin. Light, unprotected poop-guns secure fire in this
direction. Drop-rail in wake of the turret. Armored pilot-house just
abaft turret. (Captured in 1879 from the Peruvians.)




CHINA.

        A = Length between Perpendiculars.
        B = Breadth of Beam.
        C = Maximum Draft.
        D = Displacement.
        E = Indicated Horse-power.
        F = Maximum Speed.
    ----------------+---+---+----+----+---+-----+---------------------
                    |   |   |    |    |   |     |
    TYPE AND NAME.  | A | B | C  |  D | E |  F  | BATTERY.
                    |   |   |    |    |   |     |
    ----------------+---+---+----+----+---+-----+---------------------
     2 Frigates.    |   |   |    |    |   |     |
    13 Light River  |   |   |    |    |   |     |
         Gun-boats. |   |   |    |    |   |     |
                    |Ft.|Ft.| Ft.|Tons|   |Knots|
    River Gun-boats.|   |   |    |    |   |     |
       Alpha        |118| 27| 9  | 325|300|   9 | I 11-inch Armstrong.
       Beta         |118| 27| 9  | 325|300|   9 | I 11-inch    ”
       Gamma        |120| 30| 9  | 400|340|   9 | I 12½-inch   ”
       Delta        |120| 30| 9  | 400|340|   9 | I 12½-inch   ”
       Chin Pei     |125| 29|10½ | 440|389|  10 | I 12-inch    ”
       Chin Shan    |125| 29|10½ | 440|389|  10 | I 12-inch Vavasseur.
       Fu Shing     |125| 29|10½ | 440|389|  10 | I 12-inch    ”
       Lung Lang    |125| 29|10½ | 440|389|  10 | I 12-inch    ”
    ----------------+---+---+----+----+---+-----+---------------------
      Torpedo-boats. Transports. Junks. Hulks. Guard- and School-Ships.

RIVER GUN-BOATS.

Iron, twin-screw gun-boats, carrying one heavy gun firing through
a musket-proof bow-port. Hydraulic loading apparatus underneath
the covered forecastle. Magazine and shell-rooms under the gun,
with side-hatches and railways for transporting the ammunition to
the muzzle. Bridge across the after-part of the high musket-proof
rail, with steering-wheel just abaft it and so low as only to permit
the helmsman’s head to come above the rail. After-rail low, with a
musket-proof booby-hatch over the engine-room.

[Illustration: ALPHA.]




DENMARK.

ARMORED FLEET.

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Navies of the world : $b giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.

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