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.
In the Warrior the solid-bar keel gives way to the plate-keel, which
in this case is double, the garboard-strakes butting against the
edges of the internal plate, while the external one laps well over
the joint. The continuous internal keel is found in this ship similar
to the Brazil, secured by angle-irons to the inner keel-plate and
the broad plate-keelson. The lower angle-irons in this case are
continuous, while the upper ones are in short lengths, permitting the
upper angle-irons of the _frame_ to pass across and form a continuous
length from plank-sheer to plank-sheer. The web of the frame is
here shown increased in depth to a maximum, being lightened as far
as possible by circular sections cut out. The assemblage of a frame
consists of the continuous inner angle-irons, one on each side of a
narrow strip to which the deep web-pieces are bolted, and the lower
angle-irons bounding the webs. In the Warrior will be noticed six
longitudinal frames similar to the continuous inner keel, and it will
be noticed that the third of these frames, forming the seat of the
wing-passage bulkhead, and the sixth, running along the outer edge of
the floor-plates, project beyond the angle-irons of the transverse
frame, being slotted to permit these angle-irons to pass them. The
wing-passage bulkhead forms another longitudinal support, extending
fore and aft from the turn of the bilge to the lower side of the
main-deck. The armor shelf-plate in this instance consists simply of
a broad plate bent at right angles and secured by angle-irons to the
inner plating. This is a noticeable feature, as the extreme strain on
the plate in the sharp bend is a plane of weakness.
[Illustration: Bellerophon.]
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