Armour (iron)--Belt 14-11in., Bulkheads 13in., Turrets 14in. H.P.--8,210 = 12.40 knots. In the original design of the _Fury_ provision was made for a conning tower with a heavily-armoured communication tube. She proved a very successful ship. No sisters were ordered, probably because the Admiralty wished to see how she did before committing themselves to the type. Ere she was finished a different fashion in warships had set in. The cost of the _Dreadnought_ was about £600,000. The _Alexandra_ was designed long after Reed had left the Admiralty. That famous constructor had nothing whatever to do with her. None the less she was the apotheosis of his box-battery ironclad ideas and for that reason is included in his era. She was simply an “improved _Sultan_.” Particulars of her:-- Displacement--9,490 tons. Length (between perpendiculars)--325ft. Beam--63⅔ft. Draught--26½ft. Armament--Four 25-ton M.L., ten 18-ton M.L., four above-water torpedo dischargers (14in.) Armour (iron)--12-6in. belt, flat deck on top of it. Bulkheads 8-5in. Battery 12-6in. Horse-power--9,810 = 15 knots. Coal--680 tons = 2,700 knots at 10 knots (nominal). She was built at Chatham Dockyard; engined by Humphrys; completed for sea, 1877. Four of the 18-ton guns were carried in an upper deck battery, and had end-on training. The other guns were carried in the main-deck battery, which was some 10ft. high. The 25-ton guns had a right-ahead training. After completion she served as Mediterranean flagship, though at the bombardment of Alexandria the flag was transferred to the _Invincible_, which, being of lighter draught, was able to enter the inner harbour. At a later date (about 1890) she was “partially reconstructed.” For her original barque rig a three-masted military rig was substituted, and six 4-inch Q.F. were mounted on top of her upper deck battery. She has been described as the apotheosis of Reed broadside ideas, and a very apotheosis she was. No broadside or central battery ironclad of the British or any other Navy ever equalled her, and she dropped out of the first rank only because the big gun rendered broadside ships entirely obsolete. _GUNS IN THE ERA._ The principal guns (all M.L.R.) in the Reed Era were as follows:--