_Rattlesnake_ Ratto _Repulse_ Beecham _Resolution_ Reso _Royal Sovereign_ Royal Quid _Salamander_ Sally and her Ma _Sanspareil_ San Pan _Scylla_ Silly _Seagull_ Gull _Sheldrake_ Shell Out _St. Vincent_ Saint _Sutlej_ Suble J. _Tartar_ Emetic _Téméraire_ Temmy _Terrible_ Orrible _Undaunted_ Dauntless _Yarmouth_ Lunatic _Warspite_ War Spider _Note._--From time to time Nicknames vary, as occasionally they are bestowed by other ships. This list is not quite complete on that account. FOOTNOTES [1] Most of the criticism past and present of the Barnaby era is rendered worthless by an ignoring of this report. [2] This is instanced by the increasing ahead fire given to the broadside ironclads. [3] _Our Ironclad Ships._ [4] In this connection see _Imperieuse_ and _Warspite_ later on. [5] _Naval Developments of the Century_, by Sir N. Barnaby, pp. 163–164. [6] Re-designed to give extra protection. [7] _See_ Reed Era. [8] In the Chili-Peruvian War--as late as 1879–81--a torpedo fired from the _Huascar_ did this. [9] The full report is to be found in Part IV of _Brassey’s Naval Annual_, 1888–9. [10] It is worthy of note that these ships were abnormally “over-gunned” according to the ideas which were then in official favour, and which, later on, came more into favour still. The same applies to the _Arethusa_ class. [11] It is interesting to note that the Laird firm, who built the _Rattlesnake_, which was easily the fastest of her class, made her engines considerably heavier than Admiralty specifications. For this they were fined £1,000, which sum, however, was remitted after the brilliant success of the ship in the manœuvres above referred to. [12] Mr. W. T. Stead, who edited the _Pall Matt Gazette_ at that time, intimated some twenty years later that Lord Fisher was behind him in commencing the agitation. Lord Charles Beresford, then in political life, brought the Bill forward. [13] In 1899 the _Blake_ was re-boilered. The ships remained upon the effective list till 1906, when they were converted into sea-going depot ships for destroyers, most of their guns being removed. They now carry each 670 tons of coal of their own, and 470 tons stowed in one cwt. bags for use by destroyers. [14] This ship very greatly exceeded her nominal displacement of 14,200 tons. She was actually 15,400 tons. The essentially White ships were, on the other hand, of about their nominal displacement. Of the _Hood_ it may further be added that she was greatly inferior to the others as a sea-boat--a serious set-off against her superior big gun protection. [15] 4 _Astræas_ = 8--6in., 16--4.7. 5 _Apollos_ = 10--6in., 15--4.7