Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . ve the ships buoyancy and stabil-ity from ready destruction by gun fire, itis often impracticable to give the ship thatprotection. This is true, for example, ofall small corvettes,sloops,and gun vessels,which are too small to float the necessaryarmor plates, in addition to all the indis-pensable weights of hull,steammachinery,fuel, armament, ammunition, crew, andstores. It Avould be both idle and unrea-sonable, therefore, to complain of the con-struction of some ships with the protect-ing armor limited,or even,in certain cases
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . ve the ships buoyancy and stabil-ity from ready destruction by gun fire, itis often impracticable to give the ship thatprotection. This is true, for example, ofall small corvettes,sloops,and gun vessels,which are too small to float the necessaryarmor plates, in addition to all the indis-pensable weights of hull,steammachinery,fuel, armament, ammunition, crew, andstores. It Avould be both idle and unrea-sonable, therefore, to complain of the con-struction of some ships with the protect-ing armor limited,or even,in certain cases,with no protecting armor at all. Suchships must be built, and in considerablenumber, for the British navy. But thisnecessity should neither blind us to theexposure and destructibility of all suchvessels, nor induce us to endeavor to keepthat exposure and destructibility out ofour own sight. Still less should it en-courage us to sanction,even for a moment,such an abuse of terms as to hold up asarmored and protected ships thosewhich, whether unavoidably or avoida-. TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE MERSEY. THE BRITISH NAVY; 351
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