. The railroad and engineering journal . iority over any vessels of their kind afloat. In the protected cruiser side or vertical armor is whollywanting, and as a substitute for the protection of maga-zines, machinery, boilers, etc., we find a greater or lessthickness of horizontal armor laid upon a deck runningfrom end to end of the vessel, with a level amidships ofabout that of the water-line and sloping to the sides at a 104 THE RAILROAD AND [March, 1B90. point considerably below. Fig. 7 represents the Englishvessels of the y1/(Vj<-)class. In them the steel deck is 2 amidships an
. The railroad and engineering journal . iority over any vessels of their kind afloat. In the protected cruiser side or vertical armor is whollywanting, and as a substitute for the protection of maga-zines, machinery, boilers, etc., we find a greater or lessthickness of horizontal armor laid upon a deck runningfrom end to end of the vessel, with a level amidships ofabout that of the water-line and sloping to the sides at a 104 THE RAILROAD AND [March, 1B90. point considerably below. Fig. 7 represents the Englishvessels of the y1/(Vj<-)class. In them the steel deck is 2 amidships and 3 in. on the slope, which strikes theside 4 ft. below the load water-line. The boilers, etc.,are, as shown in the cut, protected by many feet of thick- o( the recent English battle-ships planned within the pasttwelve months, we shall find a return toward first designsin the amount of space sought to be protected. Betterstill, the reconstructed plan of the Vtipuy dc Loiiit- willshow as a ship that is almost a second Gloht—a 4-in. ar-. r/G. nessof coal. No protection for the battery is provided forexcept that afforded by the shields on the individual vessels have a displacement of 3,500 tons and anestimated speed of iSi knots. In the cruiser lilakc, whichthe English naval authorities launched the other day atChatham Dock Yard, a new departure was made. Al-though with a displacement equal to that of many of theirbattle-ships—9,000 tons—no armor whatever is provided mor protection given to the entire sides. This in additionto the armor upon the gun-towers. The original Gloiie ga.\e 15 per cent, of her 5,500 tonsdisplacement to her armor. In the Amir ill Ban din 33 percent, was absorbed in the same direction. The .Idiiiiralclass of English battle-ships, although the area protectedwas very small, it was of such thickness that more than 30per cent, of their displacement went to armor. The new
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