Ships of the Royal Navy . explosion therefore would expend itself on displacing the water in the outer part up, down, and inboard,the air cushion absorbing and locahsing the latter effects. Dimensions.—355J 90i x 10^ feet = 6,670 tons. Armamant.—Two 15-inch guns (high angle elevation) eight 4-inch, two 12-pounders, two 3-inch, and 2-pounder guns. Machinery.—^Two sets of Diesel engines driving 2 screws ; designed = 1,500 = 6 knots. Fuel= 235 tons oil. Complement 228. Against a head wind the speed drops off quickly and steering becomesalmost impossible. Protection.—Barbette 8 inches; t
Ships of the Royal Navy . explosion therefore would expend itself on displacing the water in the outer part up, down, and inboard,the air cushion absorbing and locahsing the latter effects. Dimensions.—355J 90i x 10^ feet = 6,670 tons. Armamant.—Two 15-inch guns (high angle elevation) eight 4-inch, two 12-pounders, two 3-inch, and 2-pounder guns. Machinery.—^Two sets of Diesel engines driving 2 screws ; designed = 1,500 = 6 knots. Fuel= 235 tons oil. Complement 228. Against a head wind the speed drops off quickly and steering becomesalmost impossible. Protection.—Barbette 8 inches; turret 13-4J inches; 4-inch bulkheads fore and aft; 4-1 inchesover magazine ; vertical armour 4-6 inches. The SOULT saw considerable service while attached to the Dover Patrol, her long range guns beingof the greatest assistance when the 12-inch gunned monitors found themselves outranged by theGerman batteries. After the War she was attached to the Devonport command as gunnery shipwhich position she still fills. 94. Erebus. 95
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