. American engineer and railroad journal . knots. A year after the Victoria was laid down, the first keel plateof the Trafalgar was placed upon the blocks at Portsmouth,and in this vessel, as well as in the Nile, a sister ship, the cen-tral citadel system, containing two turrets, was again adopted :the en echelon arrangement was, however, abandoned, the tur-rets being placed in the center line of the ship. These vesselswere 5 ft. longer than the Victoria, with a beam 3 ft. greater,and the normal displacement was 11,940 tons, or just 60 tonsin excess of the displacement. In IIP,, h
. American engineer and railroad journal . knots. A year after the Victoria was laid down, the first keel plateof the Trafalgar was placed upon the blocks at Portsmouth,and in this vessel, as well as in the Nile, a sister ship, the cen-tral citadel system, containing two turrets, was again adopted :the en echelon arrangement was, however, abandoned, the tur-rets being placed in the center line of the ship. These vesselswere 5 ft. longer than the Victoria, with a beam 3 ft. greater,and the normal displacement was 11,940 tons, or just 60 tonsin excess of the displacement. In IIP,, however,the Trafalgar had the advantage of 50 per cent, over the In-flexible, giving an increase of 20 per cent, in speed. Compoundarmor was adopted in the Trafalgar, and her belt, which variedin from 14 in. to 20 in., extended over a length of 280ft. Although in this vessel additional protection was providedat the water-line, both with regard to area covered and thick-ness of metal used, the maxinuun thickness of armor covering. Fm 1—J>»il««i«ii.»T or , A««»»ii»T. aiiD Tuii«m r », B«v»mTiiil»
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