. The railroad and engineering journal . plans were made by M. Thibaudier, and the principaldimensions of the ship are as follows : Length betweenperpendiculars, m. ( ft.); maximum width, m. ( ft.) ; mean draft of water, m. (). The total displacement is 4,745 tons, the weightbeing distributed as follows : Hull and armor, 2,858 tons ; divided into six compartments. Provision is made for theuse of water ballast. The armored deck is of the turtle-back form, which hasbeen adopted in a number of French vessels. The platesare 5 cm. ( in.) thick in the center,
. The railroad and engineering journal . plans were made by M. Thibaudier, and the principaldimensions of the ship are as follows : Length betweenperpendiculars, m. ( ft.); maximum width, m. ( ft.) ; mean draft of water, m. (). The total displacement is 4,745 tons, the weightbeing distributed as follows : Hull and armor, 2,858 tons ; divided into six compartments. Provision is made for theuse of water ballast. The armored deck is of the turtle-back form, which hasbeen adopted in a number of French vessels. The platesare 5 cm. ( in.) thick in the center, diminishing to 4cm. ( in.) at the sides. The armor belt which covers all the vital parts of theship is 92 mm. ( in.) thick and is bolted to a backingof 18 mm. ( in.), which is considered heavy enough tostop shells loaded with high explosives. The protectionin the neighborhood of the water-line is completed bycoffer-dams filled with cellulose, which rise to a height m. ( ft.) above the water-line, and which have a.
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