. Scientific American Volume 82 Number 12 (March 1900). ondary turrets, 0% inches; cent^.i batery, 51^ inches. Armament;ten 64-inch R. F., eight 39-inch E. F„ twenty IS-inch E. F. X tjed » Tubes, fonr (two submerged).Date, 1900. Deodoro, which has been built at the celebrat d LaSeyne yard at Toulon. Some little interest iitachesto this vessel, as it is thought that she, when anchoredat Las Palmas on the way out, was suspected bythe British cruisers of being a privateer fitted out inthe interest of the Boer government to attack theirtransports on their way to South Africa. Whethershe was not at
. Scientific American Volume 82 Number 12 (March 1900). ondary turrets, 0% inches; cent^.i batery, 51^ inches. Armament;ten 64-inch R. F., eight 39-inch E. F„ twenty IS-inch E. F. X tjed » Tubes, fonr (two submerged).Date, 1900. Deodoro, which has been built at the celebrat d LaSeyne yard at Toulon. Some little interest iitachesto this vessel, as it is thought that she, when anchoredat Las Palmas on the way out, was suspected bythe British cruisers of being a privateer fitted out inthe interest of the Boer government to attack theirtransports on their way to South Africa. Whethershe was not at that time properly in commission orhad not been handed over formally to the Braziliangovernment, and so did not fly the ordinary colors ofa warship belonging to Brazil has not been stated, butthe precaution of steaming for one or two nights whenin that latitude with all lights masked, was carriedout by one or two of the troopers at the suggestion ofthe oflBcers commanding the British cruiser which atthat time lay off Las Palmas. The newness of the. BBAZILIAN BATTLESHIP UABSHAL , 3,200 tons. Speed, Normal Coal Suppl}, 836 tons. Armor: Belt, 11 Inches; deck, 2 inches; turrets, 8 inches; casemates, 3 : Two long 94-inch B. L. B.; four 47-inch K. F.; two 59inch howitzers; fonr 6-poanders; two 1-pounders. Torpedo Tubes, two (submerged).Complement, 200. Date, 1889. a n ene-mys fire she is fitted with a complete belt of Harvey-ized steel armor 11 inches in thickness and a steel decknearly 2 inches thick, which curves upward from thelower edges of the belt. Above the belt proper the Suffren is protected by another band of 3-incharmor which extends from the bow to the aftermostturret, and above this again is the central battery Marshal Deodoro may have had something to dowith the matter. She had only then quitted Toulonfor the first time and so was probably not Marshal Deodoro is one of the small class ofbattleships which no
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