. American engineer and railroad journal . ps, A DUTCH CRUISER. The accompanying illustrations, from Industries, are a sideelevation and deck plan of the cruiser Sumatra, lately com-pleted at Amsterdam, and intended for service in the EastIndifS. She is a steel cruiser with a protective deck coveringthe engines, etc., while further protection is given by a belt ofcellulose extending the whole length of the ship, and by thearrangement of the coal bunkers. The dimensions are :Length over all, 233 ft.; beam, ft.; depth, ft.; meandraft, 14 ft.; displacement, i 703 tons. The armament cons

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. American engineer and railroad journal . ps, A DUTCH CRUISER. The accompanying illustrations, from Industries, are a sideelevation and deck plan of the cruiser Sumatra, lately com-pleted at Amsterdam, and intended for service in the EastIndifS. She is a steel cruiser with a protective deck coveringthe engines, etc., while further protection is given by a belt ofcellulose extending the whole length of the ship, and by thearrangement of the coal bunkers. The dimensions are :Length over all, 233 ft.; beam, ft.; depth, ft.; meandraft, 14 ft.; displacement, i 703 tons. The armament consistsof one 2i-cm. () gun forward ; one 15-cm. () gunaft, and two 12 cm (4,7-in,) guns mounted in sponsons, oneon each side. There are also several small rapid-fire gunsand two torpedo-tubes. The Sumatra has two screws, each 9 ft. diameter. Thereare two vertical triple-expansion engines, with cylinders 25 in.,35 in. and 55 in. in diameter and 22 in. stroke. There aretwo double-ended boilers 11 ft. in diameter and 17 ft. --^;

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