. Marine Engineer . 0,000odd, was said to militate against their multiplicationas cruisers, and their protection to debar their use asme ships; in brief, their real functions were smaller armoured cruisers could not do thiswithout grave danger of being sunk before their aimwas accomplished—with their 9-2and 7-5 guns theywould perforce have to come into range of the 11 and9-4 batteries opposing them. The Invincibles areessentially line ships, with the additional metier ofcommerce protection, inasmuch as they could bedespatched individually to hunt down some powerfulcruiser that was harrying shi
. Marine Engineer . 0,000odd, was said to militate against their multiplicationas cruisers, and their protection to debar their use asme ships; in brief, their real functions were smaller armoured cruisers could not do thiswithout grave danger of being sunk before their aimwas accomplished—with their 9-2and 7-5 guns theywould perforce have to come into range of the 11 and9-4 batteries opposing them. The Invincibles areessentially line ships, with the additional metier ofcommerce protection, inasmuch as they could bedespatched individually to hunt down some powerfulcruiser that was harrying shipping, once her where-abouts had become ascertained by the patrol shipsthat were incapable of bringing her to grips. In thefuture it will be possible for wireless to keepoutlying ships in full communication with the flagand have the faster battleship-cruisers despatchedshould a heavy striking force be required to tacklesuch ships as the new German Blucher or the 404 THE MARINE ENGINEERANDJJAV^AROnTCCT May i, May i, 1908. THE MARINE ENGINEER AND NAVAL ARCHITECT. 405 Russian liurik, which the smaller fry such as theCounty class could hang on the tail of until suchreinforcements arrived. In design the Invincibleis unique, the disposition of her guns being a hark-back to the days of the Colossus and Lepanto. Allthe 8*12 guns can be fired on either broadside,and except that the two off-side guns have a limitedarc of fire when fired over the opposite beam, thedischarge would be the same as the Dreadnought;ahead and astern both ships are equally Invincible carries a heavier anti-torpedo thanthe Dreadnought, a new 4 weapon firing a 31 , against the latters 18 pounders. Sixteenof these are mounted in the superstructure. Althoughprotection has been sacrificed to some extent for thegain in speed, the complete waterline belt, varyingin thickness from 9-4 inches, gives her a betterdefence than our older battleships. The generalinternal arrangements of the b
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