. Scientific American Volume 82 Number 12 (March 1900). d astern. The remaining sixare placed eachin a single ar-mored turret,tliree on eitherbeam. Thecentral one ineach case ismuch furtherout from thecentral line ofthe ship thanthe others, sothat four ofthese gunscan be firedahead and thesame numberastern. Be-sides these theSuffren car-ries, or ratherwill carry whencomp le t e 1 yequipped,eight 39inchrapid-firers, ascore of lighterweapons, andfour torpedotubes. Of thesetwo are placedin a submergedposition belowthe water order to pro-tect her vitalsfrom covered with 5J^-inch armor. The
. Scientific American Volume 82 Number 12 (March 1900). d astern. The remaining sixare placed eachin a single ar-mored turret,tliree on eitherbeam. Thecentral one ineach case ismuch furtherout from thecentral line ofthe ship thanthe others, sothat four ofthese gunscan be firedahead and thesame numberastern. Be-sides these theSuffren car-ries, or ratherwill carry whencomp le t e 1 yequipped,eight 39inchrapid-firers, ascore of lighterweapons, andfour torpedotubes. Of thesetwo are placedin a submergedposition belowthe water order to pro-tect her vitalsfrom covered with 5J^-inch armor. The smaller turrets havean equally thick protection while the larger ones areplated with-armor 11 inches in thickness, while thebarbette is just about an inch thinner. The Suffrenwill have three propellers, Niclausse boilers, and isestimated to steam 18 knots at full speed. C. Field. * I t I ^ THE NEW BBAZILIAlt ABUOBCLAD the last few weeks the Brazilian navy hasreceived a new recruit in the little ironclad Marshal March 24, FIBST-CLASS FBENCH BATTLESHIP S7TFFBEN. tonB. Speed, 18 knots. Maximum Coal Supply, tonb. Armor : Belt, 11 inches; upperinches; main turrets, 11 inches; secondary 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
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