. The railroad and engineering journal . ii,8Sotons ; speed, knots ; coal capacity, 1,300 tons. The leading char-acteristic in the structure of this vessel, which is quite atypical example of its class, is a huge central citadel pro-tected by a belt and bulkheads of iron armor plates, 16 and no ft. in length, placed immediately over theengines and boilers, the turrets being superimposed upona thin armored deck covering the whole. This armor is24 in. thick in the center, thinning to 20 in. at the top and16 in. at the bottom. Practically, it is not so strong as thesides of the Trti/
. The railroad and engineering journal . ii,8Sotons ; speed, knots ; coal capacity, 1,300 tons. The leading char-acteristic in the structure of this vessel, which is quite atypical example of its class, is a huge central citadel pro-tected by a belt and bulkheads of iron armor plates, 16 and no ft. in length, placed immediately over theengines and boilers, the turrets being superimposed upona thin armored deck covering the whole. This armor is24 in. thick in the center, thinning to 20 in. at the top and16 in. at the bottom. Practically, it is not so strong as thesides of the Trti/ii/jours womb, which has 8 in. ofcompound steel-faced armor upon it. The I)itlexillc hasa raft body at either end, entirely unprotected with plat-ing, except that a thick iron deck extends from the citadelto stem and stern, at a considerable depth below the sur-face of the water, which covers the magazines. Theseraft-body ends are made—presumably ()—buoyant by aseries of thick compartments filled with cork, and stretch- Upper Oeolt. UPPER AND LOWER DECK PLANS. MM S N^LexBLE. ingoverlbalf of thejunprotected ends. The unprotectedends of the ship have an actual freeboard of the sameweight as the top of the armor plates, and are necessarilylow, so as to admit of the firing of the heavy turrret gunsalong their surfaces ; but the superstructure gives anerroneous impression of the height of the Injtcxiblc, andmakes it appear as though she has a high bow. As a mat-ter of fact, owing to her short length and considerablebeam, the fore-deck outside the cabins is all a-wash inheavy weather. The central citadel has further protec-tion, behind the armor plates and teak backing, of largecoal bunkers disposed within its whole length. There isa spar deck over the superstructure at both ends, uponwhich boats are housed and light armament turrets are covered with 17-in. composite armor, andeach pair of guns on either side can train through an arcof 180, so as to fire ahead, astern
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