Chapter VI: Part I: Fleets (3)

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Second-class wooden corvettes, with strengthened ram bow. Two light bow-guns firing through recessed ports, giving bow and beam fire. (In some cases the guns are on the forecastle, in others underneath.) Stern-gun mounted on a centre-pivot carriage in barbette. Midship guns of heavy calibre, the deck being carried out slightly, to give them an extreme firing angle.

ECLAIREUR CLASS (two in number).

Third-class composite corvettes, with strengthened ram bow. Bow pivot-gun mounted on the forecastle: stern-pivot in barbette; six guns in broadside.

LANCIER CLASS (eight in number).

Avisos, or fourth-class corvettes, composite, with strengthened ram bows. Four rifled-guns mounted on centre-pivot carriages in the midship line of the vessel. Drop-rail abreast the main-deck guns.

LYNX CLASS (seven in number).

First-class composite gun-boats, with strengthened ram bows. Light, centre-pivoting rifled bow and stern-guns, and one heavy rifled, centre-pivot gun amidships firing in barbette.

FARCY CLASS (twenty-seven in number).

Second-class iron gun-boats. These vessels are more nearly large launches, built with ram bows to give them good displacement. One heavy gun is mounted in the bow, the slope of the bow from the ram up being carried up to form a musket-proof shield, permitting the gun to fire through an embrasure.[2]

[2] By increasing the displacement of this type thirty tons, an increase of speed of two knots has been obtained, a 4-inch stern-gun mounted, and the boats made perfectly seaworthy.

MYTHO CLASS (four in number).

First-class iron troop-ships, similar in general to the English troopers of the Serapis class. Capacity for berthing 1700 men with all the camp equipage.

DRAC CLASS (four in number).

Light cavalry transports. These vessels are composite built and may serve either as transports or gun-boats, as they carry a battery of two light and two heavy centre-pivoting rifles. They are used for the transportation of cavalry horses, artillery, and stores.

BIEVRE CLASS (four in number).

Light, fast iron transports, similar in general to the Drac class.

FRENCH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.

(OLD-TYPE STEAM CRUISERS.)

A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Guns.
D = Construction Material.
E = Date of Launch.
=====================+=======+=======+======+======+======
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | E
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
| Tons. | | | | Year.
Ships of the Line. | | | | |
Souverain | 5,115 | | 25 | Wood | 1856
Louis XIV | 4,820 | | 12 | ” | 1854
Ville de Bourdeaux| 5,210 | | 12 | ” | 1860
Ville de Lyon | 5,210 | | 12 | ” | 1861
Castiglione | 5,500 | | 12 | ” | 1857
Masséna | 5,015 | | 12 | ” | 1860
Fontenoy | 3,934 | | 12 | ” | 1858
Jean Bart | 3,934 | | 22 | ” |
Saint Louis | 3,934 | | 12 | ” | 1854
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
Frigates. | | | | |
Pallas | 3,560 | 1,330 | 34 | ” | 1860
Magicienne | 3,375 | 1,310 | 32 | ” | 1861
Themis | 3,375 | 1,310 | 18 | ” | 1862
Victoire | 3,325 | 1,310 | 16 | ” | 1861
Flore | 3,100 | 1,520 | 18 | ” | 1867
Clorinde | 1,740 | 1,430 | 12 | ” | 1865
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
Corvettes. | | | | |
Amorique | 2,800 | 1,040 | 22 | ” | 1862
Minerve | 2,700 | 1,530 | 22 | ” | 1865
Venus | 2,700 | 1,530 | 22 | ” | 1864
Chateau Renaud | 1,830 | 1,700 | 5 | ” | 1866
Dupleix | 1,780 | 1,050 | 10 | ” | 1861
Decrès | 1,770 | 1,480 | 6 | ” | 1866
Desaix | 1,640 | 1,780 | 6 | ” | 1866
Laplace | 1,590 | 700 | 10 | ” | 1852
Cosmos | 1,840 | 1,100 | 13 | ” | 1861
D’Assas | 1,920 | 740 | 16 | ” | 1864
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
Sloops. (Avisos, 1st Class.) | | | |
Beautemps | 1,270 | 1,050 | 6 | ” | 1872
Beaupré | 1,270 | 1,050 | 6 | ” | 1872
Duchaffaut | 1,289 | 1,050 | 8 | ” | 1872
Hugon | 1,290 | 1,050 | 6 | ” | 1872
Kerguelen | 1,280 | 1,050 | 6 | ” | 1872
Bourayne | 1,260 | 960 | 6 | ” | 1869
Dayot | 1,260 | 960 | 6 | ” | 1869
Ducouëdic | 1,260 | 960 | 6 | ” | 1869
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
Sloops (Avisos, 2d Class.) | | |
Kersaint | 1,270 | 960 | 6 | ” | 1869
Segond | 1,260 | 960 | 6 | ” | 1869
Vaudreuil | 1,280 | 1,050 | 6 | ” | 1870
D’Estrées | 1,280 | 1,000 | 6 | ” | 1867
Volta | 1,300 | 1,000 | 6 | ” | 1867
Hamelin | 1,220 | 1,000 | 6 | ” | 1866
Limier | 1,220 | 1,000 | 6 | ” | 1866
Talisman | 1,310 | 800 | 6 | ” | 1863
Kleber | 1,260 | 740 | 2 | ” | 1856
Forbin | 1,250 | 870 | 4 | ” | 1859
Linois | 830 | 720 | 6 | ” | 1867
Cassard | 850 | 660 | 3 | ” | 1859
Hirondelle | 1,080 | 1,780 | 2 | ” | 1870
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
Despatch Vessels (Avisos, 2d Class). | | |
Renaud | 840 | 490 | 4 | ” | 1866
Lamotte Piquet | 720 | 420 | 4 | ” | 1859
Latouche Treville | 720 | 390 | 4 | ” | 1860
Curieux | 760 | 560 | 4 | ” | 1859
Surcouff | 700 | 430 | 4 | ” | 1858
Bougainville | 740 | 310 | 6 | ” | 1859
Bruat | 700 | 490 | 4 | ” | 1866
Adonis | 730 | 490 | 4 | ” | 1868
Guichen | 700 | 460 | 2 | ” | 1863
Boursaint | 750 | 610 | 3 | ” | 1872
Corse | 510 | 220 | | ” | 1842
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------
Transports. | | | | |
Algesiras | 5,600 | 2,100 | 4 | ” | 1842
Charlemagne | 5,600 | 1,150 | 12 | ” | 1851
Intrépide | 5,600 | 2,960 | 4 | ” | 1864
Ville de Paris | 5,600 | 1,350 | 12 | ” | 1850
Guerrière | 3,200 | 1,350 | 4 | ” | 1860
Entreprenante | 3,200 | 780 | 4 | ” | 1858
Dryade | 3,200 | 540 | 4 | ” | 1856
Ceres | 3,200 | 410 | 4 | ” | 1857
Danaë | 3,250 | 540 | 4 | ” | 1888
Renommée | 3,200 | 540 | 4 | ” | 1847
Européen | 2,350 | 1,200 | 2 | Iron |
Japon | 2,300 | 960 | 2 | Wood |
Aveyron | 3,500 | 1,520 | 4 | ” | 1864
Correze | 3,500 | 1,520 | 4 | ” | 1868
Creuze | 3,500 | 1,520 | 2 | ” | 1863
Sarthe | 3,500 | 1,520 | 2 | ” | 1862
Tarne | 3,500 | 1,520 | 2 | ” | 1863
Orme | 3,000 | 750 | 4 | ” | 1862
Var | 3,000 | 750 | 4 | ” | 1863
Calvados | 3,000 | 540 | 4 | ” | 1856
Finisterre | 3,000 | 650 | 4 | ” | 1859
Garonne | 3,000 | 650 | 4 | ” | 1859
Jura | 3,000 | 650 | 4 | ” | 1855
Dordogne | 2,400 | 370 | 4 | ” | 1855
Maine | 2,400 | 370 | 4 | ” | 1855
Meuse | 2,400 | 370 | 4 | ” | 1855
Rhin | 2,400 | 560 | 4 | ” | 1855
Yonne | 2,400 | 370 | 4 | ” | 1856
Seine | 2,400 | 370 | 4 | Iron |
Charente | 2,000 | 280 | 4 | ” | 1856
Adour | 1,800 | 250 | 2 | ” | 1856
Ariege | 1,800 | 450 | 2 | ” | 1865
Isère | 1,800 | 450 | 2 | ” | 1865
Moselle | 1,970 | 390 | 2 | ” |
Vienne | 1,800 | 370 | 2 | Wood | 1858
Cher | 1,400 | 610 | 6 | ” | 1868
Indre | 1,400 | 610 | 6 | ” | 1864
Dives | 1,682 | 670 | 2 | ” | 1870
Rance | 1,682 | 670 | 6 | ” | 1870
Sendre | 1,682 | 670 | 6 | ” | 1872
Vire | 1,682 | 670 | 6 | ” | 1868
Loiret | 1,200 | 210 | 3 | ” | 1856
---------------------+-------+-------+------+------+------

Paddle-wheel frigates Albatros, Magellan.
” corvettes Catinat, Coligny, Eumenide.

Four paddle-wheel gun-boats, 1st class, 700 to 800 tons,
two to four guns.

Four ” ” 2d ” 700 tons,
four guns.
Thirty screw tenders.

GERMANY.

ARMORED FLEET.

A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Construction Material.
F = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
========================+=====+=====+=======+=======+======+=====
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | E | F
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
| Ft.| Ft. | Ft.in.| Tons. | | In.
Redoubt Frigates. | | | | | |
Kaiser | 280 | 62 | 24 8 | 7,440 | Iron | 11¾
Deutschland | 280 | 62 | 24 8 | 7,560 | ” | 11¾
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Turret Frigates. | | | | | |
Friederich der Grosse| 298 | 52 | 24 8 | 6,560 | ” | 10½
Preussen | 308 | 54 | 24 8 | 6,748 | ” | 10½
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Casemate Frigates. | | | | | |
König Wilhelm | 353 | 60 | 26 6 | 9,451 | ” | 9¼
| | | | | |
+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Friederich Karl | 290 | 55 | 24 | 5,819 | ” | 4¾
Kron Prinz | 286 | | 24 6 | 5,393 | ” | 4¾
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Barbette Corvettes. | | | | | |
Sachsen | 213 | 51 | 19 8 | 7,135 | ” | 9
Baiërn | 213 | 51 | 19 8 | 7,135 | ” | 9
Würtemberg | 213 | 51 | 19 8 | 7,135 | ” | 9
Two others | 213 | 51 | 19 8 | 7,135 | ” | 9
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Redoubt Corvette. | | | | | |
Hansa | 285 | 51 | 21 7 | 3,497 | Wood | 6¼
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Monitor. | | | | | |
Arminius | 197 | 36 | 13 7 | 1,558 | ” | 4½
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Redoubt Ram. | | | | | |
Prinz Adalbert | 158 | 27 | 21 7 | 3,863 | ” | 4½
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
Armored Gun-boats. | | | | | |
Wespe | | | 10 2 | 985 | Iron | 8
Viper | | | 10 2 | 985 | ” | 8
Biene | | | 10 2 | 985 | ” | 8
Mücke | | | 10 2 | 985 | ” | 8
Scorpion | | | 10 2 | 985 | ” | 8
Basilisk | | | 10 2 | 985 | ” | 8
Four others | | | 10 2 | 985 | ” | 8
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----
River Monitors. | | | | | |
Rhein | 164 | 25 | 3 6 | | | 1½
Mosel | 164 | 25 | 3 6 | | | 1½
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-------+------+-----

G = Least Thickness of Armor.
H = Backing.
I = Indicated Horse-power.
J = Maximum Speed.
========================+=====+=====+=======+=====+===============
TYPE AND NAME. | G | H | I | J |BATTERY.
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
| In. | In. | |Knots|
Redoubt Frigates. | | | | |
Kaiser | | | | | VIII 10¼-inch,
Deutschland | 6¼ | 10¼ | 8,000 | 14½ | I 8¼-inch.
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Turret Frigates. | | | | |
Friederich der Grosse| | | | | IV 10¼-inch,
Preussen | 5½ | 8¼ | 5,400 | 14 | II 6¾-inch.
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Casemate Frigates. | | | | |
König Wilhelm | 5½ | 9¾ | 8,000 | 14¾ | XVIII 9¼-inch,
| | | | | V 8¼-inch.
+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Friederich Karl | 3 | 15 | 3,500 | 13½ | XVI 8¼-inch.
Kron Prinz | 3 | 16 | 4,800 | 14¼ |
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Barbette Corvettes. | | | | |
Sachsen | 9 | 7¾ | 5,600 | 14 |
Baiërn | 9 | 7¾ | 5,600 | 14 | I 12-inch,
Würtemberg | 9 | 7¾ | 5,600 | 14 | IV 10¼-inch
Two others | 9 | 7¾ | 5,600 | 14 |
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Redoubt Corvette. | | | | |
Hansa | 4 | 12½ | 3,000 | 12 | VIII 8¼-inch.
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Monitor. | | | | |
Arminius | 3 | 9 | 1,200 | 10½ | IV 8¼-inch.
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Redoubt Ram. | | | | |
Prinz Adalbert | 3 | 12 | 1,000 | 9 | I 8¼-inch.
| | | | | II 6¾-inch.
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
Armored Gun-boats. | | | | |
Wespe | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 |
Viper | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 |
Biene | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 |
Mücke | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 | I 12-inch.
Scorpion | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 |
Basilisk | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 |
Four others | 4 | 8 | 700 | 9 |
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------
River Monitors. | | | | |
Rhein | 1¼ | 8 | 80 | 6 | II 4½-inch.
Mosel | 1¼ | 8 | 80 | 6 |
------------------------+-----+-----+-------+-----+---------------

KAISER. DEUTSCHLAND.

Armored belt, redoubt, and stern casemate. Ram bow and straight stern. The belt encircles the water-line, coming up to the height of the main-deck beams abaft the redoubt, but forward of it reduced in height to not over three feet above the water-line, and having a heavy steel deck at the height of its upper edge. The belt does not cover the ram. The sides forward and abaft the redoubt are given a rank tumble home, while the redoubt is carried straight up to the spar-deck beams, opening fore-and-aft and beam fire from the angular ports, (vide Devastation, French). The stern casemate prevents raking from aft, and also protects a stern-gun working in a single port. The engines and boilers form two distinct sets, one abaft the other, the magazines and shell-lockers coming between them. The redoubt has an overhang clear of the side of 3½ feet forward and 1½ feet aft. There is no bow-gun, the bow-fire coming from the redoubt. The after-redoubt guns only fire to within 15° of right astern, the stern-gun filling out the dead-angle. Single screw, full sail-power.

FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE. PREUSSEN.

Armored belt, breastwork, and two revolving turrets. These ships are built on the lines of the Monarch, although improved in detail. The belt encircles the water-line, but does not come as low down as the point of the ram. The breastwork surrounds the boilers and the bottoms of the turrets, but the engines are outside of and abaft it. The turrets are closer together than in the Monarch, and have no upper works to interfere with their fire. The dead-angles of the turret-guns are filled by a bow and stern-gun working in single unprotected ports. These ships have single screws and about three-quarter sail-power.

KÖNIG WILHELM.

Armored belt and long, main-deck casemate, stern casemate, and two spar-deck redoubts. Ram bow and straight stern. The belt encircles the water-line, coming to the height of the main-deck beams aft, but somewhat lower forward of the casemate, that portion being covered by a steel deck. There is no forward or after fire from the casemate, the sides rising straight up fore and aft. The ends of the casemate are protected from raking by armored bulkheads, rising to the spar-deck beams forward and abaft. The stern casemate protects a single gun working in one port. At the forward end of the main casemate, and rising clear of the upper deck, is a redoubt—or rather traverse, for it is unprotected at the rear—giving protection to two guns working each in two ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. At the after-end of the main casemate is a similar traverse, which has an overhang of several feet, its two guns working also each in two ports for stern and beam fire (vide Sultan, English). These traverses encumber the spar-deck for working the gear of the sails. Single screw and full sail-power.

FRIEDRICH KARL. KRON PRINZ.

Armored belt and long casemate with bow redoubt. Ram bow and straight stern. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, coming down in a curve forward well over the ram. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the casemate, the ship being wall-sided. The bow redoubt cuts off the point of the bow above the spar-deck beams and protects a bow-gun working in a single port. There is a high, oval, armored pilot-house just abaft the main-mast. No stern-fire. Single screw and full sail-power.

SACHSEN. BAIERN. WÜRTEMBERG.

(Two others not yet named.)

Partial armored belt and two barbette casemates. Ram bow, round stern. Half sail-power (brig rigged). Four smoke-stacks. The belt forms a casemate for the boilers and engines, covering the middle third of the ship, the lower edge being prolonged in a heavy steel deck, which, aft, protects the steering-gear. This casemate rises to the spar-deck beams. At its after-end a high, rectangular barbette casemate rises well up above the spar-deck rail, giving clear fore-and-aft and beam fir to its four guns. At the forward end of the casemate is an oval barbette turret (vide Temeraire, English) amidships, giving clear bow and beam fire to its single gun. These ships gain a nearly perfect all-around fire from the heaviest calibre guns, with a maximum thickness of armor. They combine great armor and battery strength with light draft and displacement.

HANSA.

Armored belt and double-decked redoubt. Swan-breasted bow strengthened for ramming, pointed stern, single screw, full sail-power. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck. The main-deck redoubt is short and does not give fore-and-aft fire, the ship being wall-sided. The upper-deck redoubt, rising a little above the spar-deck rail, is octagonal, to permit angular ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. The spar-deck rail is carried inboard parallel to the keel to open the angular ports.

ARMINIUS.

Double-turreted monitor, with ram bow and no overhang. Light flying deck, single screw. (American type modified.)

PRINZ ADALBERT.

Armored belt, double redoubt. Long ram bow, round stern, single screw, half sail-power. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the upper deck. The curve of the ram bow is carried up, forming a spar-deck redoubt, giving protection to a single heavy bow-gun working in one port. A second redoubt, well aft, gives protection to two guns, each working in two ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. A superstructure aft cuts off the stern-fire from these guns, and the forward redoubt cuts off the bow-fire. The shape of both of the redoubts is nearly circular. The Stonewall (Confederate) belonged to this type. (Sister ships.)

WESPE. VIPER. BIENE. MÜCKE. SCORPION. BASILISK. RHEIN. MOSEL.

(Four others not yet named.)

Small, light-draft, armored gun-boats. All except the Rhein and Mosel have an armored belt and a horseshoe-shaped traverse, giving protection to the crew of a single barbette gun, which gives only bow-fire. They are provided with rams. The Rhein and Mosel are light-draft monitors, similar to the Austrian Danube gun-boats. (See Austrian Danube monitors.) The Wespe class belongs to the English Staunch and the French Farcy type.

GERMAN UNARMORED FLEET.

(FAST CRUISERS.)

====================+===============+=========+==============
TYPE AND NAME. | Displacement. | Maximum | BATTERY.
| | Speed. |
--------------------+---------------+---------+-----------------
| Tons. | Knots. |
Iron Gun-deck Corvettes.
Leipsic | 3,863 | 16 | XII 6¾-inches.
Bismarck | 3,863 | 16 |
+---------------+---------+---------------
Blücher | 2,460 | 15 |
Stosch | 2,460 | 15 |
Moltke | 2,460 | 15 | XVI 5¾-inches.
Sedan | 2,460 | 15 |
One other | 2,460 | 15 |
--------------------+---------------+---------+---------------
Wooden Gun-deck Corvettes.
Freya | 1,954 | 14½ |
Louise | 1,665 | 14 | II 6¾-inch,
Ariadne | 1,665 | 13 | VI 5¾-inch.

GERMAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.

(OLD-TYPE STEAM CRUISERS.)

==================+===============+=========+========
| | |
TYPE AND NAME. | Displacement. | Maximum | Guns.
| | Speed. |
------------------+---------------+---------+--------
| Tons. | Knots. |
Wooden Gun-deck
Corvettes. | | |
Elizabeth | 2,428 | 12 | 18
Hertha | 2,227 | 10¾ | 19
Vineta | 2,227 | 11 | 19
------------------+---------------+---------+--------
2d Class Corvettes.
Augusta | 1,760 | 13¾ | 10
Arcona | 1,760 | 13½ | 10
Gazelle | 1,760 | 13½ | 10
Nymphe | 1,760 | 13¾ | 10
Medusa | 1,760 | 13¾ | 10
Victoria | 1,760 | 14 | 10
Ariadne | 1,650 | 12½ | 6
------------------+---------------+---------+--------
Gun-boats.
Albatross | 695 | 10½ | 4
Nautilus | 695 | 10½ | 4
Wolf | 482 | 10½ | 4
Hyäne | 482 | 10½ | 4
Cyclop | 395 | 8½ | 4
Blitz | 395 | 8½ | 4
Two others | 395 | 8½ | 4
Komet | 340 | 8½ | 3
Meteor | 340 | 8½ | 8
Delphin | 340 | 8½ | 3
Drache | 340 | 8½ | 3
Otter | 130 | 8½ | 3
Fuchs | 260 | 8 | 1
Habicht | 260 | 8 | 1
Hai | 260 | | 1
Tiger | 260 | | 1
Natter | 260 | | 1
Salamander | 260 | | 1
Scorpion | 260 | | 1
Sperber | 260 | | 1
------------------+---------------+---------+--------
Transport and
Dispatch Vessels.
Hohenzollern | 1,690 | | 2
Three others | 1,690 | | 2
Pommerania | 380 | | 2
Lorelei | 380 | | 2
Grille | 337 | | 2
Falke | 1,004 | | 2
------------------+---------------+---------+--------

Harbor-tugs. Torpedo-launches. Hulks. Guard-ships.

GREECE.

ARMORED VESSELS.

UNARMORED VESSELS.

1 Screw Corvette, Hellas.
5 Yachts (old blockade runners).
1 Screw Gun-boat.
7 Pinnaces and small Gun-boats.

OLGA.

Completely armored broadside frigate or large corvette; ram bow, straight stern. Armor-belt enclosing water-line to the height of spar-deck beams. (See Maria Pia, Italian.)

GEORGIUS.

Armored belt and hexagonal casemate amidships. The rail forward of the casemate is carried inboard parallel to the keel to open the bow-fire from the casemate. Abaft, the rail is cut in for some distance from the casemate, and given a rank tumble home, to open the after-fire. No stern-fire. Double screws, three-quarter sail-power. The armor has a backing of ten inches. The guns work on turn-tables, one on each side, and have a firing-angle of about 110° from each port.

HOLLAND.

ARMORED FLEET.

A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
F = Least Thickness of Armor.
======================+=======+======+=======+=======+=====+=====
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | E | F
----------------------+------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
| Ft. |Ft.in.|Ft. in.| Tons. | In. | In.
Ram Turret-ships. | | | | | |
König der | 280 | 51 | 19 8 | 5,197 | 8 | 6
Nederlanden | | | | | |
Prins Hendrik | 230 | 44 | 18 10 | 2,360 | 4.5 | 4
---------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
Rams. | | | | | |
Stier | 193 6 | 36 6 | 15 6 | 2,060 | 6 | 4
Schorpioen | 193 6 | 36 | 15 6 | 2,140 | 6 | 4
Buffel | 205 | 40 | 15 6 | 2,162 | 6 | 4
Guinea | 205 | 40 | 15 6 | 2,338 | 6 | 4
---------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
1st Class Ram Monitor.| | | | | |
Draak | 195 | 46 | 10 10 | 2,121 | 8 | 6
---------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
2d Class Ram Monitors.| | | | | |
Matador | 195 | 46 | 9 10 | 1,623 | 4.5 | 4.5
Luipaard | 187 | 44 | 8 8 | 1,500 | 4.5 | 4.5
Hyaena | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,540 | 3 | 4.5
Panter | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,540 | 3 | 4.5
Haai | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,540 | 3 | 4.5
Wesp | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,540 | 3 | 4.5
Adder | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,540 | 3 | 4.5
----------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
Monitors. | | | | | |
Krokodil | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,505 | 2.9 | 5.5
Heiligerlee | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,505 | 2.9 | 5.5
Cerberus | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,505 | 2.9 | 5.5
Bloedhound | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,505 | 2.9 | 5.5
Tiyger | 187 | 44 | 8 6 | 1,391 | 2.9 | 5.5
----------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
Gun-boat. | | | | | |
Nummer 1 | 164 | 38 | 6 11 | 394 | 2.9 | 4.5
----------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----
Light-draft Gun-boats.| | | | | |
Vahalis | 150 11| 8 4 | 4 11 | 256 | 4.5 | 4
Isala | 150 11| 8 4 | 4 3 | 360 | 5 | 4.3
Rhenus | 150 11| 8 4 | 4 3 | 360 | 5 | 4.3
Mosa | 150 11| 8 4 | 4 3 | 360 | 5 | 4.3
Merva | 150 11| 8 4 | 4 3 | 360 | 5 | 4.3
----------------------+-------+------+-------+-------+-----+-----

G = Backing.
H = Indicated Horse-power.
I = Maximum Speed.
J = Date of Launch.
======================+======+=======+=====+====+=================
TYPE AND NAME. | G | H | I | J | BATTERY.
---------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
| In. | |Knots|Year|
Ram Turret-ships. | | | | |
König der | 11.8 | 4,630 | 11.9|1874|IV 11-inch Armstrong
Nederlanden | | | | |IV 4¾-inch Krupp.
+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
Prins Hendrik | 9.8 | 2,400 | 12.1|1866|IV 9-inch Armstrong
| | | | |IV 4¾-inch Krupp.
---------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
Rams. | | | | |
Stier | 11.8 | 2,200 | 12.3|1867|IV 9-inch Armstrong
Schorpioen | 11.8 | 2,269 | 12.8|1867|IV ” ”
+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
Buffel | 9.8 | 2,200 | 12.7|1867|IV 9-inch Armstrong
| | | | |IV 30-pdr. smooth.
+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
Guinea | 9.8 | 2,200 | 12.7|1867|IV 9-inch Armstrong
| | | | |IV 30-pdr. smooth.
---------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
1st Class Ram Monitor.| | | | |
Draak | 11.8 | 800 | 10 |1877|II 11-inch Krupp.
---------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-----------------
2d Class Ram Monitors.| | | | |
Matador | 9.8 | 680 | 8 |1877| II 11-inch Krupp.
Luipaard | 9.8 | 680 | 9 |1876| I ” ”
+------+-------+-----+----+-------------------
Hyaena | 9.8 | 680 | 9 |1870|
Panter | 9.8 | 680 | 9 |1871| II 9-inch
Haai | 9.8 | 680 | 9 |1868| Armstrong.
Wesp | 9.8 | 680 | 9 |1869|
Adder | 9.8 | 680 | 9 |1868|
----------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-------------------
Monitors. | | | | |
Krokodil | 11.8 | 630 | 9 |1868|
Heiligerlee | 11.8 | 630 | 9 |1868| II 9-inch
Cerberus | 11.8 | 630 | 9 |1869| Armstrong.
Bloedhound | 11.8 | 630 | 9 |1869|
Tiyger | 11.8 | 630 | 9 |1868|
----------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-------------------
Gun-boat. | | | | |
Nummer 1 | 10.6 | 360 | 9 |1863| II 60-pdr. smooth.
----------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-------------------
Light-draft Gun-boats.| | | | |
Vahalis | 7 | 200 | 8 |1870| II 60-pdr. smooth.
+------+-------+-----+----+-------------------
Isala | 5.1 | 320 | 8 |1876|
Rhenus | 5.1 | 320 | 8 |1877| II 4¾-inch Krupp.
Mosa | 5.1 | 320 | 8 |1878|
Merva | 5.1 | 320 | 8 |1878|
----------------------+------+-------+-----+----+-------------------

KONING DER NEDERLANDEN. PRINZ HENDRIK.

Double-turreted, high-sided, sea-going monitors. Armored belt and casemate; ram bow, straight stern. The belt encloses the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate encloses the bottoms of the turrets, engines, and boilers, occupying the middle third of the vessel. The fore-and-aft fire of the turret guns is completely cut off by the superstructures forming forecastle and cabin, and which rise to the height of the top of the turrets.

These superstructures are cut in at the ends nearest the turrets to open the fire as much as possible, increasing slightly the firing-angle and almost completely destroying the necessary freeboard. Between the turrets is a third superstructure, musket-proof, protecting the approaches to the boilers and engines. At the forward end of this superstructure is a musket-proof pilot-house. Double screws, full sail-power, with tripod fore and main masts. These ships are a medium between the Wyvern and the ill-fated Captain. Bow and stern fire are secured by light unprotected guns.

STIER. SCHORPIOEN. BUFFEL. GUINEA. DRAAK. MATADOR. LUIPARD. HYAENA. PANTER. HAAI. WESP. ADDER.

High-sided ram monitors. Armored belt, casemate, and single turret. Ram bow and round stern. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate surrounds the foot of the turret only. The turret has perfect all-around fire, being large enough to give stern-fire past the smoke-stack. A superstructure gives a full freeboard all around as high as the top of the casemate, furnishing quarters. The upper deck carries a light barbette battery of bow, stern, and broadside guns. Twin screw and half sail-power.

KROKODIL. HEILIGERLEE. CERBERUS. BLOEDHOUND. TIYGER.

Single-turreted low monitors, with high superstructures forward and abaft the turret cutting off the fore-and-aft fire. Twin screws, half-sail power.

VAHALIS. ISALA. RHENUS. MOSA. MERVA.

Light-draft, single-turreted monitors. The turret is elevated and surrounded by a casemate having a tumble home of 35°.

DUTCH UNARMORED FLEET.

(FAST CRUISERS.)

A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Maximum Speed.
D = Date of Launch.
===================+=======+=======+======+====+====================
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | BATTERY.
-------------------+-------+-------+------+----+--------------------
| Tons. | |Knots.|Year|
1st-class Cruisers.| | | | |
Atjeh | 3,108 | 2,900 | 14 |1876|
Tromp | 3,108 | 2,900 | 14 |1877| VI 6.8-inch Krupp.
De Ruyter | 3,108 | 2,900 | 14 |1878|
-------------------+-------+-------+------+----+--------------------
3d-class Cruisers. | | | | |
Suriname | 836 | 350 | |1876| I 5.8-inch Krupp.
| | | | | III 4.7-inch ”
+-------+-------+------+----+--------------------
Bonaire | 836 | 350 | |1876| I 5.8-inch ”
| | | | | III 4.7-inch ”
+-------+-------+------+----+--------------------
St. Eustatius | 836 | 350 | |1877|
Samarang | 836 | 350 | |1877| I 5.8-inch ”
Batavia | 836 | 350 | |1878| III 4.7-inch ”
Macassar | 836 | 350 | |1878|
Padang | 836 | 350 | |1878|
-------------------+-------+-------+------+----+--------------------

DUTCH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.

(OLD-TYPE STEAM CRUISERS.)

A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Construction Material.
D = Date of Launch.
===================+=======+=======+===========+=========+======
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | Guns.
-------------------+-------+-------+-----------+---------+------
| Tons. | | | Year. |
Frigate. | | | | |
Evertsen | 3,300 | 1,000 | Wood | 1857 | 51
-------------------+-------+-------+-----------+---------+------
Corvettes. | | | | |
Silverin Kruis | 2,160 | 1,480 | ” | 1869 | 12
Van Galen | 2,160 | 700 | ” | 1872 | 12
Leenwarden | 2,030 | 700 | ” | 1861 | 14
Curaçao | 2,030 | 700 | ” | 1863 | 14
Watergeus | 1,490 | 770 | ” | 1864 | 6
Marnix | 1,490 | 770 | ” | 1867 | 6
-------------------+-------+-------+-----------+---------+------
Sloops. | | | | |
Alkmaar | 1,010 | 600 | Composite | 1874 | 3
Prinses Maria | 760 | 250 | Wood | 1862 | 7
Cornelius Dirks | 760 | 250 | ” | 1859 | 6
Aruba | 730 | 250 | Composite | 1873 | 3
-------------------+-------+-------+-----------+---------+------
Paddle Steamer. | | | | |
Valk | 1,220 | 800 | Wood | 1864 | 6
-------------------+-------+-------+-----------+---------+------

DUTCH EAST INDIA GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.

(OLD-TYPE STEAM CRUISERS.)

A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Construction Material.
D = Date of Launch.
========================+=======+=====+=============+======+======
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | Guns.
| | | | |
------------------------+-------+-----+-------------+------+------
| Tons. | | | Year.|
Paddle Steamers. | | | | |
Soeribaija | 1,450 | 975 | Wood | 1867 | 2
Merapi | 1,150 | 975 |Iron sheathed| 1874 | 6
Bromo | 1,150 | 975 | ” | 1874 | 6
Sumatra | 950 | 550 | Iron | 1867 | 4
Borneo | 950 | 550 | ” | 1867 | 4
Banka | 950 | 550 | ” | 1867 | 4
Timor | 950 | 550 | ” | 1867 | 4
Oenarang | 650 | 360 | ” | 1875 | 3
Soembing | 650 | 360 | ” | 1877 | 4
Sindoro | 650 | 360 | ” | 1877 | 4
Onrust | 190 | 290 | ” | 1863 | 3
Salak | 200 | 290 | ” | 1875 | 3
Admiral v. Kinsbergen| 180 | 200 | ” | 1854 | 1
------------------------+-------+-----+-------------+------+------
Screw Steamers. | | | | |
Aart Van Ness | 650 | 280 | Wood | 1863 | 2
Schouwen | 650 | 280 | ” | 1863 | 6
Bommelerward | 650 | 280 | ” | 1862 | 6
Riouw | 730 | 340 | Composite | 1872 | 3
Banda | 730 | 340 | ” | 1872 | 3
Amböina | 730 | 340 | ” | 1873 | 3
Deli | 730 | 340 | ” | 1873 | 3
Sambas | 750 | 350 | ” | 1874 | 3
Pontianak | 750 | 350 | ” | 1873 | 3
Bandjermassing | 750 | 350 | ” | 1874 | 3
Palembang | 750 | 350 | ” | 1874 | 3
------------------------+-------+-----+-------------+------+------
Surveying Steamer. | | | | |
Hydrograaf | 730 | 340 | ” | 1873 | 3
------------------------+-------+-----+-------------+------+------

ITALY.

ARMORED FLEET.

A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
==================+=====+=====+=====+========+=======+=======
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | E | F
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
| Ft. | Ft. | Ft. | Tons. | | Knots.
Citadel Ships. | | | | | |
Dandolo | 340 | 65 | 26 | 10,650 | 7,500 | 14
Duilio | 340 | 65 | 26 | 10,650 | 7,500 | 14
Italia | 400 | 74 | 30 | 13,480 | 9,000 | 15
Lepanto | 400 | 74 | 30 | 13,480 | 9,000 | 15
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Casemate and Redoubt Frigates.
Palestro | 265 | 58 | 25 | 5,780 | 3,200 | 12.2
Principe Amadeo| 265 | 58 | 25 | 5,780 | 3,200 | 12.9
+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Venezia | 250 | 57½ | 25 | 5,699 | 4,000 | 13
Roma | 250 | 57½ | 25 | 5,099 | 3,500 | 13
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Broadside Frigates.
Ancona | 256 | 50 | 22 | 4,194 | 3,000 | 11½
Castelfidardo | 256 | 50 | 22 | 4,149 | 3,000 | 11½
Maria Pia | 256 | 50 | 22 | 4,194 | 3,000 | 11½
San Martino | 256 | 50 | 22 | 4,194 | 3,000 | 11½
+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Conte Verde | 256 | 50 | 22 | 4,194 | 3,000 | 11½
Messina | 256 | 50 | 22 | 4,194 | 3,000 | 11½
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Floating Batteries.
Terribile | 198 | 45 | 18 | 2,700 | 1,800 | 12
Formidabile | 198 | 45 | 18 | 2,700 | 1,800 | 12
+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Varese | 198 | 42 | 13 | 2,600 | 1,000 | 9
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------
Monitor Ram.
Affondatore | 290 | 40 | 20 | 4,070 | 3,200 | 13
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------+-------

G = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
H = Least Thickness of Armor.
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
==================+=====+=====+=====+========+=============
TYPE AND NAME. | G | H | I | J | BATTERY.
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
| In. | In. | In. | Year. |
Citadel Ships. | | | | |
Dandolo | 21½ | 13¾ | 19¾ | 1876 |
Duilio | 21½ | 13¾ | 19¾ | 1878 | IV 17-inch,
Italia | | | |Building| IV 4¾-inch.
Lepanto | | | | ” |
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Casemate and Redoubt Frigates.| | |
Palestro | 8⅝ | 6 | 24¼ | 1872 | I 11-inch,
Principe Amadeo| 8⅝ | 6 | 24¼ | 1873 | IV 10-inch.
+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Venezia | 6 | 4 | 26 | 1871 |VIII 10-inch,
Roma | 6 | 4 | 26 | 1869 | I 9-inch.
| | | | | XI 10-inch.
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Broadside Frigates. | | | |
Ancona | 4⅝ | 3 | 13 | 1863 |
Castelfidardo | 4⅝ | 3 | 13 | 1863 | IX 8-inch,
Maria Pia | 4⅝ | 3 | 13 | 1864 | II 9-inch.
San Martino | 4⅝ | 3 | 13 | 1864 |
+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Conte Verde | 4⅝ | 3 | 13 | 1861 | VI 9-inch,
Messina | 4⅝ | 3 | 13 | 1861 | I 8-inch.
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Floating Batteries. | | | |
Terribile | 4½ | 3 | 9 | 1862 |VIII 8-inch.
Formidabile | 4½ | 3 | 9 | 1862 |
+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Varese | 4½ | 3 | 9 | 1862 | IV 8-inch,
| | | | | I 6½-inch.
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------
Monitor Ram. | | | | |
Affondatore | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1865 | II 9-inch.
------------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+-------------

DANDOLO. DUILIO. ITALIA. LEPANTO.

Armored-casemate, double-turreted monitor ships. Ram bow, overhanging stern. The casemate surrounds the boilers, engines, and turrets, occupying about one third of the ship. The lower edge of the casemate is carried forward and aft in a steel deck three inches thick, the deck curving down forward below the point of the ram. The upper deck is also plated fore and aft with two-inch steel plates. The turrets are placed diagonally to open full fore-and-aft and beam fire. The two sets of boilers and engines are grouped one abaft the other, the boilers being arranged transversely between the sets of engines. Twin screws, no sail-power, no superstructure. Designed by Admiral Brin.

PALESTRO. PRINCIPE AMADEO.

Armored belt and double casemate. Swan breast, ram bow, straight stern. The belt encloses the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. Forward is a double casemate or traverse (the rear being unprotected) rising to the top of the topgallant forecastle, and giving protection to two heavy guns on the main-deck, working each in two ports for bow and beam fire, and one heavy rifle on the upper deck working in two ports over the forward main-deck ones for bow-fire. The bow-frames are distorted to open the fire on the main-deck. Aft is a long main-deck traverse protecting four heavy rifles, giving two guns for stern-fire and, if desired, three for beam-fire (one gun may be shifted from side to side). The stern-frames, like those of the bow, are distorted to get stern-fire. Single screw, full sail-power.

VENEZIA. ROMA.

Armored belt, long main-deck casemate, and upper-deck bow and stern traverses. Straight bow, round stern. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate is long and trapezoidal in shape, with the corners cut to allow angular ports for fore-and-aft fire. The side forward and abaft the casemate is given a rank tumble home to open the fore-and-aft fire. The casemate surrounds the boilers and engines. On the spar-deck are bow and stern traverses, each protecting a gun working in a single port. The bow and stern upper rail is cut off by the traverses sufficient to give them square fronts. Single screw, full sail-power.

ANCONA. CASTELFIDARDO. MARIA PIA. SAN MARTINO. CONTE VERDE. MESSINA.

Armored-belt and long-casemate, broadside frigates. Ram bows and round sterns. The armored belt encloses the water-line to the main-deck beams, and is carried up in the casemate to the spar-deck beams. No fore-and-aft fire except from light upper-deck guns. An armored pilot-house just forward of the mizzen-mast. Single screw, full sail-power.

TERRIBILE. FORMIDABILE. VARESE.

Old-type floating batteries. The Varese has the corners of her casemate cut to give fore-and-aft and beam fire. Walls of casemate tumble home at a sharp angle. Ram bows, twin screws, no sail-power.

AFFONDATORE.

Double-turreted monitor ram. High-sided, with half sail-power and superstructures forward and abaft the turrets. Armored belt enclosing the water-line to the upper-deck beams. Long ram bow, continued up and forming a topgallant forecastle nearly as high as the top of the turret. Musket-proof superstructure surrounding the engine-room. Stern-frames carried up to form a spar-deck cabin. No fore-and-aft fire. Single screw. This vessel was the Italian flag-ship at the Battle of Lissa.

ITALIAN UNARMORED FLEET.

(RAPID CRUISERS.)

======================+===============+=========+============
TYPE AND NAME. | Displacement. | Maximum | BATTERY.
| | Speed. |
----------------------+---------------+---------+------------
| Tons. | Knots. |
2d Class Corvettes.
Cristoforo Colombo | 2,500 | 16.2 | V 4¾-inch.
Staffetta | 1,485 | 12.5 | V 3-inch.
Rapido | 1,426 | 11.8 |
----------------------+---------------+---------+-------------
Gun-boats.
Agostin | 650 | 17 |
Barbarigo | 650 | 17 | II 4¾-inch.
Marcantonio | 650 | 17 |
Colonna | 650 | 17 |
----------------------+---------------+---------+------------
Torpedo Vessels.
Pietro Micca | 512 | 14.5 |
Seb. Verniero | 512 | | Torpedoes.
And. Provano | 512 | |
----------------------+---------------+---------+------------

ITALIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.

(OLD-TYPE STEAM CRUISERS.)

====================+===============+==============+======
TYPE AND NAME. | Displacement. | Construction | Guns.
| | Material. |
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
| Tons. | |
Frigates.
Vittorio Emanuele| 3,420 | Wood | 22
Maria Adelaide | 3,460 | ” | 24
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
Corvettes.
Vettor Pisani | 1,580 | ” | 14
Carracciolo | 1,580 | ” | 6
Garibaldi | 1,440 | ” | 8
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
Dispatch Vessel.
Vedetta | 790 | Iron | 4
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
1st Class Gun-boats.
Scilla | 1,050 | Wood | 4
Cariddi | 1,050 | ” | 4
Guardiano | 265 | Iron | 1
Sentinella | 265 | ” | 1
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
2nd Class Gun-boats.
Veloce | 274 | Wood | 4
Ardita | 274 | ” | 4
Conflenza | 262 | ” | 4
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
Paddle-wheel Corvettes.
Governolo | 1,700 | ” | 8
Ettore Fieramosca| 1,400 | ” | 6
Guiscardo | 1,400 | ” | 6
Archimede | 1,300 | ” | 6
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
Dispatch Vessels.
Esploratore | 1,080 | ” | 4
Messaggiero | 1,080 | ” | 4
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
Transports.
Citta di Genova | 3,730 | ” | 4
Citta di Napoli | 3,730 | ” | 8
Europa | 2,300 | Iron | 2
Conte Cavour | 1,870 | ” | 2
Washington | 1,400 | ” | 2
Doria | 1,100 | ” | 2
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------
Depot Vessel.
Vulcano | 276 | Wood |
--------------------+---------------+--------------+------

Hulks. Guard-ships. School-ships. Harbor-tugs.

JAPAN.

ARMORED FLEET

A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
===============+=====+========+=====+=======+=======+========
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | E | F
---------------+-----+--------+-----+-------+-------+--------
| Ft. | Ft.in. | Ft. | Tons. | | Knots.
Armored Corvettes.
Foo-Soo | 220 | 48 | 18 | 3,718 | 3,500 | 13
+-----+--------+-----+-------+-------+--------
Kong-Go | 231 | 40 9 | 18 | 3,650 | 2,450 | 13¾
Hi-Yei | 220 | 48 | 18½ | 3,718 | 2,490 | 14
---------------+-----+--------+-----+-------+-------+--------
Ram.
Ko-tets-een | 158 | 27 | 13 | 3,863 | 1,000 | 9
---------------+-----+--------+-----+-------+-------+--------
Broadside Corvette.
Rio-jio-kan | 213 | 34 6 | 17½ | | |
---------------+-----+--------+-----+-------+-------+--------

G = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
H = Least Thickness of Armor.
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
===============|=====+=====+=====+======+===================
TYPE AND NAME. | G | H | I | J | BATTERY.
| | | | |
---------------+-----+-----+-----+------+-------------------
| In. | In. | In. | Year.|
Armored Corvettes.
Foo-Soo | 9 | 8 | | 1877 | IV 9½-inch,
| | | | | II 6¾-inch Krupp.
+-----+-----+-----+------+-------------------
Kong-Go | 5 | 5 | | 1877 | III 6¾-inch,
Hi-Yei | 5 | 5 | | 1878 | VI 5¾-inch Krupp.
---------------+-----+-----+-----+------+-------------------
Ram.
Ko-tets-een | 4½ | 3 | 12 | 1864 | III 9-inch
| | | | | Armstrong.
---------------+-----+-----+-----+------+-------------------
Broadside Corvette.
Rio-jio-kan | 4 | 4 | | 1864 | II 6-inch,
| | | | | X 5-inch
| | | | |cast-iron rifles.
---------------+-----+-----+-----+------+-------------------

JAPANESE UNARMORED FLEET.

======================+===============+============+======+======
TYPE AND NAME. |Length between | Breadth of |Draft.| Guns.
|Perpendiculars.| Beam. | |
----------------------+---------------+------------+------+------
| Ft. | Ft. | Ft. |
Corvettes. | | | |
Tsu-ku-ba-kan | 197 | 29½ | 15 | 10
Nishin-kan | 203 | 29 | 14 | 7
Kasuga-kan | 242 | 27 | 10 | 7
----------------------+---------------+------------+------+------
Gun-boats. | | | |
Ho-shio-kan | 150 | 21 | 7 | 2
Moshium-kan | 150 | 21 | 7 | 4
Dai-itchi-Teibo-kan| 131 | 22 | 7 | 4
Dai-ni-Taibo-kan | 131 | 22 | 7 | 2
Un-yo-kan | | | | 4
Tchiotagata-kan | | | | 3
----------------------+---------------+------------+------+------
Transports. | | | |
Osaka-maru | | | |
Two others | | | |
----------------------+---------------+------------+------+------

FOO-SOO.

Armored belt and redoubt. Ram bow, round stern. Belt encircling the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, and covering the ram. Square central redoubt, having an overhang of about three feet, the corners being cut off to permit angular ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. The sides above the main-deck beams are given a rank tumble home to open the fore-and-aft fire of the redoubt. On top of the redoubt a heavy rifle is mounted on each side in barbette, giving a firing-angle of 180°. Designed by Reed. This ship resembles very closely in type the French Redoubtable.

KONG-GO. HI-YEI.

Armored-belt, broadside corvettes. The belt comes to the height of the upper-deck beams, but ends short of the bow and stern in an armored bulkhead. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the main battery. Two heavy bow-guns are carried under the forecastle in recessed ports, giving bow and beam fire. One stern-gun working in two recessed ports gives stern and beam fire. Single screw, full sail-power. Long yacht bow and round stern.

KO-TETS-EEN (LATE STONEWALL).

Armored belt and redoubt, long ram bow, round stern, single screw, and half sail-power. This vessel is almost the exact counterpart of the Prinz Adalbert (German). Both ships were built at Bordeaux.

RIO-JIO-KAN.

Partial armored belt, from about three feet below the water-line to the height of the spar-deck beams, ending forward and abaft the battery in armored bulkheads. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the battery, and only bow-fire from a light rifle. The disposition of the armor is similar to that of the Warrior. The hull is divided into several large water-tight compartments, and the long yacht-bow is strengthened for ramming. Single screw, full sail-power.

NORWAY AND SWEDEN.

ARMORED FLEET.

A = Draft.
B = Displacement.
C = Indicated Horse-Power.
D = Maximum Speed.
E = Armor at Water-line.
F = Armor on Turret.
G = Backing.
NORWAY.
================+======+=====+===+=====+====+====+===+=============
TYPE AND NAME. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |BATTERY.
| | | | | | | |
----------------+------+-----+---+-----+----+----+---+-------------
|Ft.in.|Tons.| |Knots| In.|In. |In.|
Monitors. | | | | | | | |
Scorpionen |11 6 |1,423|380| 7 | 5 |11.8|26 |
Mjölner |11 6 |1,490|460| 7 | 5 |11.8|26 |
Thrudvang |11 6 |1,490|500| 8 | 5 |11.8|26 | II 11-inch
Thor |13 2 |1,970|600| 9 | 7 |13.7| 9 | Armstrong.
Odin |13 2 |1,970|600| 9 | 7 |13.7| 9 |
----------------+------+-----+---+-----+----+----+---+-------------
SWEDEN.
----------------+------+-----+---+------+---+----+---+-------------
Monitors. | | | | | | | |
John Ericsson|11 6 |1,475|380| 7 | 5 |10½ |31½| II 15-inch
| | | | | | | | Rodman
| | | | | | | | smooth-bore.
+------+-----+---+------+---+----+---+-------------
Thordön |11 6 |1,475|380| 7½ | 5 |10½ |26 | II 9¼-inch
Tyrfing |11 6 |1,475|380| 7½ | 5 |10½ |26 | Finsporg
Loke |12 2 |1,575|430| 8 | 5 |17¾ |24½| Rifle.
----------------+------+-----+---+------+---+----+---+-------------
Monitor Gun-boats. | | | | | | |
Garmer | 6 6 | 256| 90| 5½ | 1½| 6 | 7¾|
Fenris | 8 3 | 256| 43| 6 | 1½|10½ |33¾|
Sköld | 7 6 | 236| 17| 3¾ | 1½| 8½ |33¾|
Gerda | 8 9 | 453|133| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾|
Hildur | 8 9 | 453|133| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾|
Björn | 8 9 | 453|155| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾| I 9¼-inch
Berserk | 8 9 | 453|155| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾| Armstrong.
Folke | 8 9 | 453|155| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾|
Sölwe | 8 9 | 453|155| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾|
Ulf | 8 9 | 453|155| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾|
One other | 8 9 | 453|155| 8 | 2½|14 |33¾|
----------------+------+-----+---+------+---+----+---+-------------

SCORPIONEN. MJOLNER. THRUDVANG. THOR. JOHN ERICSSON. THORDON. TJIFING. LOKE.

Low freeboard, single-turreted monitors. (See Passaic, American.)

ODIN.

Armored belt and casemate. Ram bow, straight stern, low freeboard. The Odin belongs to the floating-battery type; her casemate rising above the deck-level with tumble-home sides, and ports in all four faces for all-around fire.

THE TWELVE SWEDISH MONITOR GUN BOATS.

Armored belt and fixed turret, twin screws, no sail power. The turret is dome-shaped, with a small dome-shaped armored pilot-house on its after-end. The sides of the turret curve into a steep glacis, which is carried out nearly to the side of the ship, the deck in wake of the turret being merely a narrow platform for passing fore and aft without difficulty. The single heavy gun is worked on a turn-table in five ports for all-around fire. The after-part of the turret is carried on in a superstructure covering the engines, boilers, and hatchways. A light flying deck or bridge is carried around the upper part of the turret. The armor of the side and turret is curved in every section, so as not to present a fair target for striking in any position. The ellipsoidal bow is very strong, and is heavily strengthened for ramming.

NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH UNARMORED FLEET.

NORWAY.

=================+===============+========+========================
TYPE AND NAME. | Displacement. | Speed. | BATTERY.
-----------------+---------------+--------+------------------------
| Tons. | Knots. |
Frigates. | | |
Kong Sverre | 3,472 | 11 | XLIV 32-pdrs.
Saint Olaf | 2,182 | 10 | XXXIV ”
-----------------+---------------+--------+------------------------
Corvettes. | | |
Nordsgernen | 1,609 | 9 | XVI ”
Nornen | 958 | 9 | XIV ”
-----------------+---------------+--------+------------------------
Gun-boats. | | |
Steipner | 580 | 8 | I 10¼-inch, I 5¾-inch.
+---------------+--------+------------------------
Vale | 233 | 8 |
Uller | 233 | 8 | I 10¼-inch.
+---------------+--------+------------------------
Glommen | | |
Lugen | | | II 10¼-inch.
Sarpen | | |
Rjuken | | |
+---------------+--------+------------------------
Two others | 233 | 8 | I 10¼-inch.
Fourteen Galleys | | | I 5¾-inch.
-----------------+---------------+--------+------------------------

SWEDEN.

========================+=============+=======+====================
TYPE AND NAME. |Displacement.| Speed.| BATTERY.
------------------------+-------------+-------+--------------------
| Tons. | Knots.|
Ships of the line. | | |
Stockholm | 2,850 | 10 | LXVI 20-pdrs.
Vanadis | 2,130 | 12 | XVI 32-pdrs.
------------------------+-------------+-------+--------------------
Corvettes. | | |
Balder | 1,880 | 9 | VI 5¼-inch Krupp.
Gefle | 1,280 | 9 | VIII ” ”
Thor | 1,070 | 9 | V ” ”
Saga | 1,530 | 8 | VII ” ”
------------------------+-------------+-------+-----------------------
Gun-boats. | | |
Blenda | 500 | 13.2 |
Disa | 500 | 13.2 |
Urd | 500 | 13.2 |
Verdande | 500 | 13.2 | I 10¾-inch,
Skagul | 536 | 13.5 | I 4¾-inch.
Skuld | 536 | 13.5 |
Sköggald | 536 | 13.5 |
Rota | 536 | 13.5 |
+-------------+-------+--------------------
Svensksund | | |
Hogland | | |
Motala | | |
Carlsund | | |
Allög | 180 to 200 | 8 | I 4¾-inch.
Astrid | | |
Ingegud | | |
Sigrid | | |
Alfhild | | |
Gunhild | | |
------------------------+-------------+-------+--------------------
Transport. | | |
Valkyrian | | | I 5¾-inch.
------------------------+-------------+-------+--------------------
Torpedo Vessel. | | |
Ran | 630 | 18 | I 6½-inch.
------------------------+-------------+-------+--------------------

The Navy is supplied with a number of Thorneycroft torpedo-launches using Whitehead torpedoes.

PERU.

ARMORED FLEET.

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