, 1885-02-12

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Look now at tho monsters the admitted
electives. Of theso there ars now the In
fiexibis-belioveI to b. a match for any
thing aioat-of II, $50 tons displacsms l.
having twenty-four inches OF iron armor. On
a solid backing Of twenty-four inches OF tea Z,
Of 8.0i0 horse power, and with four eighty
ton guns in her two tnrrsts: q vas u
whoe ability to batter down fortihcati, ~
Alexandria's ruined batteries bear witness;
the ~Dreadnaught, which has just relieved
her in the Mediterranean. with four thirty
eight ton guns in her two ~turrrts, and with
light r armor OF only fourteen inches; the
~Thundsrer. Neptune. Colossus, Edinburgh.
Asamemnon, Ajax and Monarch, all two
tu.ret ships OF varying types. the Thundersr
having two IS ton and two IS ton guns; the
others varying from four As ton brssch
leaders and two . inch guns to 81 ton and IL
ton guns: while the Monarch. known to
Portland, Me-, folks, rs having brought over
the body Of George Peabody 70 that harbor,
has four IS ton guns In hor two turrets. two
~ ton guns and one 81 ton-all muzzle
leaders. and therefore not c1nsldsrsd OF the
best kind, but also powerful at A~lsxandria.
Named altar the famous British admirala
are the now barbetts ships. the Arson, Ben
bow, camperdown, Howe. Rodney AMI Col
lingwcod. OF about 10000 tons each The
NE' Az F1t
bow will carry two 40 ton brooch leaders,
pretty little barksrs with a playful pro-
jectle Of 2,5o0 pounds weight or more. cal.
culated to knock out even John l. Sullivan
himsolf-if within a range OF nine miles.
The other admirals have four % ton guns
and smaller pets OF SIX inches bore; while
the Temernirs, Imperisuss and Warsplts-
smaller vessels OF tn, same class-are con.
tent with Is and IS ton cannon. Five turret
RAM, one OF which is the New Hero, yet on
tho stocks, are also included In the list
Then tho central battery iest-hns YES
sek, all OF which have been successful-must
be reckoned. There are eleven OF those ships,
from the Alexandra Of . 400 tons, with two
Is and ten ~ ton cannon, AMI with ~ inches
Of armor as her maximum, to the Orion oil
1870 tons displacement. which, Ike thu
Belleisle. its sister ship. yet contrivss "a
carry 12 inches OF iron Rrmor and four 2,
ton guns. or this class OF ships the Swift
sure, Triumph, Audacious, Invincible and
Iron Duke are almost alike, about 5000 tons
drawing 20 feet OF water, with eight inchsi
Of iron armor, and cnrrying each ten II tor
muzzle leaders. Three nrmored cruiscn
the Nelson, on the Australian station, tn.
Northampton, flagship Of the North Amer
can feet. recently at Newport, and thu
Shannon. have 1e and IS ton guns
For coast defense there are five goos
turret ships The Glatton, a ram. has nine
teen inches OF armor defending her turret,
which has a rs ton gun. and the Cyclops,
Gorgon, Hecate and Hydra OF two turret
each, sight and ten inches Of iron armor,
and with IS ton guns. The turretsd ship,
Magdola and Abysinia are In Bombay har
Dor. and the Cerberus. already mentioned
at Melbourne. Then there are eighteen un
nrmored vessels, seven OF which are fast
cruisers, building In the royal ~dockyards, ant
four iirst-class ironclnds, are. by a recen
vote, TO be added to the list Thsss will
carry ITO ton guns and viii bs designed Il
take the first rank