The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-06
BRlTAIN'S WAR-SH[PS.
A LIST OF OLD ENGLAND'S FLOAT
ING PEACE-MAKERS.
Astonishing Weight of Bclilgerant Metal -
Brief Description of Iron-Armored
Monsters Central Battery
FIeet-Coast Defense.


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Look now Mt the monsters the admittAd
effect!Yes. o. these there are now the In
iicXible-believeJ to be a match for any
thing aioat-of II $50 ION, displacament
having twenty four inches OF iron armor. ON
solid backing OF twenty-four inches of teak
Of 500 horse power, and with four eighty
ton guns in her two turrets; a vessel
whose ability to batter down Notifications
AleXandria's ruined batteries bear witness.
the Dreadnaught, which has lust relieved
her IN the Mediterranean, with four thirty
eight ton guns in her two turrets, and with
lighter armor OF only fourteen inches; tho
Inunderer, Neptune, Colossus, Edinburgh,
Aglmemnon, Ajax and Monarch, all tive
turret ships of varying types. the Thunderer
having two IS ton and two IS ton guns; the
others varying from four IS ton braaeh
leaders and two inch guns to IS ton AMI II
ton guns while the Monarch, known to
Portland Me, folks, as having brought over
the body o. George Peabody to that harbor,
has four . ton guns in her two turrets, two
II ton guns and one G15 ton-all muzzlc
leaders, and therefore not considered Of the
lest KIND, but also powerful at Alexandria.
Named after the famous British admirals
are the new barbette shins, the Arson, Ben
bow, Camperiown, Howe Rodney AMI Col
isDgw2oi, OF about $1,000 tons each The
ifNt four ara Yet on the stocks. The Ben
how VIII carry two 10 ton breoch leaders
pretty Htye haTkars, with a playful pro
lectla of $500 pounds weight or more. cal.
crlItai 70 knocA out oven JJha L. Sullivan
hlmselt-if within a range of nine miles.
iae other almirjl5 have four g. ton guns
ami sui2Is2r pats OF six inches bore; while
tLn Iemerairs, lmpcrieuss and Warspite-
smaller We sis of she same class-are con-
ttat With . AMI n ton cannon Five turret
cams clla ~ wI!au IS the New Hero, vet on
tie stocks, are also included in tho lis,
Then tlo central battery feot-Hno YES
sells, all Of which have been successful-must
be rsykoneL There are eleven OF these ships.
from the Alexandra Of 9, 400 tons with two
- and ton IS ton cannon, and vita Il inches
OF armor her maximum, to the Orion OF
4,S'3 tons displacement which, like the
tett1.s!e, its sister ship, yet contrives to
carry ~ inches Of iron &rmor and four %
ton guns OF this class OF ships the Swift
sure, Triumph, AUIacious, Iuvincible and
lr5A Duke are almost alike, about 5000 tons
drawing - fogs Of water, with eight inche.
Of iron ar'uor, and carrying each ten IL ton
| muZZlN leaders. Three arm9rsl cruisers,
the Nelson, on tha Australian station. tha
,Torthamnton, flagship of the North Amarj-
can fleet recently at Newport, aud the
Shannon, have L and IS bon guns
For coast defense there are five good
| tUrrot ships. The Glatton, a ram, has nine
teen inches Of ornor defending her turret,
watch has a - ton gun, ana the Cyclops,
Gorgon, Hacato and Hydra Of two tUrret>
each. eight and ten inches Of iron ayrlor,
ami yitn IS ton gun The turr5tal shil>
Mag .ola ana Abysi6ia are in Bombay har
| bag ana the Ceruru,, already mentioned
/ 81 Melbourne. Then there are eighteen IN
! armoget vessels, sevau o. when are fast
cruisers bull liu3 in the royal docEyarls, ans
| four ijrst-class ironelads, arc, by recen
vote, To b, added to the list These will
carry / 20 ton guns AMI will he disisnad tt
| take the first rank