The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-17
BRITIAN's WmsH1Ps.
A List of Old England's Float
ing Peace-Makers:
THE CENTRAL BATTERY FLEET.
Astonishing Weights of Belligerent
MetaEBrief Description of Iron
Armored Monsters.

Look now at the monsters-the adj
mitted affectives. OF these there are
now rferi6le-belieEed to be match
for anything afioat--of IL $3.50. tons dis
placement, having twenty-four inches
of iron armor, on solid backing of
twenty four inches of teak, of SOLO
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 Dreadsaught, which has
just relieved her IN the Mediterranean,
with four thirty-eight ton guns in her
two turrets, and with lighter armor of
only fourteen inches; the Thunderer,
Neptune, Colossus, Edinburgh, ,Agdmem-
non, AjaT, and Monarch, all two turret
ships OF varying types, the Thunderer
having two twenty-eight ton and two
thirtv-five ton guns; the others varying
from four forty-three ton breech leaders
and two six inch guns to thirty-eight
ton and twelve ton guns; while the
Monarch, known to Portland. Me-, folks
as having brought over the body of
George Peabody to that harbor, has
four twenty-five ton guns in her two
turrets, TWO twelye-tont guns and one
six and a half ton-all muzzle leaders,
and therefore not considered of the
best kind, but also powerful at Alex
andria
Named after the famous British adj
mirals are the new barbette ships, the
Anson, Benbow, CdglperdoUn, HOUe, Rod
nd nf a
tons each. The first four are yet on the
stocks. The Be6noog will carry two ITO
ton breech leaders, pretty little barkers,
with a playful projectile of $500 pounds
! weight or more, calculated to knock out
even John L. Sullivan himself-if with
in range of nine miles. The other
admirals have four siZtythree ton guns
and smaller pets of six inches bore;
while the 1cmerGire, Inperieuse, and
| WorSpite-smaller vessels of the same
| class-are content with twenty-five and
| eighteen ton cannon. Five turret rams,
one of which is the Neag Hero, yet ON
the stocks, are also included in the list.
Then the central battery fleet-fine
vessels, all of which have been success
ful-must be reckoned. There are
eleven of these ships, from the ALer-
dndrG of 9,400 tons, with two twenty
five and ten eighteen ton cannon, and
with twelve inches of armor as her
maximum, to the Orion of 1870 tons
displacement, which, like the BelleisIe,
its sister ship, yet contrives to carry
twelve inches of iron armor and four
twenty-five ton guns. OF this class OF
ships the SwJtSure, Triumph, AuddciouSI
LnUincible, and Iron Duke are almost
alike, about 5000 tons, drawing twenty
feet of water, with eight inches of iron
armor, and carrying each ten twelve ton
muzzle leaders. Three armored cruisers,
the Nelson, on, the Australian station,
the Northampton, flagship of the North
American fleet, recently at Newport.
and the Shannon, have twelve and eigh-
teen ton guns.
For coast defense there are FIVE good
turret ships. The Citation, a ram, has
nineteen inches of armor defending her
turret. which has a twenty-five pound
gun, and the CycLops, G0rgon, Hscqte and
Hydra of two turrets each, eighE and
ten inches of iron armor, and with
eighteen ton guns. The turreted ships
| MGqdota and. Abysinnia arein Bombay
harbor, and the Cerberus. already men,
toned, at Melbourne Then there are
eighteen unarmored vessels. seven o.
which are fast cruisers, building in the
royal dockyards, and four first-class
ironclads, are, by a recent vote. to be
added to the list These will carry III
ton guns and will be. designed to take the
first rank.-Boston Globe.