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THE MODERN WARSHIP 



LOOK once more at our " family tree ". 

 Here we find Majestic, 1893. Be careful 

 not to confuse the Majestic of the Navy 

 with the two ships of same name in the 

 White Star mercantile service. The 

 Majestic with her sister ship the Magnificent, 

 brought us still farther along the path of 

 the huge fighting machine of the present 

 day. 



The tonnage of these two fine boats 

 was 14,900, and they cost almost a million 

 each. Instead of concentrating on a 

 couple of huge no-ton guns, which were 

 worthless after firing a hundred rounds 

 or so, we find four 1 2-inch, twelve 6-inch, 

 and quite a large battery of smaller quick- 

 firing guns installed. The largest of the 



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