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enemy *s fire. The projection at the bow may if required be used as a ram. 
The interior of the boat is divided into six shot-proof compartments ; in the 
first compartment, at the stern, is a telegraph battery and place for 
mechanical tools; in the second the machinery and boilers; in the third, 
coals | in the fourth the machinery for turning the turrets, and also the 
store-room; in the fifth are accommodation for men and officers, and the 
powder room, and in the sixth the capstan. On the deck about the middle 
of the boat is the turning turret with two guns, and inside it is a fixed house, 
in the form of a turret, for the steersman and the captain of the boat. 
These two turrets are made of iron plates 1 inch thick, the first of 11 and 
the second of 8 plates. The deck is covered with two layers of |-inch iron 
plates, placed in some boats above, and in others under the deck. The 
funnel rises 8 feet from the deck, covered with six layers of 1-inch plates. 
The principal dimensions of this boat are,—Length on the deck with 
armour plates, 201 ft.; the greatest width 46 ft.; water-mark 11| ft. The 
inside diameter of the turret is 21 ft., and its height 9 ft. The machinery 
is of 160 horse-power, and there are also two engines, one of 15 horse-power 
for the two ventilators, and the other of 15 horse-power for turning the 
turret, which are both supplied with steam from the boilers of the principal 
engine. 
The screws are four-bladed, 12 ft. in diameter ; the rudders are balance- 
rudders, and the anchors are of a peculiar construction—-short and with 
four forks. Each of the monitors has three small boats, of 10, 6, and 2 oars. 
Each of these monitors is armed with one 15-inch cast-iron gun and one 
9-inch steel rifled gun. 
The following ten boats are now being constructed on the above model, 
but with some slight alterations:— 
No. 
Name of boat. 
Place of construction. 
When 
commenced. 
When 
finished. 
1 
2 
a 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
“ Bronienositz ”... f 
“Latnik” .1 
“Wieshchun” ... f 
“Koldun”. [ 
“Strelec ” . f 
“ Iedinorog ” . \ 
“ Uragan”. C 
“Tifon” .. 1 
“Lava” .. f 
“Perun” .| 
Baltic Mechanical 'Works and 
Foundry, belonging to Messrs 
Carr & Macpherson .. 
Seraing, in Belgium, by the 
Belgian Co., Cockerill & Co., 
where the parts were prepared, 
and put together at the wharf 
of the Gutuevskavo Island...... 
At the Galerny Island, by Mr 
Kudraftseff..... 
At the New Admiralty, by the 
Government ... 
At the Neva Mechanical Works 
of Siemianikoif & Poletika. 
/ 6th June, 
j 1863. 
( 16th June, 
( 1863 ...... 
\ 1st June, 
j 1863. 
1 26th June, 
> 1863...... 
> 15th June, 
) 1863. 
10th or 12th 
March, 1864, 
26th April, 
1864. 
21st May, 1864, 
16th May, „ 
4th June, » 
27th May, „ 
28th June, n 
Consequently the first launched boats were “Bronienositz” and “Latnik,” 
which were constructed in the short time of nine months. The average 
complement of these monitors consists of 95 men: thus, 7 officers (2 naval 
officers, 1 steersman, 2 engineers, 1 officer of the corps of naval artillery, 
and 1 midshipman), and 87 men, including stokers and mechanics. 
