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heavily rigged as a barque with double topsail yards, and has one 
fuunel in line with the after end of the fore sponsons. She can steam 
13 knots. 
We have now to consider the General-Admiral and the Duke 
of Edinburgh. They were designed to compete with our Raleigh 
and Boadicea, and were launched in 1873 and 1875. Length 285 feet, 
beam 50 feet, displacement 4600 tons. The belt is seven feet high 
with a thickness of six inches and five inches, with a horizontal steel 
deck over it of one inch thick. They are usually described as central 
battery ships, but are not so in reality. What is mistaken for such is 
an iron coaming 4*5 feet high on the main deck which runs round the 
engine-room hatch to protect them, as the engines are vertical. 
This coaming has six inches of iron with seven inches of backing. 
The first ship has six 8-inch guns on upper deck in proximity 
to the funnel, and two six inch chase, one under forecastle one under 
poop. The Duke has four 8-inch guns at the corners of the battery 
on the upper deck, five 6-inch, two on broadside between the 8-inch, 
two under forecastle, and one under poop. 
In both ships, when the bulwarks are let down, the crews serving 
the guns on broadside are completely exposed. They can steam 12 
knots. The funnel is in the centre of ship. They are fully rigged, 
and have a large topgallant forecastle which is built up and extends 
nearly as far aft as the funnel. There is a low bridge before main¬ 
mast. A large poop which is cut away to allow of stern fire. The 
battery which is abreast of the funnel projects from the sides. 
The next pair of cruisers are the Yladimir Monomakh and the 
Dimitri Donskoi. They are fairly similar, but differ a little. 
The first is 296 feet long, 52 feet beam, 5800 tons displacement. 
She has steamed over 15 knots. She has a compound armoured belt 
from six inches to 4’5 inches thick, two feet six inches above the water¬ 
line and five feet six inches below. Her stern plating is weak and 
badly put together, and it is said would be likely to go to pieces if hit 
hardly. Her steel deck is from two inches to three inches thick. Her 
armament consists of four 8-incli 9-tons guns in half round sponsons 
on the main deck; and twelve 6-inch 4-ton guns, of which eight are be¬ 
tween the sponsons, two fore and two aft in recessed ports, so that they 
can fire with the line of keel. She is very heavily rigged as a ship, 
with lofty topgallant masts and studding sails. She has two funnels ; 
the after one very near the centre. These two funnels serve to divide 
the space between the foremast and mainmast fairly equally, but the 
after one is nearer the mast. 
The Dimitri Donskoi is very similar, only she has 14 6-inch guns on 
main deck, of which four are in angle ports for fore and aft fire. 
She has two 8-inch guns in sponsons just abaft the foremost funnel on 
turn-tables. These are well marked. She is very similar to the 
sister ship, but has two bridges, one before the funnels like the 
Yladimir, the other before the mizen; also a stern gallery. 
The Admiral Nakhimoff, not to be confused with the Admiral class, 
is a copy of our Imperieuse. She is nearly 8000 tons displacement, 
