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THE WORLEYS WARSHIPS. 
330 feet long, 61 beam. For the first time the belt no longer runs 
round the ship, but is only 147 feet long, with armoured bulkheads 
forming a rectangle extending three feet above the water-line to five 
feet below, and from 10 inches to six inches thick. She has eight 
8-inch 13*7-ton guns in pairs in barbettes on the spar deck. One 
forward, one aft, and one each side just abaft the funnel. These 
towers are protected with eight inches of iron, which extends down to 
the battery deck. Here are 10 6-inch 6*3-ton guns, the foremost and 
after guns firing ahead and astern respectively, the remainder on the 
broadside. She is rigged as a brig, and has one large oval funnel 
between masts. There is a slight superstructure round it which ex¬ 
tends some little way aft. Is represented as not a good sea-going 
boat. All these three last vessels have been employed in the China 
seas. 
The Alexander II. and the Nicolas I. are termed by the Russians 
line-of-battleships, though Lord Brassey counts them as cruisers. 
They certainly largely resemble the last vessel; 8400 tons displace¬ 
ment, 326 feet long, 67 beam. The belt, however, is continuous, from 
14 inches to six inches, while one would have fancied that no cruiser 
would have needed their armament, viz., two 12-inch 50‘5-ton guns 
mounted in a bow barbette, of 12 inches of armour, with a circular 
cover of three inches. It extends down to the armoured deck, which 
is three inches thick. On the main deck are four 9-inch guns and 
four 6-inch, all in the main battery, which is protected by armoured 
bulkheads, that in the bow joining the tower and the sides. The 
larger guns here are in embrasure ports training from line of keel to 
the beam. Outside this battery are four other 6-inch guns also in 
embrasure ports, two at the stern, two at the bow. These vessels can, 
therefore, bring a very strong bow fire to bear, namely, two 12-inch 
from the barbette, two 9-inch from the main battery, and two 6-inch 
from the forward bow chasers. 
As regards appearance the Alexander has two military steel masts, 
with single fighting tops on each, two round upright funnels, the after 
one in the centre of the ship, a conning tower just before foremast, 
and a prominent deck-house in her stern. The Nicolas is similar, but 
has a poop and two stern walks. Their speed is said to be 15*5 knots. 
The barbette tower is very prominent. 
The Pamyat Azova—the Remembrance of AzofF—is a true cruiser; 
6000 tons, 378 feet long, 50 feet beam. She can steam 18 knots, 
with a coal endurance of 12,000 knots at 10-knot speed. Her belt, 
six inches to four inches, extends nearly her whole length with bulk¬ 
heads at its extremities. She has two 8-inch 13‘7-ton guns in 
semi-circular sponsons between the two foremost funnels. These have 
a training of nearly 180°; 12 6-inch, four in angle ports, bow and 
stern, eight as broadside guns—all secondary armour on the main 
deck. 
She is rigged as a barque and has three funnels, all between fore 
and mainmasts. The upper deck is flush except for a short forecastle. 
The upper part of the stem is straight, the lower part ram-shaped. 
She has a stern gallery running far round the quarter. 
