PART I. FLEETS. (continued 2)
Reading edition
PRINZ HENDRIK.
These superstructures are cut in at the ends nearest the turrets to open the fire as much as possible, increasing slightly the firing-angle and almost completely destroying the necessary freeboard. Between the turrets is a third superstructure, musket-proof, protecting the approaches to the boilers and engines. At the forward end of this superstructure is a musket-proof pilot-house. Double screws, full sail-power, with tripod fore and main masts. These ships are a medium between the Wyvern and the ill-fated Captain. Bow and stern fire are secured by light unprotected guns.
STIER. SCHORPIOEN. BUFFEL. GUINEA. DRAAK. MATADOR.
LUIPARD. HYAENA. PANTER. HAAI. WESP. ADDER.
BUFFEL.
High-sided ram monitors. Armored belt, casemate, and single turret. Ram bow and round stern. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate surrounds the foot of the turret only. The turret has perfect all-around fire, being large enough to give stern-fire past the smoke-stack. A superstructure gives a full freeboard all around as high as the top of the casemate, furnishing quarters. The upper deck carries a light barbette battery of bow, stern, and broadside guns. Twin screw and half sail-power.
KROKODIL. HEILIGERLEE. CERBERUS. BLOEDHOUND. TIYGER.
Single-turreted low monitors, with high superstructures forward and abaft the turret cutting off the fore-and-aft fire. Twin screws, half-sail power.
BLOEDHOUND.
VAHALIS. ISALA. RHENUS. MOSA. MERVA.
Light-draft, single-turreted monitors. The turret is elevated and surrounded by a casemate having a tumble home of 35°.
DUTCH UNARMORED FLEET. (Fast Cruisers.)
A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Maximum Speed.
D = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. A B C D Battery.
Tons. Knots. Year
1st-class Cruisers.
Atjeh 3,108 2,900 14 1876 VI 6.8-inch Krupp.
Tromp 3,108 2,900 14 1877
De Ruyter 3,108 2,900 14 1878
3d-class Cruisers.
Suriname 836 350 1876 I 5.8-inch Krupp. III 4.7-inch ”
Bonaire 836 350 1876 I 5.8-inch ” III 4.7-inch ”
St. Eustatius 836 350 1877 I 5.8-inch ” III 4.7-inch ”
Samarang 836 350 1877
Batavia 836 350 1878
Macassar 836 350 1878
Padang 836 350 1878
DUTCH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. (Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)
A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Construction Material.
D = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. A B C D Guns.
Tons. Year
Frigate.
Evertsen 3,300 1,000 Wood 1857 51
Corvettes.
Silverin Kruis 2,160 1,480 ” 1869 12
Van Galen 2,160 700 ” 1872 12
Leenwarden 2,030 700 ” 1861 14
Curaçao 2,030 700 ” 1863 14
Watergeus 1,490 770 ” 1864 6
Marnix 1,490 770 ” 1867 6
Sloops.
Alkmaar 1,010 600 Composite 1874 3
Prinses Maria 760 250 Wood 1862 7
Cornelius Dirks 760 250 ” 1859 6
Aruba 730 250 Composite 1873 6
Paddle Steamer.
Valk 1,220 800 Wood 1864 3
DUTCH EAST INDIA GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. (Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)
A = Displacement.
B = Indicated Horse-power.
C = Construction Material.
D = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. A B C D Guns.
Tons. Year
Paddle Steamers.
Soeribaija 1,450 975 Wood 1867 2
Merapi 1,150 975 Iron sheathed 1874 6
Bromo 1,150 975 ” 1874 6
Sumatra 950 550 Iron 1867 4
Borneo 950 550 ” 1867 4
Banka 950 550 ” 1867 4
Timor 950 550 ” 1867 4
Oenarang 650 360 ” 1875 3
Soembing 650 360 ” 1877 4
Sindoro 650 360 ” 1877 4
Onrust 190 290 ” 1863 3
Salak 200 290 ” 1875 3
Admiral v. Kinsbergen 180 200 ” 1854 1
Screw Steamers.
Aart Van Ness 650 280 Wood 1863 2
Schouwen 650 280 ” 1863 6
Bommelerward 650 280 ” 1862 6
Riouw 730 340 Composite 1872 3
Banda 730 340 ” 1872 3
Amböina 730 340 ” 1873 3
Deli 730 340 ” 1873 3
Sambas 750 350 ” 1874 3
Pontianak 750 350 ” 1873 3
Bandjermassing 750 350 ” 1874 3
Palembang 750 350 ” 1874 3
Surveying Steamer.
Hydrograaf 730 340 ” 1873 3
ITALY.
ARMORED FLEET.
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
Type and Name. A B C D E F
Ft. Ft. Ft. Tons. Knots.
Citadel Ships.
Dandolo 340 65 26 10,650 7,500 14
Duilio 340 65 26 10,650 7,500 14
Italia 400 74 30 13,480 9,000 15
Lepanto 400 74 30 13,480 9,000 15
Casemate and Redoubt Frigates.
Palestro 265 58 25 5,780 3,200 12.2
Principe Amadeo 265 58 25 5,780 3,200 12.9
Venezia 250 57½ 25 5,699 4,000 13
Roma 250 57½ 25 5,099 3,500 13
Broadside Frigates.
Ancona 256 50 22 4,194 3,000 11½
Castelfidardo 256 50 22 4,149 3,000 11½
Maria Pia 256 50 22 4,194 3,000 11½
San Martino 256 50 22 4,194 3,000 11½
Conte Verde 256 50 22 4,194 3,000 11½
Messina 256 50 22 4,194 3,000 11½
Floating Batteries.
Terribile 198 45 18 2,700 1,800 12
Formidabile 198 45 18 2,700 1,800 12
Varese 198 42 13 2,600 1,000 9
Monitor Ram.
Affondatore 290 40 20 4,070 3,200 13
G = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
H = Least Thickness of Armor.
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. G H I J Battery.
In. In. In. Year
Citadel Ships.
Dandolo 21½ 13¾ 19¾ 1876 IV 17-inch, IV 4¾-inch.
Duilio 21½ 13¾ 19¾ 1878
Italia Building
Lepanto ”
Casemate and Redoubt Frigates.
Palestro 8⅝ 6 24¼ 1872 I 11-inch, IV 10-inch.
Principe Amadeo 8⅝ 6 24¼ 1873
Venezia 6 4 26 1871 VIII 10-inch, I 9-inch.
Roma 6 4 26 1869 XI 10-inch.
Broadside Frigates.
Ancona 4⅝ 3 13 1863 IX 8-inch, II 9-inch.
Castelfidardo 4⅝ 3 13 1863
Maria Pia 4⅝ 3 13 1864
San Martino 4⅝ 3 13 1864
Conte Verde 4⅝ 3 13 1861 VI 9-inch, I 8-inch.
Messina 4⅝ 3 13 1861
Floating Batteries.
Terribile 4½ 3 9 1862 VIII 8-inch.
Formidabile 4½ 3 9 1862
Varese 4½ 3 9 1862 IV 8-inch, I 6½-inch.
Monitor Ram.
Affondatore 5 3 9 1865 II 9-inch.
DANDOLO. DUILIO. ITALIA. LEPANTO.
Armored-casemate, double-turreted monitor ships. Ram bow, overhanging stern. The casemate surrounds the boilers, engines, and turrets, occupying about one third of the ship. The lower edge of the casemate is carried forward and aft in a steel deck three inches thick, the deck curving down forward below the point of the ram. The upper deck is also plated fore and aft with two-inch steel plates. The turrets are placed diagonally to open full fore-and-aft and beam fire. The two sets of boilers and engines are grouped one abaft the other, the boilers being arranged transversely between the sets of engines. Twin screws, no sail-power, no superstructure. Designed by Admiral Brin.
DUILIO.
PALESTRO. PRINCIPE AMADEO.
Armored belt and double casemate. Swan breast, ram bow, straight stern. The belt encloses the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. Forward is a double casemate or traverse (the rear being unprotected) rising to the top of the topgallant forecastle, and giving protection to two heavy guns on the main-deck, working each in two ports for bow and beam fire, and one heavy rifle on the upper deck working in two ports over the forward main-deck ones for bow-fire. The bow-frames are distorted to open the fire on the main-deck. Aft is a long main-deck traverse protecting four heavy rifles, giving two guns for stern-fire and, if desired, three for beam-fire (one gun may be shifted from side to side). The stern-frames, like those of the bow, are distorted to get stern-fire. Single screw, full sail-power.
PALESTRO.
VENEZIA. ROMA.
VENEZIA.
Armored belt, long main-deck casemate, and upper-deck bow and stern traverses. Straight bow, round stern. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate is long and trapezoidal in shape, with the corners cut to allow angular ports for fore-and-aft fire. The side forward and abaft the casemate is given a rank tumble home to open the fore-and-aft fire. The casemate surrounds the boilers and engines. On the spar-deck are bow and stern traverses, each protecting a gun working in a single port. The bow and stern upper rail is cut off by the traverses sufficient to give them square fronts. Single screw, full sail-power.
ANCONA. CASTELFIDARDO. MARIA PIA. SAN MARTINO. CONTE VERDE. MESSINA.
MARIA PIA.
Armored-belt and long-casemate, broadside frigates. Ram bows and round sterns. The armored belt encloses the water-line to the main-deck beams, and is carried up in the casemate to the spar-deck beams. No fore-and-aft fire except from light upper-deck guns. An armored pilot-house just forward of the mizzen-mast. Single screw, full sail-power.
TERRIBILE. FORMIDABILE. VARESE.
Old-type floating batteries. The Varese has the corners of her casemate cut to give fore-and-aft and beam fire. Walls of casemate tumble home at a sharp angle. Ram bows, twin screws, no sail-power.
AFFONDATORE.
AFFONDATORE.
Double-turreted monitor ram. High-sided, with half sail-power and superstructures forward and abaft the turrets. Armored belt enclosing the water-line to the upper-deck beams. Long ram bow, continued up and forming a topgallant forecastle nearly as high as the top of the turret. Musket-proof superstructure surrounding the engine-room. Stern-frames carried up to form a spar-deck cabin. No fore-and-aft fire. Single screw. This vessel was the Italian flag-ship at the Battle of Lissa.
ITALIAN UNARMORED FLEET. (Rapid Cruisers.)
Type and Name. Displacement. Maximum Speed. Battery.
Tons. Knots.
2d Class Corvettes.
Cristoforo Colombo 2,500 16.2 V 4¾-inch.
Staffetta 1,485 12.5 V 3-inch.
Rapido 1,426 11.8
Gun-boats.
Agostin 650 17 II 4¾-inch.
Barbarigo 650 17
Marcantonio 650 17
Colonna 650 17
Torpedo Vessels.
Pietro Micca 512 14.5 Torpedoes.
Seb. Verniero 512
And. Provano 512
ITALIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. (Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)
Type and Name. Displacement. Construction Material. Guns.
Tons.
Frigates.
Vittorio Emanuele 3,420 Wood 22
Maria Adelaide 3,460 ” 24
Corvettes.
Vettor Pisani 1,580 ” 14
Carracciolo 1,580 ” 6
Garibaldi 1,440 ” 8
Dispatch Vessel.
Vedetta 790 Iron 4
1st Class Gun-boats.
Scilla 1,050 Wood 4
Cariddi 1,050 ” 4
Guardiano 265 ” 1
Sentinella 265 Iron 1
2nd Class Gun-boats.
Veloce 274 Wood 4
Ardita 274 ” 4
Conflenza 262 ” 4
Paddle-wheel Corvettes.
Governolo 1,700 ” 8
Ettore Fieramosca 1,400 ” 6
Guiscardo 1,400 ” 6
Archimede 1,300 ” 6
Dispatch Vessels.
Esploratore 1,080 ” 4
Messaggiero 1,080 ” 4
Transports.
Citta di Genova 3,730 ” 4
Citta di Napoli 3,730 ” 8
Europa 2,300 Iron 2
Conte Cavour 1,870 ” 2
Washington 1,400 ” 2
Doria 1,100 ” 2
Depot Vessel.
Vulcano 276 Wood
Hulks. Guard-ships. School-ships. Harbor-tugs.
JAPAN.
ARMORED FLEET
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
Type and Name. A B C D E F
Ft. Ft. in. Ft. Tons. Knots.
Armored Corvettes.
Foo-Soo 220 48 18 3,718 3,500 13
Kong-Go 231 40 9 18 3,650 2,450 13¾
Hi-Yei 220 48 18½ 3,718 2,490 14
Ram.
Ko-tets-een 158 27 13 3,863 1,000 9
Broadside Corvette.
Rio-jio-kan 213 34 6 17½
G = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
H = Least Thickness of Armor.
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. G H I J Battery.
In. In. In. Year
Armored Corvettes.
Foo-Soo 9 8 1877 IV 9½-inch, II 6¾-inch Krupp.
Kong-Go 5 5 1877 III 6¾-inch, VI 5¾-inch Krupp.
Hi-Yei 5 5 1878
Ram.
Ko-tets-een 4½ 3 12 1864 III 9-inch Armstrong.
Broadside Corvette.
Rio-jio-kan 4 4 1864 II 6-inch, X 5-inch cast-iron rifles.
JAPANESE UNARMORED FLEET.
Type and Name. Length between Perpendiculars. Breadth of Beam. Draft. Guns.
Ft. Ft. Ft.
Corvettes.
Tsu-ku-ba-kan 197 29½ 15 10
Nishin-kan 203 29 14 7
Kasuga-kan 242 27 10 7
Gun-boats.
Ho-shio-kan 150 21 7 2
Moshium-kan 150 21 7 4
Dai-itchi-Teibo-kan 131 22 7 4
Dai-ni-Taibo-kan 131 22 7 2
Un-yo-kan 4
Tchiotagata-kan 3
Transports.
Osaka-maru
Two others
FOO-SOO.
Armored belt and redoubt. Ram bow, round stern. Belt encircling the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, and covering the ram. Square central redoubt, having an overhang of about three feet, the corners being cut off to permit angular ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. The sides above the main-deck beams are given a rank tumble home to open the fore-and-aft fire of the redoubt. On top of the redoubt a heavy rifle is mounted on each side in barbette, giving a firing-angle of 180°. Designed by Reed. This ship resembles very closely in type the French Redoubtable.
KONG-GO. HI-YEI.
Armored-belt, broadside corvettes. The belt comes to the height of the upper-deck beams, but ends short of the bow and stern in an armored bulkhead. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the main battery. Two heavy bow-guns are carried under the forecastle in recessed ports, giving bow and beam fire. One stern-gun working in two recessed ports gives stern and beam fire. Single screw, full sail-power. Long yacht bow and round stern.
KO-TETS-EEN (LATE STONEWALL).
Armored belt and redoubt, long ram bow, round stern, single screw, and half sail-power. This vessel is almost the exact counterpart of the Prinz Adalbert (German). Both ships were built at Bordeaux.
RIO-JIO-KAN.
Partial armored belt, from about three feet below the water-line to the height of the spar-deck beams, ending forward and abaft the battery in armored bulkheads. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the battery, and only bow-fire from a light rifle. The disposition of the armor is similar to that of the Warrior. The hull is divided into several large water-tight compartments, and the long yacht-bow is strengthened for ramming. Single screw, full sail-power.
NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
ARMORED FLEET.
A = Draft.
B = Displacement.
C = Indicated Horse-Power.
D = Maximum Speed.
E = Armor at Water-line.
F = Armor on Turret.
G = Backing.
Norway.
Type and Name. A B C D E F G Battery.
Ft. in. Tons. Knots In. In. In.
Monitors.
Scorpionen 11 6 1,423 380 7 5 11.8 26 II 11-inch Armstrong.
Mjölner 11 6 1,490 460 7 5 11.8 26
Thrudvang 11 6 1,490 500 8 5 11.8 26
Thor 13 2 1,970 600 9 7 13.7 9
Odin 13 2 1,970 600 9 7 13.7 9
Sweden.
Monitors.
John Ericsson 11 6 1,475 380 7 5 10½ 31½ II 15-inch Rodman smooth-bore.
Thordön 11 6 1,475 380 7½ 5 10½ 26 II 9¼-inch Finsporg Rifle.
Tyrfing 11 6 1,475 380 7½ 5 10½ 26
Loke 12 2 1,575 430 8 5 17¾ 24½
Monitor Gun-boats.
Garmer 6 6 256 90 5½ 1½ 6 7¾ I 9¼-inch Armstrong.
Fenris 8 3 256 43 6 1½ 10½ 33¾
Sköld 7 6 236 17 3¾ 1½ 8½ 33¾
Gerda 8 9 453 133 8 2½ 14 33¾
Hildur 8 9 453 133 8 2½ 14 33¾
Björn 8 9 453 133 8 2½ 14 33¾
Berserk 8 9 453 155 8 2½ 14 33¾
Folke 8 9 453 155 8 2½ 14 33¾
Sölwe 8 9 453 155 8 2½ 14 33¾
Ulf 8 9 453 155 8 2½ 14 33¾
One other 8 9 453 155 8 2½ 14 33¾
SCORPIONEN. MJOLNER. THRUDVANG. THOR. JOHN ERICSSON. THORDON. TJIFING. LOKE.
Low freeboard, single-turreted monitors. (See Passaic, American.)
ODIN.
Armored belt and casemate. Ram bow, straight stern, low freeboard. The Odin belongs to the floating-battery type; her casemate rising above the deck-level with tumble-home sides, and ports in all four faces for all-around fire.
GARMER.
THE TWELVE SWEDISH MONITOR GUN BOATS.
Armored belt and fixed turret, twin screws, no sail power. The turret is dome-shaped, with a small dome-shaped armored pilot-house on its after-end. The sides of the turret curve into a steep glacis, which is carried out nearly to the side of the ship, the deck in wake of the turret being merely a narrow platform for passing fore and aft without difficulty. The single heavy gun is worked on a turn-table in five ports for all-around fire. The after-part of the turret is carried on in a superstructure covering the engines, boilers, and hatchways. A light flying deck or bridge is carried around the upper part of the turret. The armor of the side and turret is curved in every section, so as not to present a fair target for striking in any position. The ellipsoidal bow is very strong, and is heavily strengthened for ramming.
NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH UNARMORED FLEET.
Norway.
Type and Name. Displacement. Speed. Battery.
Tons. Knots.
Frigates.
Kong Sverre 3,472 11 XLIV 32-pdrs.
Saint Olaf 2,182 10 XXXIV ”
Corvettes.
Nordsgernen 1,609 9 XVI ”
Nornen 958 9 XIV ”
Gun-boats.
Steipner 580 8 I 10¼-inch, I 5¾-inch.
Vale 233 8 I 10¼-inch.
Uller 233 8
Glommen II 10¼-inch.
Lugen
Sarpen
Rjuken
Two others 233 8 I 10¼-inch.
Fourteen Galleys I 5¾-inch.
Sweden.
Type and Name. Displacement. Speed. Battery.
Tons. Knots.
Ships of the line.
Stockholm 2,850 10 LXVI 20-pdrs.
Vanadis 2,130 12 XVI 32-pdrs.
Corvettes.
Balder 1,880 9 VI 5¼-inch Krupp.
Gefle 1,280 9 VIII””
Thor 1,070 9 V””
Saga 1,530 8 VII””
Gun-boats.
Blenda 500 13.2 I 10¾-inch, I 4¾-inch.
Disa 500 13.2
Urd 500 13.2
Verdande 500 13.2
Skagul 536 13.5
Skuld 536 13.5
Sköggald 536 13.5
Rota 536 13.5
Svensksund 180 to 200 8 I 4¾-inch.
Hogland
Motala
Carlsund
Allög
Astrid
Ingegud
Sigrid
Alfhild
Gunhild
Transport.
Valkyrian I 5¾-inch.
Torpedo Vessel.
Ran 630 18 I 6½-inch.
The Navy is supplied with a number of Thorneycroft torpedo-launches using Whitehead torpedoes.
PERU.
ARMORED FLEET.
Type and Name. Displacement. Maximum Speed. Date of Launch. Battery.
Tons. Knots. Year.
Floating Battery.
Independencia 1,968 12½ 1865 II 7-inch, XII 5¾-inch.
Turret ships.
Atahualpa 984 10½ 1865 II 9-inch,
Manco Capac 1,082 12 1865 II 40-pdrs.
Monitors.
Victoria
Loa
PERUVIAN UNARMORED FLEET.
Type and Name. Displacement. Guns
Tons.
Frigate.
Callao 30
Corvettes.
America 14
Union 14
Gun-boats.
Chalaco 4
Tumbez 4
Chanchamaya 2
Colon 2
INDEPENDENCIA (wrecked in action with the Covadonga).
Armored casemate, ram bow, straight stern, single screw, half sail-power. The armor covers the water-line and rises to the height of the spar-deck beams, ending forward and abaft the battery in armored bulkheads. There is no fore-and-aft fire from the casemate, this fire being secured by a single bow and a single stern-gun mounted on the spar-deck, unprotected.
ATAHUALPA. MANCO CAPAC. VICTORIA. LOA.
Low-freeboard, single-turreted monitors of the American type.
The Atahualpa and Manco Capac are the late American monitors Chickasaw and Winnebago.
PORTUGAL.
ARMORED CORVETTE.
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Armor.
F = Backing.
G = Maximum Speed.
Name. A B C D E F G Battery
Ft. Ft. Ft. Tons. In. In. Knots.
Vasco de Gama 216 43 21 2,479 10 to 9 10 13½ II 10½-in., I 6-in. Krupp. II 40-pdr. Armstrong.
Armored belt and casemate. (See Foo Soo, Japanese.) Ram bow, straight stern. The belt encircles the hull to the height of the upper deck, coming below the ram. The casemate rises above the deck, the corners being cut to permit angular ports for fore-and-aft and beam fire. The rail is carried back slightly and the casemate has an overhang of three feet, giving the vessel, at a distance, the appearance of a paddle steamer. Single screw, full sail-power.
PORTUGUESE GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
Type and Name. Displacement. Guns. Nominal Horse-power. Date of Launch.
Tons. Year.
Corvettes.
Estephania 1,476 19 400 1859
Bartholomeu Diaz 1,243 17 400 1858
Rainha de Portugal 1,020 8 150 1876
Mindello 1,020 8 150 1876
Duque de Terceira 848 5 220 1864
Sagres 814 4 300 1858
Infante Don Henrique 848 10 200 1862
Sa de Bandeira 848 13 200 1862
Gun-boats.
Rio Lima 539 5 80 1875
Tamega 589 5 80 1875
Screw Gun-boats.
Sado 589 5 80 1875
Tejo 589 2 100 1869
Douro 369 2 100 1873
Quanza 369 8 100 1877
Paddle Gun-boats.
Quelimane 286 1 40 1868
Tete 111 1 85 1871
Sena 111 1 85 1871
Transports.
India 1,201 2 160 1871
Africa 1,400 2 1875
RUSSIA.
ARMORED FLEET.
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
G = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
Type and Name. A B C D E F G
Ft. in. Ft. in. Ft. in. Tons. Knots. In.
Frigates.
Sevastopol 300 50 10 25 11 6,200 3,088 12 4½
Petropaulowski 300 56 25 3 6,200 2,460 11 4½
Knjaz Pozarski 280 49 21 4,500 2,835 10.6 4½
General Admiral 285 48 23 4,500 6,300 13 6
Herzog von Edinburgh 285 48 23 4,500 6,300 13 6
Minin 289 49 23 8 5,800 6,300 12 9.2
Battery Ships.
Perwenec 220 53 17 3,300 800 9 4½
Netronz-menya 220 53 17 3,300 1,140 8 4½
Kreml 218 6 53 17 3,300 913 8.5 6
Turret Ships.
Peter der Grosse 330 64 22 9 9,510 8,700 13.2 17
Admiral Lazareff 260 43 6 19 3,700 2,020 10.8 5½
Admiral Greigh 260 43 6 19 3,700 2,020 10.2 5½
Admiral Cicagoff 260 43 6 19 2 3,700 2,080 10.8 6
Admiral Spiridoff 260 43 6 19 2 3,700 2,080 10.8 6
Popoffkas.
Vice-Admiral Popoff 121 121 14 3,550 8.3 16
Novgorod 101 101 13 2 2,490 6.5 9
Double-turret Monitors
Carodjezka 210 42 11 9 1,835 750 8.7 4½
Russalka 210 42 11 9 1,835 750 8.7 4½
Smertch 172 10 38 1,380 700 8.3 4½
Single-turret Monitors
Stryeletch 200 46 11 6 1,558 340 to 490 7 12
Jedinrog
Latnik
Bronenosec
Uragan
Tifon
Larva
Perun
Wjestchun
Koldun
Sistov 5 512 290 8 3
Nikopolis 5 512 290 8 3
H = Least Thickness of Armor.
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. H I J Battery.
In. In. Year
Frigates.
Sevastopol 3 2.6 1863 XVIII 8¼-inch Aboukoff.
Petropaulowski 3 2.4 1865 XXI ” 5.8-inch Aboukoff.
Knjaz Pozarski 3 1.8 1867 X ””
General Admiral 4 1 1873 IV ” II ””
Herzog von Edinburgh 4 1 1875 IV ” II ””
Minin 6 24 1878 IV ” VIII ””
Battery Ships.
Perwenec 4 10 1863 XIV ””
Netronz-menya 4 12 1864 XVI ” I 60-pdr. smooth.
Kreml 4 18 1864 XII 5.8-inch. V 5.8-inch Aboukoff
Turret Ships.
Peter der Grosse 9 10 1872 IV 12-inch Aboukoff.
Admiral Lazareff 3 18 1867 VI 9-inch”
Admiral Greigh 3 18 1868 III 11-inch”
Admiral Cicagoff 4 18 1868 II ””
Admiral Spiridoff 4 18 1868 II ””
Popoffkas.
Vice-Admiral Popoff 16 15¾ 1875 II 12-inch”
Novgorod 8¼ 9 1873 II 11-inch”
Double-turret Monitors
Carodjezka 3¼ 18 1867 IV 9-inch”
Russalka 3¼ 18 1867 IV ””
Smertch 4 7.8 1864 II ””
Single-turret Monitors
Stryeletch 12 39 1864 II 9-inch Aboukoff.
Jedinrog
Latnik
Bronenosec
Uragan
Tifon
Larva
Perun
Wjestchun
Koldun
Sistov 2 10 1864 II 4¾-inch, I 3¼-inch Aboukoff.
Nikopolis 2 10 1864
SEVASTOPOL. PETROPAULOWSKI.
Armored belt and casemate, swan-breasted ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams. The casemate rises to the spar-deck beams, with armored bulkheads forward and abaft. No fore-and-aft fire from the casemate, the ships being wall-sided. (See Achilles, English.)
KNJAZ POZARSKI.
Armored belt and casemate; ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. Corners of casemate cut to permit angular fire. (See Hercules, English.) Double iron hull, very flat-bottomed, and having two bilge-keels in place of a main-keel. Bow and stern fire from light spar-deck guns, unprotected.
PERWENEC. NETRONZ-MENYA. KREML.
PERWENEC.
Completely armored broadside frigates, ram bow, overhang stern, single screw, full sail-power. (See Numancia, Spanish.) The Kreml has her bow and stern spar-deck rails recessed for fore-and-aft fire. (See Amethyst, English.) The sides of these ships tumble home from the water-line at an angle of 15°.
LAZAREFF. GREIGH. CICAGOFF. SPIRIDOFF.
American type of low-freeboard, revolving-turreted monitors, with strengthened bows for ramming. The Lazareff and Greigh have three turrets, the others two.
SISTOV. NIKOPOLIS.
Floating batteries. Armored belt and casemate built on upper deck, with ports in all four faces for all-around fire. (See Embuscade, French.)
GENERAL ADMIRAL. HERZOG VON EDINBURGH.
Armored belt and armored barbette casemate. Straight bow, long, peculiarly-shaped dome stern, single screw, full sail-power. The belt encircles the water-line to the height of the main-deck beams, and the main-deck is protected by steel plates two inches in thickness. The barbette casemate is square, low-browed, and has considerable overhang, rising clear of the spar-deck to a height of about four feet, and protecting the carriages of six heavy pivot-rifles giving clear fore-and-aft and beam fire. The symmetry of the hull is preserved throughout. These ships carry a very great coal supply, sufficient to carry them a distance of 6000 miles at a speed of ten knots.
GENERAL ADMIRAL.
MININ.
MININ.
Originally laid down for a casemated monitor, but subsequently transformed into an armored-belt corvette. Straight bow and stern, the bow being heavily strengthened for ramming,single screw, full sail-power (double topsail-yards). The belt encloses the water-line to the height of the upper deck. The battery is all on the upper deck and entirely unprotected. The upper-deck rail is so fashioned as to give four guns for bow and four for stern fire. Forward it is recessed on each bow, and similarly astern for the forward and after guns to get bow and beam fire. (See Amethyst, English.) The platform for the next pair of guns (forward and aft) has an overhang of about three feet (see Tourville, French), in order to give them clear fore-and-aft and beam fire also. The remainder of the battery is broadside. Her spar-deck rail is very high (about eight feet); she has a topgallant forecastle and poop-cabin. Amidships there is a bridge for discharging Whitehead torpedoes.
PETER THE GREAT.
Armored, belt, breastwork, and double-turreted sea-going monitor, straight bow strengthened for ramming, double screws, no sail-power. Musket-proof superstructure between the turrets expanding into a flying deck. The belt has an overhang similar to the American monitors. General type similar to the Dreadnaught.
PETER THE GREAT.
ADMIRAL POPOFF. NOVGOROD.
Armored belt and barbette casemate, circular iron-clads. Six screws, no sail-power. The belt of these ships encloses the water-line to the height of the low freeboard. The deck has more than the ordinary spring, forming a sort of light glacis. In the centre of the vessel rises a circular barbette casemate, covering the carriages of two heavy guns mounted on a turn-table within it. Forward and aft the top of the casemate is continued in a musket-proof superstructure, having aft a musket-proof pilot-house. The forward section of the vessel is heavily strengthened for ramming. The two smoke-stacks are placed one either side of the casemate.
Stern View
DOUBLE AND SINGLE TURRETED MONITORS.
These vessels are of the general type of the American monitors, with slight freeboard, great overhang, and double screws. The turret is raised somewhat higher than in the American monitors, and the foot is protected by a glacis. The turret is also somewhat larger, giving clear fire past the smoke-stacks. Pilot-house on top of the turret.
URAGAN.
RUSSIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
Type and Name. Displacement. Guns. Date of Launch.
Tons. Year.
Rapid Cruisers.
Razbojnik 1,334 3 1878
Nojeznik 1,334 3 1878
Kreuzer 1,334 3 1875
Dzigit 1,334 3 1876
BALTIC FLEET.
Frigates.
Retziwan 3,823 22 1855
Svetlana 3,202 18 1858
Corvettes.
Askjold 2,402 14 1863
Wityaz 2,248 9 1862
Bogatyr 2,155 10 1860
Wargat 2,144 18 1862
Bayan 1,997 10 1857
Voyevoda 903 6 1856
Boyarin 903 6 1856
Griden 903 11 1856
Clippers.
Almaz 1,821 6 1861
Zentchug 1,807 7 1861
Jachout 1,725 7 1862
Hydamak 1,204 8 1860
Izurmed 1,807 7 1862
Vsadnik 1,069 8 1860
Paddle-wheel Gun-boats.
Olaf 1,796 6 1852
Smieliz 1,784 6 1858
Rurik 1,507 3 1870
Chrabry 1,450 6 1858
Vladimir 859 2 1845
Volga 500 1853
Dnieper 500 1853
Yachts.
Derzava 3,113 6 1871
Sztandard 895 4 1858
Szareona 895 4 1874
Alexandra 895 1851
Stryelna 159 1857
Slavanka 182 1874
Golubka 14 1872
Transports.
Kraary Gorka 1,166 1861
Artlestchik 550 1858
Gun-boats.
Bakan 284 1857
Kompas 284 1859
Seistan 284 1859
Straz 234 1 1874
Casovoy 234 1 1874
Zorkaya 80 1 1873
Rapid Cruisers.
Rossya 4,000 7 1879
Moskva 3,500 7 1879
Petersburg 3,500 7 1879
BLACK SEA FLEET.
Corvettes.
Wojin 1,820 4 1858
Sokol 979 11 1859
Luica 795 9 1865
Pamiat Merk 795 9 1865
Paddle Gun-boats.
Turok 425 2 1846
Taman 505 2 1849
Elborus 493 4 1854
Jeriklik 1,145 2 1866
Livadia 1,984 4 1871
Screw Gun-boats.
Bombory 760 4 1852
Kazbek 760 4 1854
Gonek 745 1879
Ingul 678 2 1872
Redut Kale 468 4 1854
Pseznape 445 4 1857
Don 360 2 1856
Salgir 360 2 1857
Pitzunda 332 4 1857
Kelasvy 326 4 1859
Souksu 326 5 1859
Taubse 285 3 1858
Nerpa 380 3 1877
Novorosyski 247 2 1856
Abin 264 2 1857
Vorobay 261 2 1869
Utka 170 1
Lebed 170 1
Golubzik 465 2 1859
Batzuska 220 1 1857
Rodimy 216 2 1858
Sestrica 215 2 1858
Krikuny 215 2 1858
Bothumy 215 2 1857
Brater 212 2 1857
Matuschka 212 2 1857
Akerman 110 1 1857
Opyt 230 1 1870
Meteor 230 1 1868
Docka 212 1 1858
Rapid Cruisers.
Constantine 1,600 4 1858
Vladimir 1,652 7 1859
Argonaut 715 6 1859
Vesta 1,800 12 1858
SIBERIAN FLEET.
Screw Gun-boats.
Abrek 1,069 7 1860
Jermak 706 4 1870
Tunguz 706 4 1870
Vostok 210 6 1852
Transports.
Japonec 1,482 2 1858
Mandzur 816 2 1858
Amerika 554 8 1856
Caspian Fleet—12 Gun-boats.
Aral Fleet—8 Gun-boats.
SPAIN.
ARMORED FLEET.
A = Displacement.
B = Maximum Draft.
C = Indicated Horse-power.
D = Maximum Speed.
E = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
F = Least Thickness of Armor.
G = Backing.
Name. A B C D E F G
Tons. Ft. Knots. In. In. In.
Vittoria 6,984 27 3,700 12½ 5½ 4 14
Numancia 6,992 26½ 3,700 12¼ 5 4 11
Sagunto 6,200 26 3,700 12½ 6 4 22½
Arapiles 5,600 25 2,500 12 5 3 26
Zaragosa 5,320 25 2,500 11 4¾ 3 26
Mendez Nuñez 3,200 22 2,250 7 4½ 3 20½
Puigcerda 512 6½ 260 8 4 3 9
Aragon 4 3 9
Castilla
Navarra
Duque de Tetuan 590 7 209 6 4 3 9
H = Construction Material.
I = Date of Launch.
Name. H I Battery.
Year
Vittoria Iron 1867 IV 9-inch, III 8-inch, XII 6½-inch.
Numancia ” 1864 IV 10-inch, III ” XVI”
Sagunto Wood 1876 II”V ” X”
Arapiles ” 1868 II”II ” X”
Zaragosa ” 1867 IV 9-inch, III 7-inch, XII 6½-inch.
Mendez Nuñez ” 1861 IV ” II 8-inch.
Puigcerda ” 1874 I 16½-inch, I 4¾-inch.
Aragon ” 1878
Castilla
Navarra
Duque de Tetuan ” 1874 IV 4¾-inch, I 6½-inch.
VITTORIA. NUMANCIA. ARAPILES. ZARAGOSA. MENDEZ NUÑEZ.
Fully armored broadside frigates, ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. Two armored pilot-houses. The Zaragosa was laid down for a wooden frigate, her design being changed when she was nearly finished.
NUMANCIA.
SAGUNTO.
Armored belt and casemate. Ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. (See Maria Pia, Italian.)
PUIGCERDA.
Double-turreted, light-draft river monitor. American type.
SPANISH UNARMORED FLEET. (General Service.)
Type and Name. Displacement. Guns.
Tons.
Screw Frigates.
Villa de Madrid 48
Almansa 48
Navas de Tolosa 48
Gerona 48
Asturias 51
Carmen 41
Lealtad 33
Concepcion 32
Blanca 38
Screw Corvettes.
Maria de Molina 18
Jorge Juan 3
Sanchez Barcaiztegui 3
Tornado 6
Consuelo 2
Vencedora 3
Narvaëz 3
Santa Lucia 3
Diana 5
Africa 3
Paddle-wheel Corvettes.
Ciudad de Cadiz 16
Isabel la Catolica 16
Colon 6
Blasco de Garay 6
Pizarro 6
Hernan Cortez 6
Churruca 2
Leon 2
Vulcano 6
Lepanto 2
Fernando el Catolico 3
Marquis del Douro 3
Liniers 2
Vigilante 2
Alerta 2
Conte del Venadito 2
Don Juan de Austria 1
Guadalquiver 1
Bazan 2
Maria 1
Transports.
San Quentin 1,300
San Francisco de Borja 1,300
Marquis de la Vitoria 1,200
Patino 1,200
Ferrol 800
San Antonio 600
Screw Gun-boats.
Telegrama 1
Criollo 1
Ardid 1
Indis 1
Caribe 1
Alarma 1
Descubridor 1
Yumuri 1
Pelicano 1
Cocodrillo 1
Salamandra 1
Fradera 1
Martin Alvarez 1
Somorrostro 2
Ebro 2
Bidassoa 2
Teruel 2
Nervion 2
Toledo 2
Tajo 2
Arianza 2
Turia 2
Segura 2
Altrevido 2
Mindanao 2
Calamianes 1
Paragua 1
Mindoro 1
Prueba 1
Guadiana 3
Sirena 3
Ligera 3
Favorita 3
Santa Filomena 2
Constancia 2
Valiente 2
Animosa 2
Prosperidad 2
Buenaventura 2
Caridad 2
Concordia 2
Edetna 2
Ceres 2
Activo 1
Cuba 1
Española 1
Argos 1
Lince 1
Centinela 1
Guardian 1
Vigia 1
Astuto 1
Almendares 1
Eco 1
Destello 1
Contramaestro 1
Marinero 1
Ericsson 1
Cazador 1
Canto 1
Gacela 1
Panay 1
Samar 1
Filipino 1
Bulusar 1
Jolo 1
Maribeles 1
Arayak 1
Pampanza 1
Bojeador 1
Albay 1
Manileno 1
Caviteno 1
Callao 1
JORGE JUAN.
Second-class corvette, single screw, full sail-power. Complete all-around fire obtained by means of overhang in half-ports. Forecastle gun sunk in a well so as to cover the slide, carriage, and crew.
JORGE JUAN.
TURKEY.
ARMORED FLEET.
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
G = Greatest Thickness of Armor.
H = Least Thickness of Armor.
Type and Name. A B C D E F G H
Ft. Ft. Ft. Tons. Knots. In. In.
Casemate Frigates.
Mess Oudieh 833 59 25 8,994 7,910 13 18½ 7
Nuss Ratijeh 292 54 25½ 6,900 6,800 13 18¼ 6
Assar i Tefvik 275 50 21 3,143 3,100 13½ 8 5½
Broadside Frigates.
Azizie 293 56 25 6,500 12 4½ 3
Orchanie 293 56 25 6,500 12 4½ 3
Mahmudie 293 56 25 6,500 12 4½ 3
Casemate Frigates.
Osmanie 293 56 25 6,500 12 4½ 3
Feth i Bulend 235 42 18 2,760 13½ 9 4½
Mukademmi i Hair 235 42 18 2,760 12½ 9 4½
Idschlalie 210 40 17 2,800 11 5¾ 4
Assar i Shefket 210 40 17 2,800 11½ 5½ 3
Nedschin i Shefket 210 40 17 2,800 11½ 5½ 3
Redoubt Corvettes.
Avni Illah 230 36 17 2,320 12½ 6 4½
Muin i Zaffir 230 36 17 2,320 12½ 6 4½
Monitors.
Hufz i Rahman 204 43 9 2,300 12 6 4½
Seifi 640 404 7 2½ 2½
Hezber 640 404 7 2½ 2½
Casemate Gun-boats.
Feth i Islam 100 25 6 328 290 8 2½ 2
Beurtlen 100 25 6 328 290 8 2½ 2
Semendire 100 25 6 328 290 8 2½ 2
Iskodra 100 25 6 328 290 8 2½ 2
Podgoritza 100 25 6 328 290 8 2½ 2
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. I J Battery.
In. Year
Casemate Frigates.
Mess Oudieh 10 1875 XII 10-inch, III 7-inch Armstrong.
Nuss Ratijeh 18 1878 X 9-inch, II 7-inch”
Assar i Tefvik 9 1868 VI 9-inch, II 8-inch”
Broadside Frigates.
Azizie 10 1864 XIV 7-inch, X 36-pdr.”
Orchanie 10 1864
Mahmudie 10 1864
Casemate Frigates.
Osmanie 10 1864 XIV 7-inch, X 36-pdr.”
Feth i Bulend 10 1869 IV 9-inch,”
Mukademmi i Hair 10 1872 IV 9-inch, I 7-inch”
Idschlalie 13 1870 IV 9-inch, I 7-inch Armstrong.
Assar i Shefket 10 1869 V 9-inch”
Nedschin i Shefket 10 1868 IV 9-inch”
Redoubt Corvettes.
Avni Illah 10 1868 IV 9-inch”
Muin i Zaffir 10 1868 II 9-inch, II 7-inch, I 4¾-inch ”
Monitors.
Hufz i Rahman 10 1868 II 4¾-inch Krupp.
Seifi 5½ 1875
Hezber 5½ 1875
Casemate Gun-boats.
Feth i Islam 10 1864 II 4¾-inch Krupp.
Beurtlen 10 1864
Semendire 10 1864
Iskodra 10 1864
Podgoritza 10 1864
MESS OUDIEH. NUSS RATIJH.
Armored belt and casemate, ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. Sister-ships to the Superb (English). The armored belt rises to the height of the main-deck beams, but does not cover the point of the ram. The casemate is of the same type as that of the Hercules, but longer, the sides being recessed forward and abaft for angular ports. Fore-and-aft fire is obtained from unprotected bow and stern-guns on the spar-deck, working in single ports.
MESS OUDIEH.
AZIZIE. MAHMUDIE. ORCHANIE. OSMANIE.
Completely armored broadside frigates, with a low redoubt or traverse on the forecastle. Swan-breasted ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. The bow traverse protects two forward guns, each working in two ports, for bow and beam fire. This traverse rounds off the spar-deck rail some distance abaft the stern, which is carried up as a support for the bow-sprit. Armored pilot-house at the rear of the traverse.
AZIZIE.
ASSAR I TEFVIK.
Armored belt, casemate, and two barbette turrets. (See Victorieuse.) Ram bow, dome stern, single screw, full sail-power. Built in France.
FETH I BULEND. MUKADEMME I HAIR.
Armored belt and casemate, ram bow. (See Mess oudijeh.)
IDSCHLALIE. ASSAR I SCHEFKET. NEDSCHIN I SCHEFKET.
Armored belt, casemate, and single barbette turret amidships, at after-end of casemate. Ram bow, round stern, full sail-power.
AVNI ILLAH. MUIN I ZAFFIR.
Armored belt; two octagonal redoubts having an overhang and connected by an armored curtain in such a manner as to give the plan the appearance of a violin. Ram bow, no deck armor. Built at Constantinople.
AVNI ILLAH.
HUFZ I RAHMAN.
Double-turreted monitor, the forward turret being larger than the after one. Tripod masts. Traverse at the bow. The turrets are revolved by hand-power.
HEZBER.
Single-turreted, light-draft monitor. American type.
FETH I ISLAM. BEURTLEN. SEMENDIRE.
BEURTLEN.
Light-draft, armored belt and casemate vessel; casemate rising above deck with ports on all sides.
TURKISH UNARMORED FLEET.
Type and Name. Tonnage. Date of Launch. Guns.
Tons. Year.
Ship of the Line.
Fethie 3,380 1855 67
Frigates.
Ertogrul 3,344 1863 41
Hudavendighai 2,897 1860 41
Selimie 4,717 1865 55
Muhbiri Surur. 1,477 1851 22
X (not yet named) 1,621 Building 9
Corvettes.
Sinope 800 1859 12
Brussa 800 1859 12
Mensuré 800 1863 12
Muzafer 800 1863 12
Libnan 800 1864 12
Edirné 800 1859 12
Ismid 800 1859 12
Transports.
Schaar i Nusret 3,029 1869 2
Mevret i Nusreb 3,029 1869 2
Sultanie 2,902 1861 4
Babel 1,733 1868
Taif 1,609 1871 4
Assyr 1,609 1875 4
Mukademie Nusret 2,132 1875
Mukademie Scheref 2,132 1875
Peiki Mesret 2,132 1877
Rechbir i Zevfik 2,132 1878
Feiz i Bahri 1,490 1848 4
Essir i Djedid 1,108 1841 6
Peiki Schfhet 465 1853 4
Essei i Hair 313 1839 4
Sloops.
Izzedin 1,075 1865 4
Ismail 1,075 1865 4
Zhalia 1,075 1865 4
Fuad 1,075 1865 4
Candia 955 1863 6
Chania 829 1863 3
Pertefi Prale 909 1868
Rethmo 777 1869 3
Arkadi 767 1867 6
Mudai i Zafir 1,385 1869 4
Essir i Nazret 1,385 1869 4
Schooners.
Iskenderje 609 1862 9
Zohaf 609 1862 9
Mehrih 609 1863 9
Uthraret 609 1863 8
Beirut 609 1859 12
Seddul Bahr 609 1859 12
Steamers.
Sijar 220 1865 4
Mossul 220 1865 4
Istankieni 203 1874
Jali Kioschk 195 1869 1
Ninali Kavak 195 1869 2
Intibah 258 1866 4
Liver i Deyeh 258 1866 4
Muschdi i Ressan 258 1866 4
Schaheddin 258 1866 4
Syrat 184 1863 2
Suda 184 1864 2
Bojana 80 2
Bai 2
Eurgen 2
Sultan’s Yacht,
Surreja 500 1865 4
Dispatch, Transport, and Service Steamers.
Sulhie 180 1868
Esser i Nezhet 193 1847 2
Peik i Tjdscheret 193 1845 4
Mermere 153 1873
Eregli 137 1873
Rustschuk 112 1873
Jeni Kapu 112 1873
Dschebali 112 1873
Kabatsch 112 1873
Tophané 112 1873
Rassim Pasha 77 1873
Dschitana 78 1858
Funduklu 77 1873
Oltenitscha 78 1858
Rechber 40 1863
DANUBE FLOTILLA.
Gun-boats.
Schefket Nuna 200 1864 4
Varna 200 1869 4
Akka 200 1869 4
Steamers.
Chaireddin 474 2
Rodos 203 1874
Isalahat 120 1873
UNITED STATES.
IRON-CLAD FLEET.
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
Type and Name. A B C D E F
Ft. Ft. Ft. Tons. Knots.
Double-turreted Monitors.
Amphitrite 250 55 14 3,815 1,800 12
Miantonomoh 250 55 14 3,815 1,800 12
Puritan 280 60 17 5,000 3,500 13
Monadnock 250 60 14 3,815 1,800 12
Terror 250 55 14 3,815 1,800 12
Single-turreted Monitors.
Ajax 225 44 13½ 2,100 350 8
Canonicus 225 44 13½ 2,100 450 8
Camanche 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Catskill 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Dictator 312 50 20½ 4,500 3,500 8
Jason 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Lehigh 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Mahopac 225 44 13½ 2,100 450 8
Manhattan 225 44 13½ 2,100 450 8
Montauk 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Nahant 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Nantucket 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Passaic 200 46 11½ 1,875 350 8
Saugus 225 44 13½ 2,100 450 8
G = Armor Side.
H = Armor Turret.
I = Backing.
J = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. G H I J Battery.
In. In. In. Year
Double-turreted Monitors.
Amphitrite 7 10½ 8 Building IV 10-inch B.L.R.
Miantonomoh 7 10½ 8 1876
Puritan Building
Monadnock 7 10½ 8 ”
Terror 7 10½ 8 ”
Single-turreted Monitors.
Ajax 5 10 4 1865 II 15-inch S.B.
Canonicus 5 10 4 1864
Camanche 5 11 6
Catskill 5 11 6 1863
Dictator 6 15
Jason 5 11 6
Lehigh 5 11 6 1863
Mahopac 5 10 4 1863
Manhattan 5 10 4
Montauk 5 11 6
Nahant 5 11 6 1863
Nantucket 5 11 6 1863
Passaic 5 11 6 1862
Saugus 5 10 4
AMPHITRITE. MIANTONOMOH. PURITAN. MONADNOCK. TERROR.
Double-turreted, low-freeboard monitor vessels. No overhang. Turrets suspended on a central spindle on the Ericsson system. Resting normally on their bases, but elevated for revolving by means of hydraulic presses. Conning tower on top of each turret. Light flying deck between the turrets, with a ventilating shaft rising just abaft the smoke-stack. Twin screws.
MIANTONOMOH.
THE FIFTEEN SINGLE-TURRETED MONITORS.
Old-type, single-turreted, low-freeboard monitors. All except the Dictator have an overhang. In some the turrets are raised by driving wedges under the spindle; in others by hydraulic presses. Conning tower on top of the turret. Laminated plating.
PASSAIC.
INTREPID.
Armored torpedo vessel. Ram bow, round stern, twin screws, partial sail-power. The armored belt, made up of five inches of laminated plating, encircles the water-line to the height of the upper-deck beams. The lower part of the smoke-stack is protected by a belt of nine inches of laminated plating. The deck is made up of two ¾-inch thicknesses of plate covered by a wooden deck. The pilot-house forward is musket-proof. The hull is of iron, with a wood backing to the armor of eleven inches. Aft is a light wooden superstructure, forming quarters for officers. The vessel carries no guns and is provided with torpedo-spars (one forward and four broadside).
INTREPID.
ALARM.
Partially armored torpedo gun-boat. Ram bow, pointed stern. Mallory steering-screw; no sail-power. The bow of the vessel is provided with an armored traverse of four inches thickness, the remainder of the hull being unprotected. One 15-inch smooth-bore is carried forward, firing only straight ahead. It is the intention to replace this by a 10-inch rifle. The hull is of iron and double, with cellular compartments and water-tight compartments in addition. Three torpedo-spars are projected. One from the snout of the ram a distance of 30 feet, and one from each beam 17 feet. Musket-proof pilot-house aft. Steel ⅜-inch deck-plate under a wooden deck.
ALARM.
UNITED STATES GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
A = Length between Perpendiculars.
B = Breadth of Beam.
C = Maximum Draft.
D = Displacement.
E = Indicated Horse-power.
F = Maximum Speed.
G = Date of Launch.
Type and Name. A B C D E F G
Ft. Ft. Ft. Tons. Knots. Year
Frigates.
Colorado 264 53 23¼ 4,772 997 9 1855
Franklin 270 54 25½ 5,162 2,000 10 1865
Minnesota 265 51 24 4,833 993 9 1855
Wabash 262 51 23½ 4,774 1,039 10 1855
Tennessee 335 45 22½ 4,105 2,500 10 1865
Corvettes.
Lancaster 236 46 19 3,291 2,000 9 1858
Brooklyn 233 43 19 2,686 705 9 1858
Pensacola 231 45 20 2,852 2,000 10 1858
Hartford 225 44 18 2,826 696 8 1858
Richmond 225 43 17 2,604 2,000 9 1858
Trenton 253 48 21¾ 3,900 3,500 13 1876
Powhatan 18¾ 3,980 1,500 10 1850
Alaska 251 38 17½ 2,394 1,150 12½ 1868
Benicia 251 38 17½ 2,394 1,150 9 1868
Omaha 251 38 17½ 2,394 1,150 12½ 1868
Plymouth 251 38 17½ 2,394 1,150 12½ 1868
Lackawanna 234 38 17½ 2,526 1,304 9½ 1862
Ticonderoga 234 38 17½ 2,526 1,304 12 1862
Canandaigua 225 38 15 2,128 1,304 8¾ 1862
Monongahela 225 38 17½ 2,078 1,304 8½ 1863
Shenandoah 225 38 17½ 2,070 1,304 8½ 1863
Juniata 205 38 16 1,934 1,304 8 1861
Ossipee 205 38 17½ 1,934 1,304 8 1862
Quinnebaug 216 30 11¾ 1,113 1,132 11½ 1875
Swatara 216 30 18 1,113 1,132 11½ 1873
Galena 216 32 18 1,900 1,132 12½ 1877
Vandalia 220 38 17½ 2,080 1,132 12½ 1874
Marion 220 38 18 1,900 1,132 12½ 1873
Mohican 216 30 18 1,900 1,132 12½ Building
Iroquois 199 34 11¾ 1,488 813 11½ 1858
Wachusetts 199 34 12½ 1,488 717 10 1861
Wyoming 199 33 11 1,475 717 9¾ 1858
Tuscarora 199 33 12¾ 1,457 717 9 1862
Kearsarge 199 34 12¼ 1,461 822 9¾ 1862
Adams 185 35 16½ 1,375 800 11½ 1874
Alliance 185 35 16 1,375 800 11½ 1875
Essex 185 35 16¼ 1,375 800 10½ 1874
Enterprise 185 35 16 1,375 800 11½ 1874
Nipsic 185 35 12½ 1,375 800 11½ 1878
Narragansett 1,235 1,000 9½ 1858
2d Class Corvettes.
Alert 175 28 13¾ 1,020 560 9½ 1874
Ranger 175 28 13½ 1,020 560 9½ 1874
Kansas 180 30 13½ 900 670 9½ 1864
Saco 180 30 13½ 900 670 9½ 1865
Shawmut 180 30 13½ 900 670 9 1865
Yantic 180 30 13¾ 900 670 9½ 1878
Paddle Steamers.
Ashuelot 1,370 1,468 8 1864
Monocacy 1,370 1,468 8 1864
Michigan 685 750 9 1844
Rio Bravo 6 Purchased
Torpedo Vessels.
Alarm 173 28 11 720 800 11 1873
Intrepid 170 35 12 1,123 800 9 1874
Type and Name. Battery.
Frigates.
Colorado I 11-inch, XLII 9-inch, II 100-pdrs., II 20-pdrs.
Franklin I 11-inch, XXXVIII 9-inch, IV 100-pdrs.
Minnesota I 11-inch, XLII 9-inch, II 100-pdrs.
Wabash
Tennessee
Corvettes.
Lancaster II 11-inch, XX 9-inch.
Brooklyn II 11-inch, XVIII 9-inch, II 60-pdrs.
Pensacola
Hartford II 11-inch, XVI 9-inch, II 20-pdrs.
Richmond XII 9-inch, II 100-pdrs., I 20-pdrs.
Trenton XI 8-inch, II 20-pdrs. Rifles.
Powhatan I 11-inch, XIV 9-inch, II 100-pdrs.
Alaska I 11-inch, X 9-inch, I 60-pdr., II 20-pdrs.
Benicia
Omaha
Plymouth
Lackawanna II 11-inch, VIII 9-inch, II 20-pdrs.
Ticonderoga II” VIII” I 60-pdr., II 20-pdrs.
Canandaigua II” VIII” II 20-pdrs.
Monongahela II” VIII” I 60-pdr.
Shenandoah II” VIII” I ”II 20-pdrs.
Juniata I 11-inch, VI 9-inch, I 60-pdr.
Ossipee
Quinnebaug I 8-inch, I 60-pdr. (rifles), VI 9-inch.
Swatara I 11-inch, VI 9-inch, I 60-pdr.
Galena
Vandalia I 11-inch, VI 9-inch, I 60-pdr.
Marion
Mohican
Iroquois II 11-inch, IV 9-inch, III 20-pdrs.
Wachusetts II 11-inch, IV 9-inch, I 60-pdr.
Wyoming II” IV” I 20-pdr.
Tuscarora II 11-inch, IV 9-inch, II 20-pdr.
Kearsarge
Adams I 11-inch, IV 9-inch, I 60-pdr.
Alliance
Essex
Enterprise
Nipsic
2d Class Corvettes.
Alert I 11-inch, II 9-inch, I 60-pdr.
Ranger
Kansas
Saco
Shawmut
Yantic
Paddle Steamers.
Ashuelot IV 8-inch, II 60-pdrs., II 20-pdrs.
Monocacy
Michigan VIII 20-pdrs.
Rio Bravo Howitzers.
Torpedo Vessels.
Alarm I 15-inch.
Intrepid No guns.
Type and Name. Displacement.
Tons.
Gun-boats.
Palos 306
Dispatch 730
Fortune 306
Mayflower 306
Leyden 306
Nina 306
Pinta 306
Speedwell 306
Triana 306
Standish 306
Catalpa 191
Pilgrim 168
These Gun-boats are at present unarmed, and, with the exception of the Palos and Dispatch, are used as Tenders at dock-yards. The Palos is in service in China; the Dispatch is in service as a cruising gun-boat.
TENNESSEE.
Iron-braced, wooden, rapid steam frigate. Straight bow, strengthened and provided with a bronze ram; round stern, single screw, full sail-power. No heavy bow-fire.
TRENTON.
Iron-braced, wooden, first-class corvette (second-rate frigate). Ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. Bow-fire fully developed from four 8-inch rifles. Bower and sheet chains coming in on the berth-deck, leaving the forward part of the gun-deck clear for working the forward guns. Gun-deck battery of eight 8-inch rifles in broadside; spar-deck battery, two 8-inch pivot-guns forward giving bow and beam fire, and one 8-inch pivot-gun aft giving stern and beam fire.
TRENTON.
POWHATAN.
Old-fashioned wooden paddle-wheel frigate.
ASHUELOT. MONOCACY.
Iron, paddle-wheel, double-ender corvettes. These vessels were originally provided with a rudder at each end, but the forward one is removed. They can carry in addition to their present armament one 11-inch pivot forward and one 11-inch pivot aft. Musket-proof pilot-house on the hurricane-deck.
ASHUELOT.
MICHIGAN.
Old-fashioned iron, paddle-wheel gun-boat carrying a battery of boat-guns.
RIO BRAVO.
Light-draft river steamer carrying a battery of boat-guns. (Purchased.)
DISPATCH
Rapid dispatch vessel carrying a battery of boat-guns. (Purchased.)
The remainder of the fleet is made up of the ordinary general-service type of corvettes and gun-boats.
ALASKA.
ESSEX.
PINTA.