A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 331
In the Devastation class of the Eoyal Navy, a far less simpledistribution of the weight and buoyancy is found than that occurringin the Minotaur type. Figs. 109 and 110 illustrate this case. The x ?o6 XA YAL ARCHITECTURE. [chap. vhi. spur-bow and fall form forward, as well as the absence of… … e A before the central breastwork, where buoyancy is in excess by about520 tons; this is succeeded by a great excess of weight—550 tons on32 feet of length—under the foremost turret. Along the centralpart of the ship, where the armoured breastwork is situated, and themachinery and boilers are…
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