Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 654
, and it was France thatled the way for other nations by building the firstarmored cruiser, the Dnpuy dc Lome, in 1888.She was of 6500 tons, 20 knots speed, and, withher heavier armor of 4-inch steel and two 7.6-inch guns in her turrets, was a remarkable shipfor that time. All other naval powers… … THE ARMORED < K L I K / . s. _s. MOXTANA IS A TORPEDO TR A1 .\ 1 N (11 I. we are now building,—and their first protectionwas of iron. They were useful little craft, butthe strides made in rapid-fire guns and explosiveshells soon made them useless. Steel armor of ing the day of the battle-ship.…
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