Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : Offices of "Engineering," 35 and 36, Beford Street, W.C.". · leaf 140
, so that all four could fire on thesame objective. Amidships there was a third turret, whichcould fire on either broadside, and had a large arc of trainingforward and abaft the beam. No. 4 and No. 5 turrets aftwere arranged similarly to those forward, those in No. 4turret being at a higher level… … 1 V s c I The Final Stage in Battleships. 71 starboard beam. In the third place, the speed of the shipwas increased to nearly 22 knots on trial, with the turbinemachinery developing 32,900 shaft horse-power. The size ofthe ship had been greatly increased, the length being 555 ft.against the 490 ft.…