several vessels which were captured from Russia during the war, such as the “ Iwami" 0 13,515 tons (late “Orel”), the “ Hizen" of 12,275 tons (late “ Retvizan”), the “ Segami" of 12,790 tons (late “ Peresviet ), the “ Suwo " of 12,997 tons (late “ Pobyeda ), the “ Tango ” of 10,960 tons (late “ Poltava ), and the “ Iki, "of 9700 tons (late“ Imperat0rNicola1l.”). The" Suwo " 24,000 H.P. are provided for a speed "of 20 knots. It is noteworthy that this vessel was laid down on the 15th of March 1905, while the “ Lord Nelson" of 16,500 tons was not laid down until the 18th of May 1905 and the “ Dreadnought " of 17,900 tons not until the 2nd of October 1905. The “ Aki " also exceeds in displacement the “ St Vincent, ” laid down '1n 1907-1908, and her tonnage was not reached

in Great Britain until 1909,

when the“ Neptune "was

laid down. The “ Aki”

was followed by still larger

1 vessels, the “ Kawachi "

and "Settsu, " both of

1 Z E i E I 20,81c;0"tons£h The “ Ka-

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FIG. 72.—Arrangement of Guns and Armour of the French “ Danton." " ' " and “ Hizen " may be taken as t pical examples of these captured vessels. The former is of the folibwing dimensions: length 436 ft., beam 7111 ft., draught 27% ft., and displacement 12,670 tons;'she has engines of I§ ;000 H.P. and a nominal speed of 19% knots, carried an armament of four 10-in. guns, mounted in pairs in turrets on the middle line forward and aft; eleven 6-in. guns, distributed live on each broadside and one in the extreme bow of the vessel; twenty 3-in. guns and twenty-six smaller pieces; and six torpedo tubes. She is protected by a complete Water-line belt of armour, 9 in. thick amidships, tapering to 4 in. at the ends, reinforced b a protective deck 2§ in. thick. Above the belt, for a length ofy185 ft. amidshi s, is a lighter belt of 5-in. Krupp armour, protecting the bases 0? the 6-in. guns, and terminated b transverse bulkheads. The 10-in. gun turrets are IO in. thick, andythe 6-in. guns are protected by case mates 5 in. thick. This vessel carries 30 Belleville boilers, and has storage for 2000 tons of coal. The “ Hizen " (“ Retvizan

) was built at Cramp's, U.S.A. She is of 12,700 tons displacement,

376 ft. long, 72% ft. beam, and 26 ft. draught. She has Four 12-in. B.L. guns in pairs in turrets, twelve 6-in. Q.F. guns in 5-in. case mates,

twenty 12-pdrs. and

twenty-eight smaller

guns, besides four

submerged and two

above-water torpedo

tubes. She is protected

by a water-line

belt extending from

theafter-turrettothe

stem, and tapering in

thickness from 9 in.

to 2 in. Above this

I

Fleet, in the Baltic.

In 1882 three remarkable vessels were laid down for the Black Sea Fleet, the “ Catherine II., ” “ Tchesme ” and “ Sinope.” They were barbette ships of 10,180 tons displacement, with a compound armour belt of a maximum thickness 0 16 in., armed with six 12-in. B.L. guns mounted in pairs on the upper deck in a large pear-shaped barbette, and seven 6-in. guns on the main deck; and having a speed of 16 knots. Other vessels built for this fleet were the “ Twelve Apostles ” of 8709 tons, “ George the Victorious, " II, O32 tons, the “ Three Prelates, ” 13,318 tons, the " R0stislav, ” of 8880 tons laid down in 1895 and the “ Panteleimoh ” of 12,582 tons laid down in 1897. The latest vessels built on the Black Sea are the “ Ioann Zlatoust " and “ Evstali, " of 12,840 tons and 16 knots, carrying four 12-in., four 8-in., twelve 6-in., fourteen 12-pdr. and six 3-pdr. guns; both were laid down in 1903. Of the main Russian Fleet outside the Black Sea only a few battleships survived the Russo-japanese War; these included the “ Tzesarevich ” of 13,000 tons, built in France in 1899, carrying four 12-in. guns in two barrettes, and twelve 6-in. guns in pairs in turrets; also the “ Slava, ” laid down on the Neva in 1902, 370 ft. long, of 1- F,

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6 in. maximum thickness,

and the main

armament is protected

by turrets I0

in. thick. She has

16,000 H.P. and a

speed of 18 knots,

and has stowage for

2000 tons of coal.

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Elswick in 1904 and

the “Katori, ” at

FIG. 74.-Arrangement of Guns and Armour of ' Kawachi." 1 Barrow in the same year; they were not delivered until the 13,516 tons displacement, 16,000 I.H.P. and 18 knots speed, 'her war was over. Also during the war japan laid down two very hull protected by armour of 9in. toj4 in. in thickness. The“Slava.” much larger vessels, the “ Aki " and “ Satsuma." The “ Aki " carried four 12-in. guns in barrettes having 10-in. armour, and twelve is the larger of the two, being 492 ft. long, 83% ft. beam, 27% ft. l 6-in. guns in turrets having 6-in. armour. draught, and 19,800 tons displacement; she carries four 12-in., ' In January 1903 Russia laid down the “ lmperator Pavel I., " a twelve I0-111., eight 6-in. and twelve I2-pdf. guns and live torpedo l larger and more powerful vessel than any then building by any

tubes, and IS protected by 9-in. to 5-in. armour. Curtis turbines of I other power, beingvof 17,400 tons displacement-almost that of the