Modern ships of war by Sir Edward J. Reed and Edward Simpson
1. Eleven protected steel cruisers: eight to be of 3200 tons, and
three of 4500 tons displacement. The armament will be of the 9.45 or
the 11-inch calibre Hontoria breech-loading guns, mounted on central
pivots, with smaller pieces in broadside and a secondary battery of
rapid-fire guns and torpedoes. All the ships are to be constructed
on the cellular system, with double bottoms and water-tight
compartments, are to have triple-expansion engines and twin screws,
and are expected to attain a speed of 19 knots with natural, and 21
knots with forced draft.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- 1835. 1885. Ch.2
- 1835. 1885. Ch.3
- Part 1 of 2 Ch.4
- Part 2 of 2 Ch.5
- Part 1 of 2 Ch.6
- Part 2 of 2 Ch.7
- 1. Torpedo-cruisers Ch.8
- 2. Torpedo despatch-boats Ch.9
- 3. Sea-going torpedo-boats Ch.10
- 4. Coast-guard torpedo-boats Ch.11
- 5. Picket torpedo-boats Ch.12
- Part 1 of 2 Ch.13
- Part 2 of 2 Ch.14
- 1. Eleven protected steel cruisers: eight to be of 3200 tons, and Ch.15
- 2. Six steel torpedo-cruisers of 1500 tons displacement and a speed Ch.16
- 3. Four torpedo-cruisers of 1100 tons displacement, to develop a Ch.17
- 4. Twelve steel torpedo gun-boats, six to be of 600 tons Ch.18
- 5. Sixteen steel torpedo gun-boats of 200 or 250 tons displacement, Ch.19
- 6. Ninety-six torpedo-boats, 100 to 120 tons displacement, with a Ch.20
- 8. One transport of 3000 tons, to be equipped as a floating arsenal Ch.21
- 9. Twenty steel steam-launches of from 30 to 35 tons displacement, Ch.22
- 1887. She is built of steel, is 320 feet in length, 50 feet 7 inches Ch.23
- Part 1 of 2 Ch.24
- Part 2 of 2 Ch.25
- introduction of the rifled cannon, and its subsequent development, Ch.26
- Part 1 of 3 Ch.27
- Part 2 of 3 Ch.28
- Part 3 of 3 Ch.29
- introduction of the rifle system, the call for higher velocities, the Ch.30
- 1841. He utilized it by enclosing a tube of cast-iron or steel in Ch.31
- Part 1 of 2 Ch.32
- Part 2 of 2 Ch.33
- introduction the demand for larger calibres by most of the prominent Ch.34
- 1. Submarine boats have been built in which several persons have Ch.35
- 2. Submarine boats have been propelled on and under the surface in Ch.36
- 3. The problem of supplying the necessary amount of respirable air Ch.37
- 4. Steam, compressed air, and electricity have been used as the Ch.38
- 5. The incandescent electric light has been used for illuminating the Ch.39
- 6. Seeing apparatus have been made by which the pilot, while under Ch.40
- 7. A vessel has been in time of war destroyed by a submarine boat. Ch.41
- 1. It does not need so much speed. The surface boat demands this Ch.42
- 2. Its submersion in the presence of the enemy prevents the engines Ch.43
- 4. The boat and crew, being under water, are protected from the fire Ch.44
- 5. It is enabled to approach the enemy near enough to make effective Ch.45
- 7. It can examine the faults in the lines of submarine mines, and Ch.46
- introduction of rapid-fire guns has such an important influence on Ch.47