The illustrated guide to the Royal Navy and foreign navies, also mercantile marine steamers available as armed cruisers and transport

334 Pages·1896·23.58 MB·English

by  Frederick T. M. Gibbs

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Mercantile Marine Steamers
AVAILABLE AS
Armed Cruisers and Transports,
&c,, &c.
COMPILED JND EDITED
FREDK. T. M. GIBBS.
2nd Edition. Revised and Corrected by E. W. C. GIBBS.
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Abbreviations.
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a. c. Armed Cruiser. cr. Cruiser.
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a. gb. Armed Gunboat. d. V. Despatch Vessel.
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b. Barbette Ship. gb. Gunboat.
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br. Broadside Ship. —
— g. V. Gun Vessel.
cb. Central Battery Ship. —
— 2 S. Twin Screw.
C. d. s. Coast-defence Ship. —
— t. Turret Ship.
comp. Composite Built Hull. —
— tor. bt desr. Torpedo-boat Destroyer.
C. t. Conning Tower. —
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COrv. Corvette. to. cr. Torpedo Cruiser.
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P. Deck Protected throughout. to. gb. Torpedo Gunboat.
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p. p. Partial Deck Protected. to. r. Torpedo Ram.
Armament
Abbreviations.
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L. Light Guns.
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M. L. R. Muzzle-Loading Rifled Guns.
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M. Machine Guns.
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Q. F. Quick-Firing Guns.
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F. Tu. Fixed Tubes for Torpedoes.
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B. Tu. Bow Tube for Torpedoes.
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Sub. Submerged Tube Torpedoes.
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L. Car. Launching Carriage for Torpedoes.