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NNINIININI HNIINN _ 00-'•~'"u~m~i"liimiX~(!~"mm~n~uni~~uxui~~u"~"~u~~ nm~, than in the " Tsukuba " type. The armament is also more powerful, twelve 6-in. guns being replaced by eight 8-in. guns mounted in pairs in barbettes, while the 4.7-in, guns are increased to fourteen in number. The " Ibuki " is fitted with turbines of 27,000' H.P., the " Kurama " with reciprocating engines of 22,500 I.H.P. The disposition of guns and See also:armour are as shown in fig. 106. In 1910 See also:Japan ordered of Vickers Co. an armoured cruiser of 27,000 tons and 72,000 H.P. See also:Russia.—Before the Russo-See also:Japanese See also:War, Russia had provided herself with a See also:great variety of fast, well-armed cruisers of various sizes, including some very notable vessels. Of. those which remained in 1910 may be mentioned the protected cruiser " Zhemchug," of 3100 tons, 17,000 I.H.P., 24 knots, carrying eight 4.7-in. guns; the " Askold," built at See also:Kiel in 1900, 65o0 tons displacement, 20,000 I.H.P. and 23 knots See also:speed, armed with twelve 6-in., twelve 12-pdr. and other smaller guns; the " See also:Diana " and " See also:Aurora," of 663o tons and 20 knots; the " Bogatyr " and similar vessels launched 1901-1903, of 6675 tons displacement, 20,000 I.H.P., 24 knots speed, armed with twelve 6-in., twelve 12-pdr. and several smaller guns, and having a protective See also:deck 11 to 2 in. in thickness. The armoured cruisers, " Rossia," of 12,200 tons and 20 knots, and " Gromoboi," of 13,220 tons, 15,500 I.H.P. and 20 knots speed, carry four 8-in., twenty-two 6-in. and other smaller guns, and are protected by 6-in. armour. Since the war several vessels of this type have been built, including three of a new " Bayan " class, 7900 tons displacement, 19,000 I.H.P., 22 knots, armed with two 8-in., eight 6-in., twenty 12-pdr. and other smaller guns, and protected by 6-in. armour; and the " Rurik," built at See also:Barrow in 1906, 490 ft. in length, 15,190 tons displacement, 19,100 I.H.P. and 211 knots speed, armed with four 10-in. guns mounted in pairs in barbettes forward and aft, eight 8-in. and twenty 4.7-in. guns, and protected by a See also:complete See also:belt of armour 12 ft. deep, 6 in. thick amidships, tapering to 4 in. forward and 3 in. aft. See also:Italy.—Italy possesses several protected cruisers of the " Piemonte " type already described as well as a number of smaller vessels. She was in 1910 See also:building scouts of the " See also:Quarto " type of about 3500 tons displacement and 27 knots, armed with 4.7-in. and 12-pdr. guns. The most notable See also:Italian cruisers are, however, those of the " See also:Garibaldi " class, which are heavily armed, well armoured and of moderate speed. They have been See also:developed from the " Marco See also:Polo " type, which comprises three vessels; the " Marco Polo," launched in 1892, of 4500 tons, 19 knots, armed with six 6-in., ten 4.7-in. and several smaller guns, and protected by a 4-in. armour belt as well as a See also:steel deck; the " Vettor See also:Pisani " and the " Carlo Alberto," which are of 6400 tons, carry twelve 6-in., six 4.7-in., fourteen 6-pdr. and other smaller guns. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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