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AJAX and AGAMEMNON (of 1876) " Imagine a floating castle
long and 75 ft. wide, rising To ft. out of the water, and having above that again two round turrets planted diagonally at its opposite corners. -Imagine this castle
armour
beam
compass .Attached to this rectangular armoured castle, but completely submerged, every part
ordinary form, with a powerful ram bow, with twin screws and a submerged rudder
part
speed
104 ft 280 ft ------------ Pk g NGINES 180/itR5 BOILERS 9,61~11~ e P/an of under water Protective Deck riddled but (it was contended) not be destroyed. The arrangement shown in fig. 51 represents the " Ajax " and " Agamemnon." The " Inflexible " was similar but larger. Sir N. Barnaby described the design of the " Inflexible " in 1874 before the Institution of Naval Architects thus:18 4r/noar )~lOJL O. L.R. 'I 1~. 3 m.1 N 63 T0n.9. LR n2" 1 5 M' -~,~, s - _ '~2 =Y//MIM~!llwiliR~wlw ow. .,~~~\\\\N\u\~~o~Nwwp\Oly\\pp\p\~mW\\\\\aRm\\0\MXm\\\\WOWIM\\\\\\Itv1V'\W\\N\\\\\\A \\Y.VA\\\PAt~gy\~\\\\\U'd`~ . ~..\, s\U~~\\\\U.N> \\CM Rwv vw MI M ~~ t M M w r--- E t B 8 w M ---- M W Ran of UppetDeck 30 End of Article: AJAX If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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