ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805.—From a drawing by J. O. Davidson[Frontispiece.]
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The “Victory”[13]
The “Glatton”[15]
The “Dreadnought”[17]
The “Inflexible”[19]
Section of the “Amiral Duperré”[23]
Section of the “Inflexible”[23]
Section of the “Collingwood”[23]
New Admiralty Ship[23]
The “Devastation”[24]
The “Sultan”[27]
Section and Plan of the “Alexandra”[28]
Section and Plan of the “Téméraire”[28]
Section and Plan of the “Nelson”[29]
Section and Plan of the “Shannon”[29]
The “Alexandra”[30]
The “Téméraire”[31]
The “Hotspur”[34]
The “Warspite”[37]
Transverse Section of the “Mersey”[38]
The “Inconstant”[41]
The “Colossus”[43]
Transverse Section of one of the New “Scouts”[49]
The “Jumna”[50]
The “Dévastation:” French Armored Ship of the First Class[73]
The “Courbet” (formerly the “Foudroyant”): French Armored Ship of the First Class[75]
The “Richelieu”[77]
The “Amiral Duperré:” French Armored Ship of the First Class[81]
The “Vengeur:” French Iron-clad Coast-guard Vessel[87]
British Torpedo Gun-boat of the “Grasshopper” Class (side view)[90]
The “Grasshopper”—Plan of Upper Deck, Poop, and Forecastle[90]
The “Duilio”[105]
Section of the “Italia”[110]
Deck Plan of the “Italia”[110]
The “Italia”[111]
The “Esmeralda”[113]
The “Amerigo Vespucci”[115]
The “Catherine II.”[119]
Half-deck Plan of the “Sachsen”[121]
Side Elevation of the “Sachsen”[121]
Half-deck Plan of the “Kaiser”[122]
Side Elevation of the “Kaiser”[122]
The “Sachsen”[123]
U. S. Side-wheel Steamer “Powhatan”[150]
U. S. Frigate “Franklin,” of the “Merrimac” Class[152]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Hartford”[153]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Brooklyn”[154]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Kearsarge”[155]
U. S. Iron-clad “New Ironsides”[156]
U. S. Monitor “Passaic”[156]
U. S. Double-turreted Monitor “Terror”[157]
U. S. Frigate “Tennessee”[159]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Adams”[160]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Marion”[161]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Alert” (Iron)[162]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Trenton”[163]
U. S. Frigate “Chicago” (Steel)[169]
Deck Plans of the U. S. Frigate “Chicago,” showing Battery[171]
Deck Plan of the U. S. Sloop-of-war “Atlanta,” showing Battery[171]
U. S. Sloop-of-war “Atlanta” (Steel)[173]
U. S. Despatch-boat “Dolphin”[176]
Light Draught Coast-defence Vessel, with Deck Plan[180]
The Howell Torpedo[182]
Bronze Breech-loading Cannon captured in Corea, age unknown[194]
Bronze Breech-loader used by Cortez in Mexico[195]
Breech-loader captured in the War with Mexico[196]
Bronze 12-pounder, “El Neptuno,” 1781[197]
U.S.N. Carronade, Slide, and Carriage[198]
U.S.N. Medium 32-pounder[199]
U.S.N. 9-inch Dahlgren (9-inch Smooth-bore)[201]
Horizontal Section of Millwall Shield[204]
A Krupp Gun on a Naval Carriage[206]
Alfred Krupp[207]
Breech-loading Rifle-tube ready for receiving Jacket[210]
Breech-loading Rifle-jacket, Rough-bored and Turned[210]
Putting the Jacket on a 6-inch Breech-loading Rifle-tube[211]
Breech-loading Rifle after receiving Jacket[214]
A Krupp Hammer[215]
Transporting Cannon at Bremerhaven[217]
Breech-loading Rifle after receiving Jacket and Chase Hoops[218]
Breech-loading Rifle with Jacket, Chase Hoops, and Jacket Hoops in place[218]
U.S.N. 6-inch Breech-loading Rifle[218]
Cartridge Case and Grains of Powder, U.S.N.[220]
Common Shells, U.S.N.[220]
Unburned and Partially Consumed Grains of U.S.N. Powder[222]
Section of U.S.N. 6-inch Built-up Steel Breech-loading Rifle[222]
Broadside Carriage for 6-inch Breech-loading Rifle[223]
Rapid-firing Single-shot Hotchkiss Gun[224]
New 6-inch Breech-loading Rifle[238]
Longitudinal Plans of Nordenfeldt Boat[254]
The Submarine Monitor “Peacemaker”[257]

MODERN SHIPS OF WAR.