MODERN SHIPS OF WAR

SIR EDWARD J. REED, M.P.

LATE CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR OF THE BRITISH NAVY

AND

EDWARD SIMPSON

REAR-ADMIRAL U.S.N., LATE PRESIDENT U. S. NAVAL ADVISORY BOARD

WITH

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTERS AND NOTES BY

J. D. JERROLD KELLEY

LIEUTENANT U.S.N.

AUTHOR OF “THE QUESTION OF SHIPS” “ARMORED VESSELS” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1888