Armored belt and casemate; ram bow, round stern, single screw, full sail-power. Corners of casemate cut to permit angular fire. ([See Hercules, English].) Double iron hull, very flat-bottomed, and having two bilge-keels in place of a main-keel. Bow and stern fire from light spar-deck guns, unprotected.
PERWENEC. NETRONZ-MENYA. KREML.
PERWENEC.
Completely armored broadside frigates, ram bow, overhang stern, single screw, full sail-power. ([See Numancia, Spanish].) The Kreml has her bow and stern spar-deck rails recessed for fore-and-aft fire. ([See Amethyst, English].) The sides of these ships tumble home from the water-line at an angle of 15°.
LAZAREFF. GREIGH. CICAGOFF. SPIRIDOFF.
American type of low-freeboard, revolving-turreted monitors, with strengthened bows for ramming. The Lazareff and Greigh have three turrets, the others two.
SISTOV. NIKOPOLIS.
Floating batteries. Armored belt and casemate built on upper deck, with ports in all four faces for all-around fire. ([See Embuscade, French].)
GENERAL ADMIRAL. HERZOG VON EDINBURGH.