AZUMA.
[Photo by favour of C. de Grave Sells, Esq.
NISSHIN.
These ships belong to the well-known Garibaldi class. The belt is 6-in. Terni armour reduced to 4½ ins. at the ends, and reinforced by a deck 1½ in. on the slopes.
Above the main belt is a 6-in. redoubt, with 4¾ in. ends, above again a 6-in. battery containing ten 6-in. guns.
The primary guns are protected by 5½-in. armour.
The remaining 6-in. guns are carried without protection on the upper deck. Six 12-pounders are carried between them, the remainder under the poop and forecastle.
The torpedo tubes are in special casements.