Sloop.
Schooner.
Ship.
Bark.
Barkentine.
Brig.
Brigantine.
Steam yacht.
Revenue cutter.
Gunboat.
Protected cruiser.
Armored cruiser.
Battleship.
Torpedo-boat destroyer.
Torpedo boat.
Submarine.
Monitor.
Fig. 83.
THE MORTAR DEFLECTION SCALE.
TABLE A.--TABLE OF WARSHIP CHARACTERISTICS.
| Characteristics. | Battleships. | Armored | |
| Cruisers. | |||
| Large, massive | High freeboard, | ||
| appearance, | fine | ||
| low freeboard, | lines, fairly | ||
| General Appearance. | large, turrets, | heavy guns | |
| heavy | and turrets, | ||
| guns, heavy | great | ||
| armor, | length as | ||
| moderate | compared | ||
| speed. | to beam, | ||
| high speed. | |||
| Average length | 400 feet | 500 feet | |
| Average beam | 75 feet | 67 feet | |
| Average draft | 29 feet | 28 feet | |
| Average speed | 17 knots | 21 knots | |
| Average tonnage | 15,000 tons | 11,000 tons | |
| Aver. thickness, belt armor | 13 inches | 5 inches | |
| Aver. thickness, deck armor | 3 inches | 3-1/3 inches | |
| Torpedo | |||
| Characteristics. | Protected | Boat | Torpedo |
| Cruisers. | Destroyers. | Boats. | |
| High freeboard, | Very long, | Small size, | |
| moderate | narrow | long, | |
| size, very | beam, | narrow, | |
| General Appearance. | fine lines, | high | not as |
| light armament, | bow, low | many | |
| narrow | freeboard, | smokestacks | |
| beam. | many | as a | |
| smokestacks. | destroyer. | ||
| Average length | 350 feet | 250 feet | 175 feet |
| Average beam | 50 feet | ||
| Average draft | 22 feet | ||
| Average speed | 22 knots | 31 knots | 28 knots |
| Average tonnage | 5000 tons | 350 tons | 200 tons |
| Aver. thickness, belt armor | none | ||
| Aver. thickness, deck armor | Protective | ||
| deck 2 ins |