[28] Lieutenant Chambers, U. S. Navy.
[29] Lieutenant Colwell, U. S. Navy.
[30] Lieutenant Shroeder, U. S. Navy.
[31] I adopt this figure from Lord Brassey, who adopts it from Mr. King, but I am inclined to regard it as too small by about five feet, for I observe that in giving the length as 107 feet they give the breadth as 58 feet, whereas they give the breadth of the ship as 64¾ feet. I also observe that they both speak of an “armored citadel or compartment 107 feet in length,” and the word “compartment” seems to point to inside dimensions, and although it seems odd to use these in such a case, it is probable that that has been done. But as there is considerable curvature in the transverse bulkheads, and as the greatest inside length has presumably been given, it may still be practically correct to regard the mean length of the battery as 107 feet. I regret that I have not the means at hand of making certain of the precise length.—E. J. R.
[33] Lloyd’s Universal Register falls into a still more notable error in respect to the speed of these vessels, for it assigns to the best of them a speed of only seven and one-half knots, and to some only five knots, whereas they are very much faster, as will presently be shown in the text. But the mistake, grave as it is, seems to me to have resulted only from a printer’s error, for the removal of a vertical “lead” one column to the left would add ten knots to the speeds of all these vessels, and make them correct.—E. J. R.
[35] According to the Universal Register; but only two of nine tons (besides smaller ones) according to Admiralty Return to Parliament.—E. J. R.
[36] The Grosser Kurfürst was run into off Folkestone by the König Wilhelm, and foundered.—E. J. R.