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    Posted: 25-Aug-2012 at 00:36
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This website might interest you Delenda. The British built this advanced battleship for the Italians just one year after the Civil War ended
http://www.cityofart.net/bship/rn_affondatore.html


The Italians always had a certain flair for naval design.  Nice find, Nick
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Masts were ideal for snipers, despite officers' fears the sails would catch fire. According to Frederick Myatt's book on 19th century firearms, the Nordenfelt gun could be put in the crows' nest and used to rake the decks of enemy warships


As long as the bullets didn't roll out when the barrels were depressed.  Big smile

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Pre-Dreadnought battleships
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xJB2-QtNbFAC&lpg=PA213&ots=noT9kla1cd&dq=victorian%20warship&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
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HMS Captain, the first turret ship in RN service, wasn't a success due to stability issues. She capsized in 1871 with the loss of almost 500 crew:
http://www.hmscaptain.co.uk/The%20Story/The%20Building/lairds.htm
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Surviving pre-dreadnought battleships
http://www.oz.net/markhow/pre-dred/index.htm
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Anatomy of a pre-dreadnought battleship
http://www.cityofart.net/bship/predread.html
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The Russian attempt to deal with those pesky "stability issues" didn't work very well, either, although it certainly was unique.

The Novgorod:





The Twelve Apostles c. 1888 - note the "fortess" type turrets:
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Close-up of Twelve Apostles' Turret:  Main guns are 12"/35 cal.




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Impressive-looking ship Mountainman. Twelve Apostles served as the set for Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin as the real Potemkin was at the bottom of the sea
http://armoured.ru/dvenadcat_apostolov_eng.php
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SQUADRON BATTLESHIP "TWELVE APOSTLES"


SQUADRON BATTLESHIP TWELVE APOSTLES   It is laid in 1889 on by Nikolayevsk the admiralty, on 13 September, 1890, it is gone down to the water and in 1892 entered the system. Until 13 February, 1892, it counted by armored ship. During April 1907 it is brought out from the fighting strength of fleet, it is disarmed and in 1912 re-equipped into the " blockship?8 ". From the spring 1918 it was found on the storage in the Sevastopol military port, and in 1922 it was selected to the metal.

Photos of "Twelve Apostles"

 





Technical characteristics

Displacement 8438 t.
It is long 104,2 m.
Width 18,3 m.
Sagging 8,8 m.
Power of the mechanisms 8758 hp.
Running speed 15,7 knots
Cruising range 1500 miles (by 10- main motion)
Armoring from 203 to 356 mm
The crew 599 people

Armament


305- mm 4
152- mm 4
63- mm 2
47- mm 12
37- mm 14
The torpedo tubes 6
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