Battleships and Large Crusiers

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Battleships and Large Crusiers. Table of Contents

1. Preface /5

2. Artillery and accuracy in second half of XIX century /7

Firing of sea /7

Range finding /8

Firing to moving target /9

Stability and accuracy /10

Guns and shells versus armour scheme /11

Material for armour /28

Fire control systems, shooting procedures, increasing the combat distance /32

3. Heavy ships from the end of the XIX and early XX centuries /36

First battleships - in some countries named ironclads /36

Central side battery battleship (ironclads) /37

Casemate battleships (Ironclads) /38

Turret battleships (ironclads) /39

Barbette battleships (ironclads) /43

Predreadnoughts and semidreadnoughts /45

Dreadnoughts /48

Armour