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The ships were powered by two triple expansion engines fed by water tube boilers, giving a speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph), and were armed by two torpedo tubes (with two reload torpedoes carried on board [1]), a 65 mm (2.6 in) and six 47 mm (1.9 in) guns.
French Minister of the Navy Camille Pelletan inspecting the 47mm M1885 guns of Durandal, August 1904. Durandal had a gun armament of a single Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 gun on a raised platform around the ship's conning tower, and six 47 mm (1.9 in)/40 M1885 guns on the ship's beams. Two 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes were fitted, with two spare ...
The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel. The ships are listed by type.
Length between perpendiculars – The distance between where the forward part cuts the waterline and the rudder post of the ship. Length Overall (LOA) – The maximum length of the ship between the ship's extreme points; important for berthing purposes. Length at Waterline (LWL) – The ship's length measured at the waterline.
Name Year Shipyard Designer LOA LWL Beam Draught Air draught Sail area Displacement Hull material Propulsion M5: 2004: VT Group: Ron Holland: 77.60m: 63.50m: 14.82m: 10.20m (4.00m)
Size of this PNG preview of ... Visual comparison of various classes of ship measurements e.g ... Ship_measurements_comparison.svg#Suezmax_width: 00:03, 30 July 2011 ...
Training ship: 291 m (955 ft) 56,551: Ocean liner converted to training ship. Caught fire in 1939 and subsequently scrapped Royal Navy: USS Leviathan: 3: Troop transport: 290 m (950 ft) 63,000: Ocean liner converted to troop transport. Demilitarized in 1919 and returned to civilian use. Sister ship of the Caledonia United States Navy: Admiral ...
The text is the size it is because it looks best that way. And you're missing an important point... the text is secondary. The main purpose of the image is the visual representation of differing ship sizes. If you removed all text except the names of the ships it would still convey 98% of the information it is meant to convey.