378
RUSSIA.
Pay and allowances of officers and men Rations of seamen .... Clothing .....
Central administration and outports Naval instruction schools . Medical depnrtment Hydrographic ditto Shipbuilding ....
Steam factories and miscellaneous expenses
Roubles
4,934,390
927,750
761,841
1.612,660
380,525
521,560
172,833
5,797,693
421.297
The iron-clad fleet of war consisted, at the commencement of 18G8, of 24 vessels, with an aggregate of 149 guns, as follows: —
2 frigates, one of 18 and one of 24 guns .
3 floating batteries, of 14, 16, and 27 guns 2 corvettes, of 8 guns each
1 1 turret ships, of 2 guns each 6 monitors, of 2 guns each
Total 24 iron-clads, with .
Guns 42 57 16 22 12
149 guns.
The largest of these iron-clads are two armoured frigates called ' Sevastopol,' and ' Kniaz — Prince — Pojarski.' The first of these, the oldest iron-clad of the Eussian navy, was launched at Cronstadt, August 24, 1864. The ' Sevastopol ' nearly equals the British iron-clads ' Black Prince ' and ' Warrior ' in her dimensions, and exceeds those of the French ' Gloire ' and ' Nor- mandie.' At the line of flotation the ' Sevastopol ' measures 300 feet in length, and her greatest breadth is 52 feet 3 inches. The ship draws 26 feet at the poop and 24 at the chains. Her plates are 44/ inches thick, fastened to a double coating of teak from 6 to 9 inches thick. Her engines have a nominal force of 800 horse- power, and she is armed with steel guns of the greatest calibre. Her prow has a beak of a formidable kind attached to it. The next largest iron-clad vessel of the Russian navy is the ' Pojarski,' built bv English engineers at the naval yard of St. Petersburg, and launched in September 186G. The ' Pojarski ' is 280 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 31 feet deep. The armour-plating is 44/ inches thick, and extends the entire length of the vessel from the depth of 5 feet below, and 6 feet above the line of flotation : the armour is laid on a backing of East India teak 18 inches thick. The ' Pojarski's ' armament is placed in a central battery occu- pying about 80 feet on the length of gun deck, both sides and ends being completely armour-clad : the armament consists of eight 300-pounder steel guns, four on each broadside. The iron hull is
