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Show H W Description of War Vessels. X JUttloshlps aro heavily nrmored, vm ressols, carrying largo nnd henvy ,B tuns, whoso defensive and offensive V aualltlcs aro moro Important than 'm their speed. Cruisors have great L speed; i they are armored, they ap proach tho battleship; If protoctod, they carry armor over the most vulnerable vul-nerable parts; It unprotected they depend de-pend on their speed for safety. Monitors Moni-tors aro low-lying ve&Bels of comparatively compara-tively little spuod, with revolving turrets, tur-rets, wherein tho heavy guns are placed; they are principally for av bor defense. Gunboats are light draft crulpors. Torpedo boats aro very fast, low-lying vessels, armed principally princi-pally with torpedoes; torpedo boat destroyers aro larger and faster torpedo tor-pedo boats. Corvettes aro sailing vessels, ves-sels, smaller than frigates. Dispatch boats are any, swift vessels used for carrying dispatches. |