Turret Ship

The youngest of my uncles14 was stout and humorous and had a tongue of leather over the keyhole of his door to keep the draught out, and another whose bedroom was at the end of a long stone passage had a model turret-ship in a glass case. ❋ W.B. Yeats (1965)

"There's the Hydra, a harbor defense turret-ship, but she never leaves the home waters." ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1982)

The flagship was an armoured turret-ship, the "Imperator Nikolai I," of 9700 tons, dating from 1889, and classed in the Navy List as a battleship; with her went three small armoured "coast-defence battleships," the "General Admiral Apraxin," the ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

Stories of her likelihood to be a terror, especially as she was stated by spies to be seaworthy, inspired the Americanized Swedish naval engineer, Ericsson, to build a turret-ship. ❋ Henry Llewellyn Williams (N/A)

It was after dark that the turret-ship steamed up the still water of the landlocked bay, amid the red glare from the burning "Congress." ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

The turret-ship now kept a more respectful distance. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

Federal contention, and give the honours of the day to the little turret-ship. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

She was Ericsson's ironclad turret-ship, the "Monitor." ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

Then came the _Ping-Yuen_, of 2850 tons, a coast-defence armour-clad; a turret-ship, the _Tsi-Yuen_, of 2320 tons; the _Chih-Yuen_, ❋ James Allan (N/A)

In the midst of the semi-darkness Jones tried to ram the turret-ship, and nearly succeeded. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

The Confederate ship fired at the temporarily disabled turret-ship a few shots, to which there was no reply. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

Ericsson knew the value of time, and before the contract was ready the keel plates of his turret-ship had been rolled and a dozen firms had started work on her various parts. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

It was at this moment that John Ericsson came forward with his offer to construct an armoured light-draught turret-ship, which could be very rapidly built and put in commission. ❋ John Richard Hale (N/A)

Then came the Ping-Yuen, of 2850 tons, a coast-defence armour-clad; a turret-ship, the Tsi-Yuen, of 2320 tons; the ❋ Allan, James (1898)