Pre-dreadnoughts akatakura pfuti dzakasiyana calibres, nokuda akasiyana mabasa mu chikepe-kuti-chikepe kurwisana. The chikuru zvombo yaiva mana 11-pfuti rinorema, akatasva maviri centre-mutsetse turrets mberi uye aft. vashoma chaizvo pre-dreadnoughts vakatsauka kubva urongwa uhwu. pfuti idzi vaiva kunonoka-kupfura, uye pakutanga shoma zvakarurama; asi ivo vaiva pfuti chete rinorema zvakakwana kuti vapinde gobvu zvombo izvo akadzivirira injini, magazini, uye huru pfuti muvengi zvikepe zvehondo. The inonyanya kushandiswa caliber nokuda chikuru zvombo yaiva 12-mm (305 mm), kunyange zvazvo dzimwe ngarava akashandisa pfuti duku nokuti aigona kusvika yakakwirira mwero yomoto; British hondo kubva Spanish Majestic akatakura ichi, sezvo French huru pfuti kubva Petermagne kirasi muna 1894.
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