On account of its weight the amount of armour must be kept to a minimum; all vital equipment is therefore grouped in as short a length of the ship as possible, and then protected by a box-like citadel of armour plating which extends from below the waterline on each side, across the deck (armoured deck), and over the bulkheads at each end .
Ngenxa yobunzima baso esi sixhobo ubuninzi bezixhobo zokulwa zesixhobo sokunqabisa inqanawa kumele bugcinwe busezantsi; zonke izixhobo ezibalulekileyo zibakwa kunye kufutshane nenqanawa, zize zikhuselwe ngengusi lezixhobo elimile njengebhokisi elisukela ngezantsi komgca wamanzi kwincala ngalinye, ngaphaya kwedekhi (idekhi yesixhobo sokunqabisa inqanawa), nangaphaya kwamacandelo angangeni manzi kwisiphelo ngasinye.