Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible. Main compared the British navy with the major naval powers at that moment in the world like France and the United States.
P. 62: “The Spanish navy is reviving. The number of iron-clads is nineteen, of which two are frigates, carrying 104 guns, and having a horse-power rated at 3,000. The whole number of ships amounts to 128. The Victoria (1) which was launched with the Affondatore is about 300 feet long, and is constructed to carry thirty guns of a large calibre. Her plating is 5j inches thick. She was designed by Admiral Neoa, and, like our Minotaur, is plated from stem to stern. She will bear a turret, which will probably be for the protection of riflemen.”
Source
Robert Main. “The Navy in 1865” in: British army & navy review. Vol IV, London 1866.
