She carried ten 12-inch guns, had an 11-inch armor belt, and was the first large ship powered by turbines.

The armor belt varied from 220 to 280 mm in thickness.

Their armor belts also sat below the ships' waterlines, which made them of limited benefit.

The most important aspect of this, however, was that the additional weight completely submerged the ship's main armor belt.

"And the main armor belt is twelve inches thick!"

It too failed to detonate, and passed through the side of the hull, which was not protected by the main armor belt.

The heavy armor belt showed the marks of six torpedoes.

All four ships retained teak backing to their armor belts.

He also found no torpedo damage on the armor belt, echoing previous findings.

If the armor belt were reduced by an average of three inches, a fifth turret could be added.