In a warship, an armored citadel is an armored box enclosing the machinery and magazine spaces formed by the armored deck, the waterline belt, and the...
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within and beneath the armored citadel. By stripping away the armor from all other parts of the ship, the armor of the citadel could be made thicker....
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accounts Citadel (software), a BBS software Citadel/UX, an implementation of Citadel that has evolved into a modern groupware platform Armored citadel, protective...
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USS Texas (1892) (section Armor)
main armament en echelon to allow maximum end-on fire and a heavily-armored citadel amidships to ensure defensive strength. However, due to the state of...
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armament encased in a separate armored gun deck/turret, it exhibited a single (often sloped) casemate structure, or armored citadel, on the main deck housing...
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Montana-class battleship (section Armor)
the belt and main armored deck aft of the citadel to armored tubes around the shafts, with the steering gears becoming its own armored compartment. This...
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belt armor extends to the two transverse bulkheads fore and aft of the main-gun barbettes, forming the armored citadel. Part of the lower armor belt extends...
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Iowa-class battleship (section Armor)
the armored citadel are closed by 11.3-inch (287 mm) vertical Class A transverse bulkheads for Iowa and New Jersey. The transverse bulkhead armor on Missouri...
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South Dakota-class battleship (1939) (section Armor)
emergency load. The hull featured a bulbous bow, triple bottom under the armored citadel, and skegs, characteristics shared by all American fast battleships...
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Stalingrad-class battlecruiser (section Armor)
each end of the armored citadel for a total capacity of 10,000 kW. The armor scheme of the battlecruisers was quite complex with armor plates of no less...
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Bismarck-class battleship (section Armor)
turrets reduced the length of the battleship's armored citadel (particularly magazine length and the armor needed to protect it) and shortened the vessel...
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belt armor extends to the two transverse bulkheads fore and aft of the main-gun barbettes, forming the armored citadel. Part of the lower armor belt extends...
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New Mexico-class battleship (section Armor)
"all or nothing" principle that reserved armor protection only for a ship's vitals, creating an armored citadel that had enough reserve buoyancy to keep...
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part of the armored citadel was closed off by a 230 mm forward bulkhead and a 180 mm rear bulkhead, both of homogeneous armor. Splinter armor 25 mm (0.98 in)...
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Yamato-class battleship (section Armor)
In addition, if the engines failed entirely, the 200 mm (7.9 in) armored citadel deck roof that protected the proposed diesel engine rooms and attendant...
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the ship's defense against flooding from torpedo hits outside the armored citadel, but this was rejected out of hand because the additional weight would...
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USS Maine (1889) (category Armored cruisers of the United States Navy)
bottom covered the hull only from the foremast to the aft end of the armored citadel, a distance of 196 feet (59.7 m). She had a metacentric height of 3...
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formed an armored citadel by closing off the ends of the belt. The main deck sat at the top of the armored belt; it was the primary armored deck and consisted...
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North Carolina-class battleship (section Armor)
The conning tower was connected to the armored citadel by a 14-inch (356 mm) thick communications tube. Armor thickness for the conning tower itself ranged...
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their descendants converting the ship into an independent port and armored citadel. In 2355, the Hope is discovered drifting on the outskirts of the Halcyon...
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the ship. The barbette and the side of the armored citadel were protected by 260 mm of armor. The deck armor was 52 millimeters (2 in) thick while the...
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Transverse 4-inch bulkheads closed off the ends of the belt armor to form the ship's armored citadel. The steering gear was protected by 2.5-inches of special...
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H-class battleship proposals (section Armor)
was therefore increased, with greater width added at the ends of the armored citadel to allow a greater distance between the side wall and the torpedo bulkhead...
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000 US gal) of aviation gasoline in three compartments within the armored citadel which were filled with inert nitrogen gas as a fire suppressant measure...
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armored deck that was 63 mm (2.5 in) thick over the armored citadel. Forward of the citadel the upper deck remained 35 mm thick, but aft the armored decks...
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O-class battlecruiser (section Armor)
turbine propulsion plant was to be used. The change allowed the central armored citadel to be reduced by 9 m (30 ft) and the aft beam to be lowered by 3.5 m...
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reduced propulsive efficiency, although it did shorten the length of the armored citadel and thus overall displacement. The riveted hull was subdivided by 24...
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below the waterline. It formed an armored citadel with 70-millimeter (2.8 in) transverse bulkheads at its ends. The armored deck was 70 mm thick over the...
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and volume of the armored citadel, with a sloped internal armored belt, which increased protection without increasing overall armor thickness. With Japan's...
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Zara-class cruiser (section Armament and armor)
armored citadel that covered the ships' vitals, including the machinery spaces and ammunition magazines. Vertical protection consisted of an armored belt...
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