B| 257 | | 0 |
|Damage done in 8th period by A| 59 | | |
| B| 26 | | |
|Value of offensive power at end 8th period A| 563 | | |
| B| 198 | | |
|Damage done in 9th period by A| 56 | | |
| B| 20 | | |
|Value of offensive power at end 9th period A| 543 | | |
| B| 142 | | |
|Damage done in 10th period by A| 54 | | |
| B| 14 | | |
|Value of offensive power at end 10th period A| 529 | | |
| B| 88 | | |
|Damage done in 11th period by A| 53 | | |
| B| 9 | | |
|Value of offensive power at end 11th period A| 520 | | |
| B| 35 | | |
|Damage done in 12th period by A| 52 | | |
| B| 4 | | |
|Value of offensive power at end 12th period A| 516 | | |
| B| 0 | | |
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The main advantage of superior speed in naval operations is the
ability it gives to secure tactical positions of advantage, and
to make desirable strategic dispositions; ability, for instance,
to T or flank an enemy force, and to prevent the enemy from T-ing
or flanking; also to catch separated parts of an enemy fleet before
they can unite, while retaining the ability to divide one's own
force without undue risk. For these purposes, speed is an element
of the highest value; but the high price that it costs in gun power
or armor protection--or both--and the fact that speed cannot always
be counted on by reason of possible engine breakdowns and foul
bottoms, result in giving to war-ships a lower speed than otherwise
they would have.

Owing to the fact that, for any given horse-power put into a ship,
the speed attainable increases with her length; and owing to the
further fact that the weight that any ship can carry increases
more rapidly than the displacement (weight o