Brassey's Naval Annual, Volumen3Praeger Publishers, 1889 |
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... laid down to be built since April , 1880 — Cost of different classes of vessels , proportion of incidental charges and estimated annual depreciation 568-587 Cost of effective ships , and of construction , & c . — Pay and allowances of ...
... laid down to be built since April , 1880 — Cost of different classes of vessels , proportion of incidental charges and estimated annual depreciation 568-587 Cost of effective ships , and of construction , & c . — Pay and allowances of ...
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... expressions and concurrences which admit of a less full and hearty acceptation of the policy laid down by St. Vincent in Council , and by cent . of defence . : Sir W. King Hall . Nelson THE FRONTIER OF THE EMPIRE . 13.
... expressions and concurrences which admit of a less full and hearty acceptation of the policy laid down by St. Vincent in Council , and by cent . of defence . : Sir W. King Hall . Nelson THE FRONTIER OF THE EMPIRE . 13.
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... laid down . The Nile , a turret ship of 11,940 tons displacement , was laid down at Pembroke in April , 1886 , and launched on March 27 , 1888. She is being completed at Portsmouth , and will , it is expected , be ready for sea in 1890 ...
... laid down . The Nile , a turret ship of 11,940 tons displacement , was laid down at Pembroke in April , 1886 , and launched on March 27 , 1888. She is being completed at Portsmouth , and will , it is expected , be ready for sea in 1890 ...
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class . class gunboats . laid down in April , 1887 , at Chatham , and were launched , the first on June 9 and the second on August 11 last . Their armaments will be similar to those of the Melpomene class , but the vessels will probably ...
class . class gunboats . laid down in April , 1887 , at Chatham , and were launched , the first on June 9 and the second on August 11 last . Their armaments will be similar to those of the Melpomene class , but the vessels will probably ...
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... laid down on October 22 , and the latter in the Tyne by Hawthorne , Leslie & Co. They will each carry six 4.7 - inch 36 - pounder quick - firing guns and four 3 - pounder quick- firing guns , together with two torpedo tubes and machine ...
... laid down on October 22 , and the latter in the Tyne by Hawthorne , Leslie & Co. They will each carry six 4.7 - inch 36 - pounder quick - firing guns and four 3 - pounder quick- firing guns , together with two torpedo tubes and machine ...
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Página xviii - You are aware that I have for years been sensible of the alteration produced in maritime warfare and operations by the application of steam to the propelling of ships at sea.
Página 120 - ... shown, into the discharge pipe to the main reservoir. At the same time it draws air into the bottom of the cylinder through the valves (10) and (12). The details of the piston packing and air valves are similar to those in use on the Westinghouse pumps. The Main Reservoir. By referring to the plate at the end of this paper it will be seen that the pump delivers its air directly into the main reservoir.
Página 82 - ... the requisite reserve of buoyancy by other means than armour-plating. Were this accomplished, the area of the armour might be diminished, and its thickness increased in a corresponding degree. The ship would then comprise a very strongly plated central citadel, surrounded and supported by an unarmoured raft constructed on a cellular system, or containing some buoyant substance such as cork, which, without offering any material resistance to the passage of projectiles, would not be deprived of...
Página 91 - I am correct in saying that that idea has been that our establishment should be on such a scale that it should at least be equal to the naval strength of any two other countries.
Página 612 - By CHARLES BUSHELL. Fully Illustrated. Being the best and only complete book on the Rigging of Ships. " This is a valuable little book, adapted to suit every class of...
Página xxv - There is no reason to doubt the complete sincerity of this explanation ; but, on the other hand, there is little reason to suppose that the majority as a whole was penetrated by the same sincerity.
Página 366 - Paris in 1856,* complication with Neutral States would inevitably ensue, and her whole commercial position and the immense carrying trade by which it is sustained would be jeopardized at the outset were war forced upon her when her Navy was weak.
Página 366 - Naval defeat would mean England's loss of India and her colonies. "No time should be lost in placing her Navy beyond comparison with that of any two powers. As there is nothing in our opinion to justify the belief that the days of ironclad battleships are over, we recommend a resumption and a steady continuance of ironclad building."2 The danger of invasion, they stated, would be better met by increased naval expenditure than by costly shore defences. This Report was decisive, and resulted in the...
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Página 580 - If slower than ironclads she could not keep the sea, and if slower than merchantmen she might as well stay in port.