Brassey's Naval Annual, Volumen3Praeger Publishers, 1889 |
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... practically decide the question of Naval supremacy ; that such supremacy is absolutely essential to our existence as a nation ; and that the way to secure it is to fortify and arm our own arsenals , dockyards , and coaling stations in ...
... practically decide the question of Naval supremacy ; that such supremacy is absolutely essential to our existence as a nation ; and that the way to secure it is to fortify and arm our own arsenals , dockyards , and coaling stations in ...
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... practically represent the interests of all classes in the north of England and in Scotland , and probably of the whole country . " 5. The conclusions referred to are as follows : - " ( a ) That the need for defence of our commerce and ...
... practically represent the interests of all classes in the north of England and in Scotland , and probably of the whole country . " 5. The conclusions referred to are as follows : - " ( a ) That the need for defence of our commerce and ...
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... practically identical in design with the engines of the same power which are now being fitted by Messrs . Humphrys and Tennant to Her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil , sister ship to the Victoria , built by the Thames Iron Works , Blackwall ...
... practically identical in design with the engines of the same power which are now being fitted by Messrs . Humphrys and Tennant to Her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil , sister ship to the Victoria , built by the Thames Iron Works , Blackwall ...
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... practically identical in design with the engines of the same power which are now being fitted by Messrs . Humphrys and Tennant to Her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil , sister ship to the Victoria , built by the Thames Iron Works , Blackwall ...
... practically identical in design with the engines of the same power which are now being fitted by Messrs . Humphrys and Tennant to Her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil , sister ship to the Victoria , built by the Thames Iron Works , Blackwall ...
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... practically identical in design with the engines of the same power which are now being fitted by Messrs . Humphrys and Tennant to Her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil , sister ship to the Victoria , built by the Thames Iron Works , Blackwall ...
... practically identical in design with the engines of the same power which are now being fitted by Messrs . Humphrys and Tennant to Her Majesty's ship Sans Pareil , sister ship to the Victoria , built by the Thames Iron Works , Blackwall ...
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17 knots 2nd class 3-pounder Admiral Admiralty Arma armament armour belt armoured deck B.L.R. Krupp barbette battery battle-ships Beam Bldg boilers breechloading British broadside built bulkheads carried chargers Date citadel Coal Supply Comp complete compound armour construction corv cost Date of Launch deck protected defence designs dockyards Draught of Water dynamite gun engines estimated feet fire Fish Torpedo fixed tube fleet foot-tons forced draught four fr.cr French Gibraltar gun-vessel hull I.HP inches thick Indicated Horse iron ironclads knots speed Krupp l.car laid launching carriage length Lord M.L.R. Armstrong machine guns ment muzzle natural draught Navy plates ports projectiles Propeller protected cruisers protective deck quick-firing guns Royal Naval Reserve shell Sir Edward Reed Sir Nathaniel Barnaby smooth-bores steam steel tons displacement torpedo boats torpedo gunboats Trafalgar trial triple-expansion tube or launching turret ship unarmoured upper deck water-line weight Whitehead torpedoes wood
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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.