Brassey's Naval Annual, Volumen3Praeger Publishers, 1889 |
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... supply and endurance - Remarks on the size of new battle - ships- Defence of constructive department - Tabulated particulars of British and foreign battle - ships - Discussion on Mr. White's paper -Sir E. J. Reed's speech : Times report ...
... supply and endurance - Remarks on the size of new battle - ships- Defence of constructive department - Tabulated particulars of British and foreign battle - ships - Discussion on Mr. White's paper -Sir E. J. Reed's speech : Times report ...
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... SUPPLY OF GUNS . Naval guns - Design and Manufacture - Krupp's 139 - ton gun - Wool- wich 158 - ton gun - Longridge's wire - bound guns - Supply of guns 367-369 .. .. .. PAGE 369-371 .. 371-376 Armstrong and Krupp's X CONTENTS .
... SUPPLY OF GUNS . Naval guns - Design and Manufacture - Krupp's 139 - ton gun - Wool- wich 158 - ton gun - Longridge's wire - bound guns - Supply of guns 367-369 .. .. .. PAGE 369-371 .. 371-376 Armstrong and Krupp's X CONTENTS .
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... supply , and force , if care is taken in the comparison . If coal were now as easily procured as water was then ; and if the taking of water then meant that some one else was deprived of it , as is the case with coal now ; we might be ...
... supply , and force , if care is taken in the comparison . If coal were now as easily procured as water was then ; and if the taking of water then meant that some one else was deprived of it , as is the case with coal now ; we might be ...
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... supply of men in proportion to our ships . " The numbers voted by parliament for the naval service have been rapidly growing . Officers and men have been increased from 34,695 in 1874-75 to 40,351 in 1888-89 . Of these 4000 were ...
... supply of men in proportion to our ships . " The numbers voted by parliament for the naval service have been rapidly growing . Officers and men have been increased from 34,695 in 1874-75 to 40,351 in 1888-89 . Of these 4000 were ...
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... supply engineers and stokers to the Navy in a time of pressure , brings up for consideration the general question of the Naval Reserves . An excellent paper on this subject , by Lieutenant Colwell , U. S. N. , has recently been ...
... supply engineers and stokers to the Navy in a time of pressure , brings up for consideration the general question of the Naval Reserves . An excellent paper on this subject , by Lieutenant Colwell , U. S. N. , has recently been ...
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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...
Página 610 - Foreign Officers. Containing information in a concise form which the Sailor will find useful in all Parts of the World ; with 30 Charts printed in colours. Distance Tables, (computed by Captain T. Hull, RN) House Flags and Funnels of steamship Lines, (British and Foreign). Bar and Tidal Signals, &c. 6th Edition. 568 Pages. Price 7s. 6d. Post Free. THE SAILOR'S POCKET BOOK...
Página 580 - If slower than ironclads she could not keep the sea, and if slower than merchantmen she might as well stay in port.