The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 149
ome-times a second protective deck below the firstone to catch fragments which might passthrough the first, and this is sometimes calledthe splinter deck. The part of the ship im-mediately above the protective deck, in thevicinity of the water-line, is sometimes called .533 SEA-ElGitTS AND… … THE BOW OK THE ROYAL GEORGE. The gun positions are all well armored ; so isthe conning-tower, which is the place fromwhich the captain directs the fighting. Thistower is connected by telephones and speaking-tubes with all the important parts of the craft. The guns mounted by a modern battle shipare…
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