Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 191
n covering of iron plating, except in thatportion of the side which is above water, where there is a certain thicknessof iron diminishing from the water-line upwards, but not enough to entitlethe Inconstant to be classed as an armoured vessel. This ship, however,may be a truly formidable… … Fig. 71.—Section ofH.M.S. Inconstant. chase, or could run in and deliver her fire, escaping by her speed fromhostile pursuit in cases where the slower movements of a ponderous iron-clad would be much less effective. The Inconstant carries ten 12-ton gunsof 9 in. calibre, and six 6-ton 7 in. guns,…
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