Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 473
on thebroadside only; and thus they were mounted uponrevolving turrets by means of which projectilescould be hurled broadside, fore or aft. Sails wereentirely abandoned, and duplicate machinery andtwin-screws were provided to give a vessel a doublechance of escaping a breakdown, which would… … STEAM IN THE NAVY 341 ness. These new turret vessels varied from 9000to 11,000 tons, of which about a third was accountedfor by the armour protection. They carried four3 5-ton guns, from each of which a charge of200 lbs. of powder shot a projectile weighing800 lbs. Presently the Inflexible put…
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