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Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (1906)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : offices of "Engineering" · leaf 92
eam was belated, and its popularity wasnot unalloyed. The Admiralty ordered their first ship of iron in1839—a small, non-fighting boat for the Dover station—and there followed other vessels for the exploration ofthe River Niger. But the first iron fighting ship wasnot built until 1843. In 1848-9… … °> CT5 fed co © R„ e M 8 Q § o 2 £ P3 H M- P o H o w The First Warships Built of Iron. 45 the Clyde. The over-all length of this vessel was 213 ft.,the beam 37 ft. 4 in., and the depth of hold 23 ft. Shewas of 1413 tons burden, and carried ten 32-pounder smooth-bore muzzle-loading guns. The…Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · Shipbuilding
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