A Postscript to the Section On Iron Defenses: Contained in the Fifth Edition ...
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No. 2, of 49 „ = 1372 „ Quarter deck and forecastle 24 80-prs. No. 3, of 30 „ = 728 » Amounting to 4438 cwt.
The armament of " La Gloire" consists of thirty-six SO-pounders of 91 cwt, amounting to 3276 cwt. This, together with 820 tons of iron plates, is a weight far greater than the armament of even a first-rate ship-of-the-line of three decks; but "La Grloire," being a corvette carrying 36 guns, is of much greater length than the "Napoleon," and hence the great amount of armour which she requ...ires.
I assert then that "La Gloire" is a£ailure ; that she is so oyer- loaded with armour and armament, that in anything like heavy seas she not only takes water into her ports, but that the sea rolls up her sides and over her ; that she pitches very heavily in a head swell from want of buoyancy to ride over it, as might be expected from being heavily loaded with armour at the bow and stem, where the weight is not supported by displacement directly under it, but mainly by longitudinal strength ; that her speed has never realized anything like that which was expected, for that, instead of being 13i knots, it has never much exceeded 11, although in her experimental trips she has not had upon her aU the weight that would be required for service, excepting coals, of which she can only stow suflScient for seven days' steaming; that she could not fight her main-deck guns in a sea in which our first-class Mgates would be comparatively at rest ; and that therefore " La Gloire" is a very bad gunnery ship, her rolling FOB OCTOBER, 1860.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
No. 2, of 49 „ = 1372 „ Quarter deck and forecastle 24 80-prs. No. 3, of 30 „ = 728 » Amounting to 4438 cwt.
The armament of " La Gloire" consists of thirty-six SO-pounders of 91 cwt, amounting to 3276 cwt. This, together with 820 tons of iron plates, is a weight far greater than the armament of even a first-rate ship-of-the-line of three decks; but "La Grloire," being a corvette carrying 36 guns, is of much greater length than the "Napoleon," and hence the great amount of armour which she requ...ires.
I assert then that "La Gloire" is a£ailure ; that she is so oyer- loaded with armour and armament, that in anything like heavy seas she not only takes water into her ports, but that the sea rolls up her sides and over her ; that she pitches very heavily in a head swell from want of buoyancy to ride over it, as might be expected from being heavily loaded with armour at the bow and stem, where the weight is not supported by displacement directly under it, but mainly by longitudinal strength ; that her speed has never realized anything like that which was expected, for that, instead of being 13i knots, it has never much exceeded 11, although in her experimental trips she has not had upon her aU the weight that would be required for service, excepting coals, of which she can only stow suflScient for seven days' steaming; that she could not fight her main-deck guns in a sea in which our first-class Mgates would be comparatively at rest ; and that therefore " La Gloire" is a very bad gunnery ship, her rolling FOB OCTOBER, 1860.
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