Personal Reminiscences of the First Duke of Wellington : With Sketches of Some of His Guests And Contemparies
Personal Reminiscences of the First Duke of Wellington : With Sketches of Some of His Guests And Contemparies
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How far their familiarity with the sea and all its moods created or only nourished a passion in his sons for adventure, I do not know, but two of them entered the navy, the eldest to earn a good name as an officer, and to reach flag rank ; the younger, to fall a sacrifice to his zeal in the service. Torpedoes were things unknown in this country forty years ago. Young Meade, then a lieutenant, turned his attention to the subject and worked hard to perfect an instrument, if not precisely the same... with that which has since expanded into a recognised imple- ment in war, in principle closely corresponding to Digitized by Google THE MABQXTIS OF SALISBUBT 235 it. When filling the shell with which his craft was to be armed, a spark unfortunately fell upon some loose powder; an explosion followed, and Meade, as well as the seamen who aided him in his labours, was killed on the spot.
One fact more I may venture to state in connec- tion with my old friend's fondness for Deal Castle : it was there that he suggested to me the under- taking of a work which I subsequently completed, and towards the completion of which he was of great service to me.
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How far their familiarity with the sea and all its moods created or only nourished a passion in his sons for adventure, I do not know, but two of them entered the navy, the eldest to earn a good name as an officer, and to reach flag rank ; the younger, to fall a sacrifice to his zeal in the service. Torpedoes were things unknown in this country forty years ago. Young Meade, then a lieutenant, turned his attention to the subject and worked hard to perfect an instrument, if not precisely the same... with that which has since expanded into a recognised imple- ment in war, in principle closely corresponding to Digitized by Google THE MABQXTIS OF SALISBUBT 235 it. When filling the shell with which his craft was to be armed, a spark unfortunately fell upon some loose powder; an explosion followed, and Meade, as well as the seamen who aided him in his labours, was killed on the spot.
One fact more I may venture to state in connec- tion with my old friend's fondness for Deal Castle : it was there that he suggested to me the under- taking of a work which I subsequently completed, and towards the completion of which he was of great service to me.
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