The Nation and the Navy: A History of Naval Life and PolicyCresset Press, 1954 - 287 sider |
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... guns called periers , minions , sakers , falconets , serpentines and murderers , which fired small shot or even nails . The larger guns were muzzle- loaders , mounted on a truck and worked by a crew of four . Breech - loaders , built up ...
... guns called periers , minions , sakers , falconets , serpentines and murderers , which fired small shot or even nails . The larger guns were muzzle- loaders , mounted on a truck and worked by a crew of four . Breech - loaders , built up ...
Side 150
... guns were mounted . These were the chief mess and gun decks , with the lieutenants ' wardroom aft , the galley and the manger for the livestock forward by the hawse holes , through which the anchor cables were passed . The deck below ...
... guns were mounted . These were the chief mess and gun decks , with the lieutenants ' wardroom aft , the galley and the manger for the livestock forward by the hawse holes , through which the anchor cables were passed . The deck below ...
Side 249
... guns of the Queen Elizabeth or the 12 - in . guns of other avail- able battleships . The fallacy of this argument proved to be the chief reason for the failure of the naval plan : it was found impossible to knock out a well - defended ...
... guns of the Queen Elizabeth or the 12 - in . guns of other avail- able battleships . The fallacy of this argument proved to be the chief reason for the failure of the naval plan : it was found impossible to knock out a well - defended ...
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