On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... gunnery ; indeed , when engaged in close action with an enemy who is willing to fight , the ship should have as little motion as possible . This steadiness is particularly necessary in receiving an attack from an enemy , on the beam ...
... gunnery ; indeed , when engaged in close action with an enemy who is willing to fight , the ship should have as little motion as possible . This steadiness is particularly necessary in receiving an attack from an enemy , on the beam ...
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... gunnery force and the displacements of the ships ; and it is evident that , if these ships were combined in one fleet , the more powerful steamers would be retarded in their progress by the necessity of keeping in company with the ...
... gunnery force and the displacements of the ships ; and it is evident that , if these ships were combined in one fleet , the more powerful steamers would be retarded in their progress by the necessity of keeping in company with the ...
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... gunnery . With the swell abeam , or a cross - swell , the rolling motion of a heavily- masted steam - ship with the sails furled , will be far greater and more rapid than it would be when those motions are checked by sails . The gunnery ...
... gunnery . With the swell abeam , or a cross - swell , the rolling motion of a heavily- masted steam - ship with the sails furled , will be far greater and more rapid than it would be when those motions are checked by sails . The gunnery ...
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... Gunnery , 4th ed . , Art . 383 , et seq . 101. The movements of steam fleets may , like those of armies , be conducted on tactical principles best adapted to the great end of all preliminary manoeuvres -the formation for battle in the ...
... Gunnery , 4th ed . , Art . 383 , et seq . 101. The movements of steam fleets may , like those of armies , be conducted on tactical principles best adapted to the great end of all preliminary manoeuvres -the formation for battle in the ...
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... gunnery power of the ship.b Ships steaming in this order , not being in the wake of each other , cannot get foul either by drawing ahead or lagging astern , and would , therefore , avoid any wrecks of ropes , spars , or sails , shot ...
... gunnery power of the ship.b Ships steaming in this order , not being in the wake of each other , cannot get foul either by drawing ahead or lagging astern , and would , therefore , avoid any wrecks of ropes , spars , or sails , shot ...
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