On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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Seite 88
... military , tactics . Well - exercised steam - fleets , like well - trained armies in the field , if skilfully com- manded , should be kept concentrated in columns , or lines of bearing en échelon , so disposed as to be under the eye of ...
... military , tactics . Well - exercised steam - fleets , like well - trained armies in the field , if skilfully com- manded , should be kept concentrated in columns , or lines of bearing en échelon , so disposed as to be under the eye of ...
Seite 89
... military movements and for- mations , as recommended and expounded by the author . But moved as fleets will hereafter be by the obedient agency of steam , so that the station of each ship in a fleet , and the time to be occupied in ...
... military movements and for- mations , as recommended and expounded by the author . But moved as fleets will hereafter be by the obedient agency of steam , so that the station of each ship in a fleet , and the time to be occupied in ...
Seite 90
... military tactics will , hereafter , enter largely into the manoeuvres of fleets . 106. The rude practice of forming a fleet for battle in one long line , has hitherto prevailed in naval warfare , on account , chiefly , of the ...
... military tactics will , hereafter , enter largely into the manoeuvres of fleets . 106. The rude practice of forming a fleet for battle in one long line , has hitherto prevailed in naval warfare , on account , chiefly , of the ...
Seite 91
... military strength , from the reciprocal defence which the ships afford to each other , as shown by the lines of fire ( figs . 13 and 14 , p . 98 ) , and could not be broken in upon by an enemy without severe loss and much danger to ...
... military strength , from the reciprocal defence which the ships afford to each other , as shown by the lines of fire ( figs . 13 and 14 , p . 98 ) , and could not be broken in upon by an enemy without severe loss and much danger to ...
Seite 97
... military than of a naval character , it was impossible for them to practise steam evolutions , even if the fleets had been entirely com- posed of steam ships , which was far from being the case . 117. The defensive order of sailing in ...
... military than of a naval character , it was impossible for them to practise steam evolutions , even if the fleets had been entirely com- posed of steam ships , which was far from being the case . 117. The defensive order of sailing in ...
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action Admiral advantage angle armies attack axis Basilisk blades British broadside batteries centre columns consumption of fuel cylinder deck defence direction divisions double échelon enemy enemy's fleet enemy's line engine England equal Essays evolutions Fcap feet fire flank force formation formed French frigates gunnery guns HERMANN MELVILLE History horse-power Journal leeward length line abreast line ahead line of battle line of bearing Lord manœuvre Memoir military military tactics motion movement naval tactics naval warfare navy oblique oblique order order of battle paddle paddle iron paddle-boards paddle-wheels piston Plates Portrait position Post 8vo pressure principles propelling rear Royal rudder sailing ships screw corvette screw nearly ready screw-propeller screw-steamers screw-vessels Second Edition ships in line sloop-of-war speed starboard steam fleets steam-ships steamers stern surface tack Third Edition tion trials trunk velocity vertical vessel Vols Voyage wheel wind windward Woodcuts yoke
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