On Naval Warfare with SteamJ. Murray, 1858 - 155 Seiten |
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... fleet now in the Baltic , amounting to about 40 sail of the line , will speedily become a steam fleet ; and the navies of the minor powers , Denmark , Sweden , and Holland , under the able administrations of those countries , are in a ...
... fleet now in the Baltic , amounting to about 40 sail of the line , will speedily become a steam fleet ; and the navies of the minor powers , Denmark , Sweden , and Holland , under the able administrations of those countries , are in a ...
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... ships of the line which , by the Ordonnance of 1846 , was limited to 40 , should be increased to 45 , and that each ship should be provided with steam power . This was the number adopted , but it appears from the discussion which took ...
... ships of the line which , by the Ordonnance of 1846 , was limited to 40 , should be increased to 45 , and that each ship should be provided with steam power . This was the number adopted , but it appears from the discussion which took ...
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... ships actually finished is 47 , and there is little doubt that it will soon amount to 50 , as proposed by M. Charner . In the sittings of the 12th February and the 10th March , 1851 , it was resolved that the number of steam - frigates ...
... ships actually finished is 47 , and there is little doubt that it will soon amount to 50 , as proposed by M. Charner . In the sittings of the 12th February and the 10th March , 1851 , it was resolved that the number of steam - frigates ...
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... ships ' crews for manning the 45 ships of the line decreed by the Ordonnance ... fleets which are to defend the French coasts and attack the English in their ... steam frigates , 24 transports , 3 corvettes , and 3 avisos , concen- trated ...
... ships ' crews for manning the 45 ships of the line decreed by the Ordonnance ... fleets which are to defend the French coasts and attack the English in their ... steam frigates , 24 transports , 3 corvettes , and 3 avisos , concen- trated ...
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... fleets of England will , in time of war , have to blockade two great ports ... fleets were fully prepared to oppose any attempt at aggression . But now that ... steam- engines , if this supercession should ever take place . Steam fleets ...
... fleets of England will , in time of war , have to blockade two great ports ... fleets were fully prepared to oppose any attempt at aggression . But now that ... steam- engines , if this supercession should ever take place . Steam fleets ...
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