Navies of the world

by Edward W. Very

Name, Nature, and	A	Length.			E	F	Weight.		I
Classification.		B	C	D			G	H
	In.	In.	In.	In.		Calib.	Lbs.	Lbs.	Lbs.
Krupp Pattern Steel Breech-loaders.
28 cm	11	240	170.7	36.41	64	45	60,500	2,266
26 ”	10.24	225	148.4	46.06	32	70	48,400	1,947
24 ”	9.27	206	136	41.7	32	70	34,100	1,408
24 ”	9.27	185	115.3	41.7	32	64.7	32,450	1,419
21 ”	8.24	165	105	37	30	59	19,400	1,078
Wahrendorff Breech-loader.
15 ”	5.87	152	112.4	22.6	36	45	8,800	321	248
Armstrong Muzzle-loaders.
23 ”	9	156	104	20.9	6	45	27,900		255
18 ”	7	130	85.5	18.7	3	35	14,500		394
Cast-Iron Breech-loaders.
15 ”	5.87	121	89.8	16.9	30	63	6,300	178	299
12 ”	4.74	109	84.4	12.4	24	52	3,300	106	273
Bronze Breech-loaders.
9 ”	3.43	81	57.5	16.5	24	45	1,070	55	103
7 ”	2.6	39	23.8	11	18	30	196	49	48.4

Austrian Ordnance—(continued)

• A = Carriage.
• B = Slide.
• C = Height of Axis of Bore above Deck.
• D = Steel.
• E = Chilled.
• F = Common.

Name, Nature, and Classification.	Carriages.			Projectiles.
	A	B	C	Full Weight.			Bursting Charge.
				D	E	F	D	E	F
	Lbs.	Lbs.	In.	Lbs.	Lbs.	Lbs.	Lbs.	Lbs.	Lbs.
Krupp Pattern Steel Breech-loaders.
28 cm	29,260	29,260	53	559	574	473	14.3	7.7	25.3
26 ”	6,140	12,617	46	395		354	8.8		20.2
24 ”	4,900	9,845	46	292		263	6.6	3.7	14.9
24 ”	5,814	7,528	45	292	308	263	6.6	3.7	14.9
21 ”	6,194	10,412	45	206	196	172	4.4	3.1	14.9
Wahrendorff Breech-loader.
15 ”	1,878	3,740	39	84.7		69	2.1		5.1
Armstrong Muzzle-loaders.
23 ”	4,188	6,917	44		249	257		5.9	18.5
18 ”	2,956	3,757	45		114	118		1.1	7.9
Cast-iron Breech-loaders.
15 ”	1,047	1,207	39			61			1.9
12 ”	715		32			32			1.1
Bronze Breech-loaders.
9 ”	836		38			14			.4
7 ”	294		21			6.4			.16

• G = For Steel and Chilled Shot.
• H = For Common Shell.

Name, Nature, and Classification.	Powder Charge.
	G	H
	Lbs.	Lbs.
Krupp Pattern Steel Breech-loaders.
28 cm	121	121
26 ”	70.4	59.4
24 ”	52.8	44
24 ”	52.8	44
21 ”	37.4	30.8
Wahrendorff Breech-loader.
15 ”	17.6	14.3
Armstrong Muzzle-loaders.
23 ”	50.6	30.8
18 ”	28.6	13.2
Cast-iron Breech-loaders.
15 ”		4.7
12 ”		2.4
Bronze Breech-loaders.
9 ”		.9
7 ”		.35

Austrian Ordnance—(continued)

• A = Ordinary.
• B = Saluting.
• C = Steel.
• D = Chilled.
• E = Common.