Navies of the world

by Edward W. Very

Krupp’s Cast-Steel Coast and Naval Guns
of 30 and 35 Calibres Length.—(Continued.)

				26 cm.		28 cm.		30½ cm.
				Of 30 calib. length.	Of 35 calib. length.	Of 30 calib. length.	Of 35 calib. length.	Of 30 calib. length.	Of 35 calib. length.
Calibre			mm	260	260	280	280	305	305
Total length			”	7800	9100	8400	9800	9150	10700
Length of bore			”	7020	8320	7560	8960	8220	9770
Weight of gun			kg	25000	28100	33200	37300	42900	48400
Weight of steel shell			”	205	205	255	255	329	329
Battering charge			”	83	83	103	103	132	132
Muzzle-velocity			m	575	605	575	605	575	605
Energy	total		mt	3454.5	3824.4	4297	4757.3	5544.2	6137.9
	per cm. of circumference		”	42.29	46.82	48.85	54.08	57.86	64.05
	per cm². of cross section		”	6.51	7.20	6.98	7.73	7.59	8.40
	per 1000 kg of weight of gun		”	138	136	129.5	127.5	129	127
Remaining velocity of steel shell		of 500 m	m	546.8	575.3	548.6	577.3	550.7	579.4
		” 1000 ”	”	519.9	547	523.5	550.8	527.4	554.9
		” 1500 ”	”	494.4	520.1	499.4	525.5	505.1	531.5
		” 2000 ”	”	470.1	494.6	476.5	501.4	483.8	509
		” 2500 ”	”	447	470.3	454.7	478.4	463.3	487.5
Energy	total	” 500 ”	mt	3123.5	3458	3912	4330.8	5085.3	5629.9
		” 1000 ”	”	2824.1	3126.5	3561.2	3942.5	4664.5	5164
		” 1500 ”	”	2553.5	2826.8	3242	3589.1	4278.5	4736.7
		” 2000 ”	”	2308.7	2556	2951.3	3267.3	3924.4	4334.7
		” 2500 ”	”	2087.5	2311.3	2686.7	2974.4	3599.6	3083
	per cm. of circumference	” 500 ”	”	38.24	42.33	44.47	49.23	49.23	58.75
		” 1000 ”	”	34.57	38.28	40.48	44.82	48.68	53.89
		” 1500 ”	”	31.26	34.61	36.85	40.80	44.65	49.43
		” 2000 ”	”	28.26	31.29	33.55	37.14	40.96	45.34
		” 2500 ”	”	25.56	28.29	30.62	33.81	37.57	41.59
	per cm² of cross section	” 500 ”	”	5.88	6.51	6.35	7.03	6.96	7.71
		” 1000 ”	”	5.32	5.89	5.78	6.40	6.38	7.07
		” 1500 ”	”	4.81	5.32	5.27	5.83	5.86	6.48
		” 2000 ”	”	4.35	4.81	4.79	5.31	5.37	5.95
		” 2500 ”	”	3.93	4.35	4.37	4.83	4.82	5.45
When striking		at the muzzle at a
at right angles		distance	cm	51.5	56	55.5	60	60.5	65
the steel shell		of 500 m ”	”	48	51.5	51.5	56	56.5	61
penetrates a		” 1000 ”  ”	”	44.5	48	48	52	53	56.5
wrought Iron-Plate		” 1500 ”  ”	”	41.5	44.5	44.5	48.5	49.5	53.5
of the following		” 2000 ”  ”	”	38	41.5	41.5	45	46.5	50
thickness		” 2500 ”  ”	”	35.5	38	38.5	42	43	47
		at the muzzle at a
		distance	cm	35 + 26.5	35 +31.5	38 +26.5	38 +32.5	40 + 34	40 + 37
Or two plates of		of 500 m ”	”	35 + 21.5	35 +26.5	38 + 23	38 + 27	40 +26.5	40 + 32.5
the following		” 1000 ”  ”	”	35 + 17	35 +21.5	38 + 18	38 +23.5	40 +21.5	40 + 27.5
thickness		” 1500 ”  ”	”	35 + 12.5	35 +17	38 + 13	38 +18.5	40 + 17	40 + 23
		” 2000 ”  ”	”	35 +  7.5	35 +12.5	38 + 8	38 +13.5	40 + 13	40 + 18
		” 2500 ”  ”	”	35 +  2	35 +  7.5	38 +  2.5	38 +  8.5	40 +  7	40 + 13.5

Krupp’s Cast-Steel Coast and Naval Guns
of 30 and 35 Calibres Length.—(Continued.)

				35½ cm.		40 cm.
				Of 30 calib. length.	Of 35 calib. length.	Of 30 calib. length.	Of 35 calib. length.
Calibre			mm	355	355	400	400
Total length			”	10650	12400	12000	14000
Length of bore			”	9510	11260	10700	12700
Weight of gun			kg	68000	76500	97200	109500
Weight of steel shell			”	525	525	740	740
Battering charge			”	210	210	295	295
Muzzle-velocity			m	575	605	575	605
Energy	total		mt	8847	9794.5	12470	13805
	per cm. of circumference		”	79.33	87.82	99.23	109.86
	per cm². of cross section		”	8.94	9.90	9.92	10.99
	per 1000 kg of weight of gun		”	129	127	128.5	126.5
Remaining velocity of steel shell		of 500 m	m	554.3	583.2	556.3	585.4
		” 1000 ”	”	534.3	562.2	538.2	566.3
		” 1500 ”	”	515.1	542	520.8	547.9
		” 2000 ”	”	496.6	522.5	503.8	530.1
		” 2500 ”	”	478.7	503.6	487.5	512.9
Energy	total	” 500 ”	mt	8221.5	9101.8	11673	12923
		” 1000 ”	”	7640.2	8458.2	10927	12097
		” 1500 ”	”	7099.8	7860.2	10228	11323
		” 2000 ”	”	6598	7304.3	9574.6	10599
		” 2500 ”	”	6131.3	6787.8	8962.6	9922.3
	per cm. of circumference	” 500 ”	”	73.72	81.61	92.89	102.84
		” 1000 ”	”	68.50	75.84	86.95	96.26
		” 1500 ”	”	63.66	70.48	81.40	90.11
		” 2000 ”	”	59.16	65.49	76.19	84.35
		” 2500 ”	”	54.97	60.86	71.32	78.96
	per cm² of cross section	” 500 ”	”	8.31	9.20	9.29	10.28
		” 1000 ”	”	7.72	8.55	8.70	9.63
		” 1500 ”	”	7.17	7.94	8.14	9.01
		” 2000 ”	”	6.67	7.38	7.62	8.44
		” 2500 ”	”	6.19	6.86	7.13	7.90
When striking		at the muzzle at a
at right angles		distance	cm	70.5	76.5	79	85.5
the steel shell		of 500 m ”	”	67	72.5	75	81
penetrates a		” 1000 ”  ”	”	63.5	68.5	71.5	77
wrought Iron-Plate		” 1500 ”  ”	”	60	64.5	68	73
of the following		” 2000 ”  ”	”	57	61	65	70
thickness		” 2500 ”  ”	”	54	58	62	66.5
		at the muzzle at a
		distance	cm	50 + 34	50 +40.5	60 +32.5	60 + 41
Or two plates of		of 500 m ”	”	50 + 29	50 +35.5	60 +27.5	60 + 35.5
the following		” 1000 ”  ”	”	50 + 24	50 +30.5	60 +22.5	60 + 30.5
thickness		” 1500 ”  ”	”	50 + 19	50 + 26	60 +17.5	60 + 25.5
		” 2000 ”  ”	”	50 + 14.5	50 + 21	60 + 12	60 + 20
		” 2500 ”  ”	”	50 +  9	50 + 16	60 +  5.5	60 + 15

INDEX.

• Alabama and Hatteras, duel, [170]
• Kearsarge, ” , [171]
• Architectural Development—Unarmored fleets, [361]
• Conditions affecting English, [361]
• French, [362]
• United States, [362]
• Chart of, [372]
• Armored fleets, [386]
• Argentine Confederation Fleets, Table of, [3]
• Description of, [4]
• Ordnance, Description of, [180]
• Type of small-arms used, [311]
• Personnel, [399]
• Armor—Table of penetration of English guns, [319]
• French  ” , [321]
• German  ” , [320]
• Krupp’s new long guns, [435]
• Application of, [395]
• Armstrong Breech-loaders, Table of measurements of, [182]
• Description of, [193], [194]
• Muzzle-loaders, Description of, [192-194]
• Projectiles, [209]
• Fuses, [211]
• Grooves, [192]
• Assaults—Fort Sumter, [160]
• ” Fisher, [160]
• Corean Forts, [161]
• Assimilated Rank—Grades of Austrian officers, [402]
• Brazilian officers, [406]
• English officers, [410]
• French officers, [416]
• United States officers, [431]
• Atlanta and Weehawken, duel, [171]
• Austrian Fleets, Armored, Table of, [5]
• General-service, Table of, [9]
• Armored vessels, Ratios of elements, [390]
• Ordnance, Table of, [177]
• Description of, [180]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel, Departmental organization of, [400]
• Names of grades, [400]
• Inscription and instruction, [401]
• Relative rank, [402]
• Cadre, [400]
• Austrian cruising stations, [405]
• Budgets, [434]
• Bellerophon, Construction of iron hull of, [382]
• Boat-carriages—English, [197]
• French, [235]
• German, [263]
• United States, [289]
• Bombardments—Callao, [149]
• Danube Earthworks, [149]
• Fort Darling, [142]
• Donelson, [142]
• Fisher, [147]
• Henry, [140]
• Hindman, [144]
• Jackson and St. Philip, [152]
• McAllister, [147]
• Sumter, [151]
• Wagner, [146]
• Grand Gulf Earthworks, [144]
• Hatteras Inlet, [139]
• Hilton Head, [140]
• Kagosima, [146]
• Roanoke Island, [141]
• Simonoseki, [145]
• Bouvet and Meteor, duel, [172]
• Brazil, Construction of iron hull of, [380]
• Brazilian Fleet, Armored, Table of, [10]
• Description of, [11]
• Unarmored, Table of, [12]
• Ordnance, Description of, [180]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel, Departmental organization of, [405]
• Grades and relative rank, [406]
• Cadre, [407]
• Cruising stations, [407]
• Budget, [434]
• Breech-loaders—Armstrong, [193]
• French, model 1870, [225]
• model 1864, [228]
• Finspong, [276]
• German, [244]
• Krupp’s new long guns,
• table of measurements, [435]
• United States, [285]
• Whitworth, [218]
• Breech Mechanism—Armstrong, original, [193]
• improved, [195]
• French, model 1870, [226]
• model 1864, [229]
• Hotchkiss revolving cannon, [306]
• Gatling machine-gun, [309]
• Krupp cylindro-prismatic, [246]
• Small-arms, [311]
• United States, [287]
• Whitworth, [218]
• Brooks’s torpedo for harbor defence, [345]
• Brookwell broadside gun-carriage, [250]
• Cadre—Argentine Navy, [399]
• Austrian   ” , [400]
• Brazilian   ” , [407]
• Chilian   ” , [407]
• Danish   ” , [433]
• Dutch   ” , [422]
• English   ” , [411]
• French   ” , [417]
• German   ” , [419]
• Greek   ” , [433]
• Italian   ” , [424]
• Japanese   ” , [425]
• Norwegian ” , [426]
• Portuguese  ” , [433]
• Russian   ” , [426]
• Spanish   ” , [428]
• Swedish   ” , [426]
• Turkish   ” , [429]
• United States ” , [432]
• Cartridges—English, [207]
• French, [236]
• Charleston blockaders, Dash at, [166]
• Chart of architectural development, [372]
• Chilian Fleet, Armored, Table of, [13]
• Description of, [13]
• General-service, Table of, [13]
• Ordnance, Description of, [181]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel, Departmental organization of, [407]
• Cadre, [407]
• Chinese Fleet, Table of, [16]
• Description of, [16]
• Ordnance, Description of, [181]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel, [408]
• Compressors—Elswick, [201]
• Bow, [202]
• English hydraulic, [203-206]
• French friction, [231]
• Brookwell, [250]
• Vavasseur, [220]
• German hydraulic, [257-263]
• United States boat-carriage, [289]
• central recoil-check, [295]
• hydraulic, [296]
• Ericsson’s friction, [296]
• turret-carriage, [298]
• English wooden slide-carriage, [196]
• German boat-carriage, [264]
• Construction, Ship, Development of, [373]
• Wooden, [374]
• Diagonal, [375]
• Composite, [377]
• Iron, [379]
• Iron sheathed with wood, [384]
• Iron hull of Brazil, [380]
• Warrior, [381]
• Bellerophon, [382]
• Hercules, [383]
• Invincible, [383]
• Gun—Palliser, [217]
• Armstrong, [192]
• Whitworth, [218]
• Vavasseur, [219]
• Woolwich, [186]
• Krupp, [244]
• Finspong, [276]
• American smooth-bore, [283]
• Uchatius, [180]
• American converted, [285]
• French, [225]
• Cruising Stations, Squadron—Argentine, [400]
• Austrian, [405]
• Brazilian, [407]
• Dutch, [422]
• English, [412]
• French, [417]
• Italian, [424]
• Russian, [426]
• Spanish, [429]
• United States, [432]
• Dashes—Passes of the Mississippi, [165]
• Vicksburg (Arkansas passing Farragut’s fleet), [166]
• Charleston blockading fleet, [166]
• Monitor and Merrimac, [170]
• Alabama and Hatteras, [170]
• Weehawken and Atlanta, [171]
• Kearsarge and Alabama, [171]
• Meteor and Bouvet, [172]
• Denmark Fleet, Armored, [17]
• General-service, [18]
• Ordnance, Description of, [181]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel, Departmental organization of, [433]
• Budgets, [434]
• Directing-bar Carriage—French, [234]
• United States, [293]
• Distinguishing marks of English projectiles, [216]
• Distribution of armor, [395]
• Elevating-gear—Woolwich rack and pinion, [201]
• boat-gun, [197]
• hydraulic, [205]
• French, [231], [233], [234]
• German rack and pinion, [252]
• boat-gun, [250]
• United States boat-gun, [289]
• breech-loader, [293]
• smooth-bore, [293]
• Hotchkiss revolving cannon, [306]
• Gatling machine-gun, [308]
• English Fleet, Armored, Table of, [20]
• Description of, [23]
• Fast cruisers, Table of, [36]
• Description of, [42]
• General-service, Table of, [48]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [182]
• Description of, [186]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Revolving turret, [358]
• Conditions affecting architectural development, [361]
• Ratios of elements of iron-clad vessels, [390]
• English Personnel—Departmental organization, [408]
• Dock-yards, [409]
• Enlistment, [409]
• Grades and relative rank, [410]
• Coast-guard, [411]
• Cadre, [411]
• Royal Naval College, [411]
• Gunnery and torpedo instruction, [411]
• Naval reserve, [411]
• Probationary course of young officers, [412]
• Indian navy, [412]
• Cruising stations, [412]
• Budgets, [434]
• Ericsson—Torpedo vessel, [338]
• Development of Monitor, [386]
• Turret gun-carriage, [298]
• Broadside slide-carriage, [297]
• Revolving turret, [357]
• Field-carriages—United States, [289]
• English, [196]
• French, [236]
• German, [264]
• Finspong breech-loader, [276]
• Fleets—Architectural development of armored, [389]
• unarmored, [361]
• Argentine, [3]
• Austrian, [5]
• Brazilian, [10]
• Chilian, [13]
• Chinese, [16]
• Danish, [17]
• Dutch, [84]
• English, [20]
• French, [51]
• German, [73]
• Greek, [82]
• Italian, [90]
• Japanese, [96]
• Norwegian, [99]
• Peruvian, [103]
• Portuguese, [104]
• Russian, [106]
• Spanish, [116]
• Swedish, [99]
• Turkish, [121]
• United States, [128]
• French Fleet, Armored, Table of, [51]
• Description of, [55]
• Rapid cruisers, Table of, [62]
• Description of, [65]
• General-service, Table of, [70]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [221]
• Description of, [225]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Towing torpedo, [333]
• Revolving turret, [359]
• Barbette fixed turret, [360]
• Conditions affecting architectural development, [362]
• Ratio of elements of iron-clad vessels, [390]
• Wooden hulls, superiority over English iron ones, [392]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [412]
• Maritime prefectures, [414]
• Enlistment and inscription, [415]
• Grades and assimilated rank, [416]
• Official reports, [416]
• Promotion, [417]
• Cadre, [417]
• Cruising stations, [417]
• Budgets, [434]
• Fuses—Boxer time, [211]
• Armstrong time, [211]
• Pettman percussion, [212]
• French percussion, [238]
• time, [238]
• German percussion, [266]
• Krupp time, [267]
• United States Navy time, [302]
• Bormann time, [303]
• Boxer time, [303]
• Schenkl percussion, [304]
• Torpedo time, [347]
• McEvoy’s time, [347]
• percussion, [348]
• Hill’s chemical, [348]
• friction, [348]
• sulphuric-acid, [349]
• Harvey’s chemical, [349]
• electric, [349]
• Gas-checks—Woolwich projectile, [210]
• French, [227-229]
• Armstrong, original, [194]
• improved, [195]
• Broadwell, [246-248]
• Gatling machine-gun, [308]
• General Actions—Memphis, [163]
• Heligoland, [163]
• Lissa, [164]
• Point Tetas, [173]
• German Fleets, Armored, Table of, [73]
• Description of, [75]
• Fast cruisers, Table of, [80]
• General-service, Table of, [81]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements, [241]
• Description of, [244]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Ratios of elements of iron-clad vessels, [390]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [418]
• Inscription, [419]
• Cadre, [419]
• Grades, [419]
• Fleet divisions, [421]
• Budgets, [434]
• Grades—Officers of navy of Argentine Confederation, [399]
• Austria, [400]
• Brazil, [406]
• England, [410]
• France, [416]
• Germany, [419]
• Holland, [421]
• Italy, [422]
• Spain, [427]
• United States, [431]
• Grand Gulf, Bombardment of earthworks of, [144]
• Greek Fleet, Table of, [82]
• Description of, [83]
• Ordnance, Description of, [272]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Departmental organization, [433]
• Budgets, [434]
• Grooves—French, [187]
• French modified, [187]
• Woolwich, [187]
• English plain, [187]
• Armstrong, for breech-loader, [192]
• shunt, [192]
• French, model 1870, [228]
• Krupp, [245]
• Parrott, [288]
• Dahlgren, [288]
• Whitworth, [219]
• Guns—Muzzle-loaders: Woolwich, [186]
• English converted, [189]
• Armstrong, [192-194]
• French, [229]
• United States smooth-bore, [283]
• converted, [285]
• Parrott, [285]
• Breech-loaders: Armstrong, original, [193]
• improved, [195]
• French, model 1870, [225]
• model 1864-1871, [228]
• Krupp, government pattern, [244]
• new long, [435]
• Finspong, [276]
• United States, [287]
• Penetration of English, in armor targets, [319]
• German,”” , [320]
• French, ”” , [321]
• Krupp’s new long, [435]
• Gun-carriages—Field: English, [196]
• French, [236]
• German, [264]
• United States, [289]
• Boat: English, [197]
• French, [235]
• German, [263]
• United States, [289]
• Turret: English, [203]
• French, [232]
• German, [263]
• Razkazoff depression, [279]
• Ericsson’s, [298]
• Broadside: French slide, [230]
• directing-bar, [234]
• Vavasseur, [220]
• German Brookwell, [249]
• slide, [254]
• German half-slide, [259]
• United States Marsilly, [292]
• directing-bar, [293]
• slide, [296]
• Ericsson’s slide, [296]
• United States friction-drum, [299]
• Mitrailleuse: French, [236]
• Hotchkiss, [306]
• Gatling, [308]
• French centre pivot, [233]
• German ”   ” , [260]
• United States pivot, [295]
• Gun-locks—United States cannon, [305]
• Gatling, [309]
• Gunpowder—English, [206]
• French, [236]
• German, [265]
• United States, [299]
• Harvey towing torpedo, [331]
• Hatteras Inlet, Bombardment of, [139]
• Heligoland, Action off, [163]
• Hercules, Construction of iron hull of, [383]
• Herreshoff torpedo-boat, [341]
• Hilton Head, Bombardment of, [140]
• Holland Fleet, Armored, Table of, [84]
• Description of, [86]
• Unarmored, Table of, [88]
• Ordnance, Description of, [272]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [421]
• Grades, [421]
• Cadre, [422]
• Cruising stations, [422]
• Budgets, [434]
• Hotchkiss machine-gun, [305]
• projectiles, [306]
• magazine rifle, [315]
• Hydraulic Compressors—English, [203-206]
• German, [257-263]
• United States, [296]
• Loading apparatus, English, [205]
• Gun-lift, English, [205]
• Inscription, Maritime—Austrian, [401]
• French, [415]
• German, [419]
• Italian, [423]
• Japanese, [425]
• Spanish, [429]
• Invincible, Construction of iron hull of, [383]
• Iron-clads versus wooden vessels
• Hampton Roads, [167]
• Roanoke River, [167]
• Albemarle Sound, [168]
• Black Sea, [168]
• Ylo, [169]
• Iquique Harbor, [169]
• Italian Fleet, Armored, Table of, 90
• Description of, [91]
• Fast cruisers, Table of, [94]
• General-service, Table of, [95]
• Italian Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [269]
• Description of, [272]
• Types and calibres of, [317]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [422]
• Grades, [422]
• Inscription, [423]
• Cadre, [424]
• Budgets, [434]
• Japanese Fleets, Armored, Table of, [96]
• Description of, [97]
• Unarmored, Table of, [97]
• Ordnance, Description of, [272]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [424]
• Dock-yards, [424]
• Cadre, [425]
• Inscription and enlistment, [425]
• Budgets, [434]
• Kagosima, Bombardment of, [146]
• Kearsarge and Alabama, duel, [171]
• Krupp Guns—Standard German, Measurements of, [242]
• New long guns of 30 to 35 calibres, [435]
• Description of standard German, [244]
• Groove, [245]
• Lay’s torpedo, [329]
• Lewis’s torpedo, [343]
• Lissa, Battle of, [164]
• Loading-gear, English hydraulic, [205]
• Loading-plate—French, [239]
• German, [249]
• United States, [287]
• Machine-guns—Gatling, [308]
• Hotchkiss, [305]
• Nordenfeldt, [276]
• Palmcrantz, [276]
• Marine Infantry and Artillery—Argentine, [399]
• Brazilian, [407]
• Chilian, [407]
• Dutch, [422]
• English, [411]
• French, [417]
• German, [420]
• Italian, [424]
• Spanish, [428]
• Turkish, [429]
• United States, [432]
• Memphis, Action off, [163]
• Menzing towing-torpedo, [333]
• Meteor and Bouvet, duel, [172]
• Mitrailleuse, French, [230]
• Monitor and Merrimac, duel, [170]
• Muzzle-loading Guns—Woolwich, [186]
• Armstrong, [192]
• Whitworth, [218]
• Vavasseur, [219]
• French, [229]
• United States smooth-bore, [283]
• rifles, [285]
• Nipping-gear, Scott’s, [202]
• French, [233]
• German, [255]
• Vavasseur, [220]
• Nordenfeldt machine-gun, [276]
• Norwegian Fleet, Armored, Table of, [99]
• Description of, [100]
• Unarmored, Table of, [101]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [273]
• Description of, [276]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [425]
• Enlistment, [425]
• Cadre, [426]
• Budgets, [434]
• Ordnance—Argentine, [180]
• Austrian, [177], [317]
• Brazilian, [180], [317]
• Chilian, [181], [317]
• Chinese, [181], [317]
• Danish, [181], [317]
• Dutch, [272], [317]
• English, [182], [317]
• French, [221], [317]
• German, [241], [317]
• Greek, [272], [317]
• Italian, [269], [317]
• Japanese, [272], [318]
• Norwegian, [273], [318]
• Peruvian, [279], [318]
• Portuguese, [279], [318]
• Russian, [277], [318]
• Spanish, [280], [318]
• Swedish, [273], [318]
• Turkish, [280], [318]
• United States, [281], [318]
• Palliser gun-construction, [217]
• projectiles, [208]
• Palmcrantz machine-gun, [276]
• Passage of Forts—Jackson and St. Philip, [154]
• Vicksburg (up stream), [156]
• (down stream), [159]
• Port Hudson Earthworks, [156]
• Morgan, [157]
• Passes of the Mississippi, dash, [165]
• Penetration of Armor—English guns, [319]
• French ” , [321]
• German ” , [320]
• Krupp’s new 30 and 35 calibre guns, [435]
• Personnel—Argentine Confederation, [399]
• Austrian, [400]
• Brazilian, [405]
• Chilian, [407]
• Chinese, [408]
• Danish, [433]
• Dutch, [421]
• English, [408]
• French, [412]
• German, [418]
• Greek, [433]
• Italian, [422]
• Japanese, [424]
• Norwegian, [425]
• Peruvian, [433]
• Portuguese, [433]
• Russian, [426]
• Spanish, [427]
• Swedish, [425]
• Turkish, [429]
• United States, [430]
• Peruvian Fleet, Description of, [103]
• Ordnance, Description of, [279]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel, Departmental organization of, [433]
• Point Tetas, Action off, [173]
• Portuguese Fleet—Armored corvette, [104]
• Unarmored fleet, Table of, [105]
• Ordnance, Description of, [279]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [433]
• Cadre, [433]
• Cruising stations, [433]
• Budgets, [434]
• Primers—English friction, [212]
• electric, [213]
• French percussion, [239]
• friction, [239]
• German friction, [267]
• United States percussion, [304]
• friction, [304]
• Projectiles—Distinguishing marks of English, [216]
• Woolwich, [208]
• Palliser, [209]
• Armstrong segment, [209]
• German”  , [265]
• Whitworth, [219]
• French, [237]
• German, [265]
• United States, [299]
• Hotchkiss, [306]
• Ratios of elements of iron-clad vessels, Table of, [390]
• Razkazoff depression gun-carriage, [279]
• Roanoke Island, Bombardment of, [141]
• Russian Fleet, Armored, Table of, [106]
• Description of, [108]
• General-service, Table of, [112]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [277]
• Description of, [279]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [426]
• Inscription, [426]
• Fleet divisions, [426]
• Budgets, [434]
• Scott’s gun-carriage, [200]
• nipping-gear, [202]
• Sights—English, [213]
• French, [239]
• German, [267]
• United States, [305]
• Simonoseki, Bombardment of, [145]
• Singer’s torpedo for harbor defence, [346]
• Slides—English upper-deck gun, [198]
• ordinary broadside, [199]
• heavy broadside, [200]
• turret, [205]
• French ordinary broadside, [232]
• heavy broadside, [231]
• barbette turret, [232], [360]
• centre pivot, [234]
• German broadside, [251]
• heavy pivot, [257]
• half” , [259]
• centre ” , [260]
• United States ordinary pivot, [295]
• heavy broadside, [296]
• turret, [298]
• Slide-rollers—French, [232]
• German, [255]
• Small-arms—Snider, [311]
• Tabatière, [311]
• Krnka, [312]
• Springfield, [312]
• Peabody-Martini, [313]
• Werndl, [313]
• Mauser, [314]
• Le Gras, [314]
• Berdan, [315]
• Hotchkiss magazine, [315]
• Remington, [315]
• Spanish Fleet, Armored, Table of, [116]
• Description of, [117]
• Unarmored, Table of, [118]
• Description of, [120]
• Ordnance, Description of, [280]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [427]
• Grades, [427]
• Cadre, [428]
• Inscription, [429]
• Cruising stations, [429]
• Budgets, [434]
• Sumter, Bombardment of, [151]
• Assault of, [160]
• Swedish Fleet, Armored, Table of, [99]
• Description of, [100]
• Unarmored, Table of, [101]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [273]
• Description of, [276]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [425]
• Enlistment, [425]
• Cadre, [426]
• Budgets, [434]
• Thorneycroft torpedo-boat, [339]
• Torpedoes—Whitehead, [325]
• Lay, [329]
• Harvey towing, [331]
• Menzing  ”  , [333]
• French towing, [333]
• American spar, [334]
• Wood and Lay’s spar, [335]
• Lewis’s drifting, [343]
• Frame, [345]
• Brooks’s channel, [345]
• Singer’s”  , [346]
• Barrel”  , [346]
• Clearing channels of, [350]
• Torpedo Boats—Thorneycroft, [339]
• Yarrow, [340]
• Herreshoff, [341]
• Submarine, [343]
• Launches, [342]
• Vessels—Pietro Micca, [94], [336]
• Rau, [102], [337]
• Vesuvius, [47], [337]
• Ziethen, [337]
• Uzreef, [337]
• Alarm, [130], [337]
• Intrepid, [129], [338]
• Destroyer, [338]
• Uhlan, [339]
• Fuses—Time, [347]
• McEvoy’s time, [347]
• Hill’s, [348]
• McEvoy’s percussion, [348]
• Friction, [348]
• Sulphuric-acid, [349]
• Harvey’s, [349]
• Electric, [349]
• Actions—Shah and Huascar, [351]
• Russian boats off Batoum, [351]
• Constantine and Turkish vessel, [352]
• Cushing’s attack on Albemarle, [352]
• Russian attack on Duba Saife, [352]
• at Sulina, [352]
• Rustchuk, [353]
• Soukum Kaleh, [353]
• Confederate attack on Minnesota, [353]
• Housatonic, [353]
• Training-gear—German windlass, [253]
• for cabin carriage, [254]
• heavy slides, [256]
• English windlass, [200]
• rack and pinion, [200]
• French rack and pinion, [231]
• barbette slide, [232]
• centre pivot, [234]
• United States rack and pinion, [296]
• Turkish Fleet, Armored, Table of, [121]
• Description of, [123]
• Unarmored, Table of, [125]
• Ordnance, Description of, [280]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [429]
• Inscription, [429]
• Cadre, [429]
• Budget, [434]
• Turret—United States monitor, [357]
• English revolving, [358]
• French”, [359]
• barbette, [360]
• Carriages: French, [232]
• English, [203]
• German, [263]
• United States, [298]
• Uchatius gun-construction, [180]
• United States Fleet, Armored, Table of, [128]
• Description of, [129]
• Unarmored, Table of, [131]
• Description of, [134]
• Ordnance, Table of measurements of, [281]
• Description of, [283]
• Types and calibres of, [318]
• Conditions affecting architectural development, [362]
• Ratios of elements of monitor Onondaga, [391]
• Monitor turret, [357]
• Personnel—Departmental organization, [430]
• Dock-yards, [430]
• Grades and assimilated rank, [431]
• Cadre, [432]
• Enlistment, [432]
• Cruising station, [432]
• Budgets, [434]
• Spar-torpedo, [334]
• Vavasseur construction, [219]
• compressor, [220]
• nipping-gear, [220]
• Vents—French, [227]
• Armstrong B. L., [193]
• German, [248]
• United States, [287]
• Vent-guards, French, [240]
• Vicksburg, Dash of the Arkansas past Farragut’s fleet, [166]
• Wads—English papier maché, [210]
• French sea-weed, [238]
• Warrior, Construction of iron hull of, [381]
• Weehawken and Atlanta, duel, [171]
• Whitehead torpedo, [325]
• Whitworth gun-construction, [218]
• groove, [219]
• projectiles, [219]
• breech mechanism, [218]
• Windlass for in and out gear—English, [200]
• German, [253]
• Wood scale, English, [213], [216]
• Woolwich—Description of guns, [186]
• Measurements of guns, [182]
• Groove, [187]
• Projectiles, [208]
• Yarrow torpedo-boat, [340]

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