EXERCISE OF PIVOT-GUNS.
XI-INCH SHELL-GUN
(As an example.)
242. Arranged to traverse on circles fitted with Bossed Sockets for pivoting, and with clevis-bolts and sockets for housing.
Equipments and Implements.
| Articles for each Gun. | Where they are to be put when the Gun is Secured. | |
| Carriage and slide complete, with elevating screw and pivot-bolts | In place. | |
| Two front roller levers Two rear roller levers Two levers for training and shifting trucks | } } } | Becketed to brackets. |
| Two in-tackles | Hooked in place. | |
| Two out-tackles | Hooked in place. | |
| Two shifting-tackles | Made up on slide. | |
| Two training-tackles | Made up on slide. | |
| Breeching | In place. | |
| Preventer | In place. | |
| Lashings for securing gun | In place. | |
| Tompion, with wad and lanyard | In place. | |
| Sponge and cap Rammer | } } | Becketed to beams between decks, or inside the brackets. |
| A pot of oil or prepared grease for rifle cannon | Breast of carriage. | |
| Lock, with string | In place. | |
| Vent-plug | In place. | |
| Lock-cover and strap | In place on gun. | |
| Breech-sight and cover | In place on gun. | |
| Reinforce-sight and cover | In place on gun. | |
| Trunnion-sight | In box between decks. | |
| Priming-wires Boring-bits | } } | Inside brackets |
| Water-buckets and large swab | Hold, until wanted. | |
| Hand-swabs | Breast of carriage. | |
| Selvagee-wads | Breast of carriage. | |
| Battle-axes, as allowed ([Art. 101]) | On breast-transom. | |
| Two transporting axles and trucks | In storeroom, at hand. | |
| One shell in box | On slide. | |
| Shell-bearer | On slide. | |
| Rail transom-chocks [1] | Under rails. | |
[1] These should always be kept under the centre transom when the carriage is not in use; also in firing at high angles of elevation to relieve the rails of the shock.
STATIONS AND GUN-NUMBERS.
243. The following are to be the gun-numbers and stations for a gun's crew of twenty-five, including the Powderman, the XI-inch shell-gun being taken as an example:
| Left Side. | Gun-Nos. | Right Side. | |
| First Loader. | 3 | 4 | First Sponger. |
| Second Loader. | 5 | 6 | Second Sponger. |
| First Shellman. | 7 | 8 | Second Shellman. |
| First Front-Leverman. | 9 | 10 | Second Front-Leverman. |
| First Compressman. | 13 | 14 | Second Compressman. |
| First Rear-Leverman. | 11 | 12 | Second Rear-Leverman. |
| Tacklemen. | { 17 { 19 { 21 { 23 | 18 } 20 } 22 } 24 } | Tacklemen. |
| First Train-Leverman. | 15 | 16 | Second Train-Leverman. |
| First Captain. | 1 | 2 | Second Captain. |
| Powderman. | 25 | ||