The Quarterly Review, Volume 254William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1930 |
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... ship should carry guns of greater calibre than 6 - inch . Such a type , he argues , would be well able to tackle the most powerfully armed merchant ship , and this should be the deciding standard . But this ignores many practical ...
... ship should carry guns of greater calibre than 6 - inch . Such a type , he argues , would be well able to tackle the most powerfully armed merchant ship , and this should be the deciding standard . But this ignores many practical ...
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... ship . But always the great ship adapted herself to each new means of attack : the shell she countered by armour ; the ram by increased mobility and gun power , and also by equipping herself with a still more modern weapon , the torpedo ...
... ship . But always the great ship adapted herself to each new means of attack : the shell she countered by armour ; the ram by increased mobility and gun power , and also by equipping herself with a still more modern weapon , the torpedo ...
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... ship of reduced tonnage . Here are some fundamental facts which may give those who favour the very much smaller ship food for thought : ( 1 ) The smaller the ship the less the target , but the more vulnerable she is to the torpedo , the ...
... ship of reduced tonnage . Here are some fundamental facts which may give those who favour the very much smaller ship food for thought : ( 1 ) The smaller the ship the less the target , but the more vulnerable she is to the torpedo , the ...
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