New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volumen117Henry Colburn, 1859 |
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... English had been as great , if not greater , than that of the French in their naval_armament , add the gun - boats to the general total ! The Saturday Review remarked , some time back , amusingly enough , upon this point : " The French ...
... English had been as great , if not greater , than that of the French in their naval_armament , add the gun - boats to the general total ! The Saturday Review remarked , some time back , amusingly enough , upon this point : " The French ...
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... English and French ships of the same rates - more especially frigates - the available resources for manning the ships , and the efficiency of the seamen , present points of contrast which sometimes tell in favour of one country and then ...
... English and French ships of the same rates - more especially frigates - the available resources for manning the ships , and the efficiency of the seamen , present points of contrast which sometimes tell in favour of one country and then ...
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... English 80 - gun screw- ships . " It is to be remarked that , costly as it was in olden times for rival nations to uphold hostile fleets , it has become still more so since the introduction of steam . The prime cost , for example , of a ...
... English 80 - gun screw- ships . " It is to be remarked that , costly as it was in olden times for rival nations to uphold hostile fleets , it has become still more so since the introduction of steam . The prime cost , for example , of a ...
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... ENGLISH , No. Guns . Horse Power . Ships of the line afloat ( screw ) Ditto building 33 3089 • 17,550 17 1646 11,500 Frigates : Afloat 28 993 • 15,090 Building 6 256 3,600 Total 84 5974 47,740 FRENCH . No. Guns . Horse Power . Ships of ...
... ENGLISH , No. Guns . Horse Power . Ships of the line afloat ( screw ) Ditto building 33 3089 • 17,550 17 1646 11,500 Frigates : Afloat 28 993 • 15,090 Building 6 256 3,600 Total 84 5974 47,740 FRENCH . No. Guns . Horse Power . Ships of ...
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... English ships of the line , carrying collectively 720 guns and engines of 3600 horse power , are only 80 - gun converted ships , and certainly inferior to the French ships of the same class . But then England has 15 ships of 100 guns ...
... English ships of the line , carrying collectively 720 guns and engines of 3600 horse power , are only 80 - gun converted ships , and certainly inferior to the French ships of the same class . But then England has 15 ships of 100 guns ...
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