The Navy, Its Past and Present State: In a Series of LettersJohn & Daniel A. Darling, 1851 - 259 Seiten |
Inhalt
| 21 | |
| 41 | |
| 44 | |
| 55 | |
| 75 | |
| 77 | |
| 105 | |
| 117 | |
| 152 | |
| 158 | |
| 159 | |
| 168 | |
| 172 | |
| 180 | |
| 203 | |
| 213 | |
| 118 | |
| 119 | |
| 120 | |
| 128 | |
| 129 | |
| 147 | |
| 214 | |
| 215 | |
| 249 | |
| 255 | |
| 259 | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Navy, Its Past and Present State: In a Series of Letters Charles Napier Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
The Navy, Its Past and Present State: In a Series of Letters Charles Napier Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allowed Army attention believe Beta Board of Admiralty boilers brigs broadside guns building built Captain carry civilian coals command commission corvettes discipline dockyards doubt duty enemy engines expense flag fleet forward four France French frigates give Government House of Commons improved iron Justice late letter Lieutenants line-of-battle line-of-battle ships Lord Auckland Lord High Admiral Lord John Russell Lordship Lordship's obedient servant main deck man-of-war marines ment Merchistoun Midshipmen Minister naval officer Navy Board necessary never obliged Odin opinion paddle paddle steamers Parliament patronage peace pension ports POST CAPTAIN present promotion proposed Rear-Admiral retired list Robert Seppings sail screw seamen Secretary served Sidon Sir Charles Napier Sir Francis Baring Sir George Somerset House squadron steam navy steam vessels steamers stern superintend superior suppose Surveyor three-deckers tons twenty two-decked useless Victualling young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 105 - It will in the end be found to be the cheapest and most effectual, and now is the time, in a season of peace and with an overflowing revenue, that we can year after year add to its strength without increasing the burdens of the people. It is your true policy...
Seite 105 - ... season of peace, and with an overflowing revenue, that we can, year after year, add to its strength without increasing the burdens of the people. It is your true policy ; for your navy will not only protect your rich and flourishing commerce in distant seas, but will enable you to reach and annoy the...
Seite 105 - But no nation, however desirous of peace, can hope to escape occasional collisions with other powers ; and the soundest dictates of policy require that we should place ourselves in a condition to assert our rights, if a resort to force should ever become necessary. Our local situation, our long line of sea-coast, indented by numerous bays, with deep rivers opening into the interior, as well as...
Seite 14 - Then, oh ! protect the hardy tar, Be mindful of his merit, And when again you're plunged in war, He'll show his daring spirit.
Seite 43 - A steam-vessel of war ought neither to be so fine as a sailing-vessel, nor, on the other hand, have the capacity of an Indiaman; in the first case she would not stow a sufficient quantity of fuel, and would draw too much water for most purposes — in the latter case she would not go with sufficient rapidity. Her floor should not be quite flat, but nearly so ; its length should occupy half the vessel, the form of the bow and run should occupy the other half ; the dimensions of the vessels building...
Seite 166 - I consider steamers of every description in the greatest peril when it is necessary to use broadside guns in close action; not alone from their liability to be disabled from shot striking their steam-chest, steam-pipe, machinery, etc., but great probability of explosion owing to sparks from funnel.
Seite 105 - ... armed we need not fear that any nation will wantonly insult us or needlessly provoke hostilities. We shall more certainly preserve peace when it is well understood that we are prepared for war.
Seite 42 - Chatham are in the same predicament. A steam vessel of war ought neither to be so fine as a sailing vessel, nor, on the other hand, have the capacity of an Indiaman ; in the first case, she would not stow a sufficient quantity of fuel, and would draw too much water for most purposes — in the latter case, she would not g;o with sufficient rapidity. Her floor should not be quite flat, but nearly so; its length should occupy half the vessel, the form of the bow and run should occupy the other half;...
Seite 4 - It is beyond a doubt that, at the conclusion of the war, more than a half of our ships of the line were in such bad order, and so infamously manned, as to render them unequal to contend with a disciplined enemy ; they would have beat a French or a Spanish ship, who were worse than themselves ; but I will stake my existence, had an American line of battle ship fallen in with one half of them they would have been taken.
Seite 51 - ... that protection a steam boat is entirely useless in war. The wheels must of course be exposed, but if the naves, which are at present of cast, were made of wrought iron, and the arms of the wheels connected with plates, it would require many shot to disable them. The main shaft would then be the only vulnerable part, and if the guards which support it are considerably rounded, or, indeed, made like a cuirass and covered with plate iron, they would glance off any shot. With these precautions wheels...