. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . Cronstadt. the splendid fleet of forty-four ships-of-war (eightor ten other vessels being employed on specialservice in different spots) was moored in fourlines; all the men were kept in practice; andwhen, on a signal being given from the flag-ship, Man and arm boats was denoted, 180 boats,all fully manned and equipped, would in a fewminutes speckle the sea, in readiness for anyenterprise. It was by these means that Napierdrilled and educated many raw sailors, with whom,in the first instance, he was litt
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . Cronstadt. the splendid fleet of forty-four ships-of-war (eightor ten other vessels being employed on specialservice in different spots) was moored in fourlines; all the men were kept in practice; andwhen, on a signal being given from the flag-ship, Man and arm boats was denoted, 180 boats,all fully manned and equipped, would in a fewminutes speckle the sea, in readiness for anyenterprise. It was by these means that Napierdrilled and educated many raw sailors, with whom,in the first instance, he was little content. Theboat-practice was especially attended to. All theships boats—pinnaces, barges, cutters, launches,and gigs—were marshalled into three squadrons ofthree divisions each ; each division comprising acertain number of boats, half of which were armedwith howitzers. The whole boat-flotilla was placedunder the command of a senior officer ; while eachsquadron and each division was headed by an officerbelonging respectively to that squadron or divisionof ships. It was, indeed,
Size: 2422px × 1031px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, bookpublisheredinb, bookyear1856
