Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . Pomone wasfitted with propellers. In 1843, also, the English Penelope was the first man-of-war to be equipped with tubular boilers, and the year 1845 was notable forthe building of the ill-fated Birkenhead, the first iron vessel of the British i THE CENTURYS NAVAL PROGRESS 67 fleet. In 1850, when
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . Pomone wasfitted with propellers. In 1843, also, the English Penelope was the first man-of-war to be equipped with tubular boilers, and the year 1845 was notable forthe building of the ill-fated Birkenhead, the first iron vessel of the British i THE CENTURYS NAVAL PROGRESS 67 fleet. In 1850, when the French constructed the screw line-of-battle shipNapoleon, the English became alarmed, and began with vigor the renovationof their navy with regard to screw propulsion. France, in 1854, laid the keels of four armored batteries, three of which,forming the first ironclad squadron in history, went into action a year laterunder the forts of Kinburn in the Crimea. They were of 1600 tons displace-ment, carried 4^ inch armor and sixteen 68-pdr. guns, and had a speed offour knots. In 18(32, Ericsson launched the famous Monitor, the first sea-going ironclad with a revolving turret, and an engineers ship ? from keelto turret top. The Civil War found us with a sailing navy, and left us one of THE TTOBINIA. Passing over its victories, in which steamers played always the chief part onsea and river, we come to that most notable triumph of Chief Engineer Isher-wood, the cruiser Wampanoag of 4200 tons displacement. This vessel,phenomenal in her day, steamed in February, 1868, from Barnegat to Savan-nah, over a stormy sea, in 38 hours. Her average was knots for the run,and 17 knots during a period of six consecutive hours — a speed which for 11years thereafter was unapproached by liner or by warship. In 1879, the Britishdespatch vessel Mercury, of 3730 tons and knots, wrested the palm fromAmerica; but, in 1893, it was won again for the United States by the triple-screw
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