. American engineer and railroad journal . of the action as fought. Rudders were not damaged, although, in afew instances, the connections between the rud-der and the bridge were Impaired. Woodwork, either in the form of boats, bulkheads,or decks, was disastrous from the entailed con-flagrations and splinters. Surplus ammunition above the hoist- is aterrible element of danger. Extreme speed is not a constant requisite ina licet action, but the power of moving rapidlyfor a special manoeuvre is of supreme value. Her Majestys Steamship Majestic.—The Portsmouth correspondent of The Timeshas recent
. American engineer and railroad journal . of the action as fought. Rudders were not damaged, although, in afew instances, the connections between the rud-der and the bridge were Impaired. Woodwork, either in the form of boats, bulkheads,or decks, was disastrous from the entailed con-flagrations and splinters. Surplus ammunition above the hoist- is aterrible element of danger. Extreme speed is not a constant requisite ina licet action, but the power of moving rapidlyfor a special manoeuvre is of supreme value. Her Majestys Steamship Majestic.—The Portsmouth correspondent of The Timeshas recently given the following account of thisship, which was recently floated out of its dockat Portsmouth : Not many years ago an ar-mor-clad took four years to build, and she be-came, in some instances, partially obsolete be-fore she left the stocks. Now the whole systemhas been changed. It was confidently thoughtat the time that the progress of the could not be surpassed. Sixteenmonths only elapsed between the laying down. CYLINDER FOR CLASS P LOCOMOTIVE, PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. in naval action under modern circumstances. The followingdeductions seem to be fairly substantiated : Contrary to prophecy, large guns were not disabledthrough being dented or perforated by small projectiles propelled at high velocity. The unarmored ends of the two Chinese battleships re-mained intact after Yalu, and the vessels came out of action ina seaworthy condition as far as the structure of the hulls wasconcerned. Torpedoes were ineffective in an open sea action. Well-handled torpedo-boats, although losing some of their numbers,were effective against a fleet debarred from manoeuvring. Japanese torpedo-boats were fired on, and driven fromtheir objective by friendly warships, during an early and abor-tive attempt to enter the harbor of Wei-hai-wei. of the keel plate and the launch, and the work remain-ing to be completed, which naval experts stated could not becarried out in less th
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