A Chat About the Navy (Classic Reprint)
Author: W. J. Gordon
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-02-04
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780267769476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from A Chat About the Navy Portsmouth with her proper spars, which are now replaced by those of a frigate. 62. Boat Exercise, Sailing. 63. H.m.s. Terror nipped in Fox's Channel during Back's Expedition in 1836. 64. Gunboats of the so-called flat-iron class. 65. H.m.s. Enterprise at noon in midwinter of? Point Leopold, during Sir James Ross's expedition in 1849. 66. The Tobacco hists. 67. H.m.s. Alert leaving Portsmouth on the Nares expedition of 1875. 68. Naval Brigade in square with 5-barre1 Nordenfelt in the angle. 69. H. M.s. Bulldog at the bombard ment of Bomarsund, August 15, 1854. Sir Charles Napier has the telescope under his arm. 70. A Battleship's Mast, fitted with military top, crow's nest, and semaphores. 71. Field-gun Drill. 72. Musketry Exercise. 73. The Log Ship. 74. H.m.s. Victoria, First-class Battleship, 15 heavy guns, 21 quick-firing guns, 8 others, tons displacement, horse power, 588 officers and men (she is firing one of her 111-ton Guns). 75. The Search Light. 76. Disabling Field Gun. 77. N elson's Monument, Trafalgar Square. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.