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Somerset, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.19
The Merrimac and Monitor. [Speech of the Duke of Somerset, first Lord of the Admiralty, in the British Parliament on the battle between the Merrimac and Monitor. From the Delta of May 15, 1862.] The great naval set — to in Hampton Roads has set all Europe in motion. The navies of that portion of the globe are all demonstrated to be no better than old lumber. The British Parliament, in both branches, has had the question up, and the following speech from the Duke of Somerset, first lord of the Admiralty on the subject, will be found interesting and instructive. The duke said, in reply to inquiries in the House of Lords, that— He was much oblighad been attributed to him, stated that she was quite a new vessel, and that he had built her partly as an admonition to the British government. He (the Duke of Somerset) was obliged to the people of America for their admonition, and still more obliged to them for their experiments. If they would only make a few more of these ex
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 1.19
of a rifled gun, and amounted to seventeen hundred feet per second. Now his belief was, that those American vessels would not have withstood such a shock as that, and in all probability, before the lapse of two years, much larger guns would be constructed and we should have to come back to smoothbore guns for firing at near objects. We should require three classes of vessels. There must be fast sailing ships as well as heavily armed vessels. It was said recently, when a force was sent to Canada, Why do you not convoy the ships? Why, that was like saying, Why do you not set a pony to catch a race-horse. Our heavy ships could not possibly catch up with the fleet merchantmen of the present day. It was absolutely necessary, therefore, that we should have vessels that could cruise at sea. With regard to wooden ships, he thought we ought to hold out our hand. No new line-of-battle ship of wood had been laid down since he had been in office. With regard to the vessels on Captain Cole
Portsmouth (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.19
to catch a race-horse. Our heavy ships could not possibly catch up with the fleet merchantmen of the present day. It was absolutely necessary, therefore, that we should have vessels that could cruise at sea. With regard to wooden ships, he thought we ought to hold out our hand. No new line-of-battle ship of wood had been laid down since he had been in office. With regard to the vessels on Captain Coles' plan, he believed if we had many of those vessels it would make the approach to Portsmouth harbor almost impossible. Considering, however, that forts could carry any sized guns, we ought not hastily to give up the forts. [Hear, hear.] With reference to the action between the Merrimac and the Monitor, he might say that it was anything but conclusive, because the Monitor was so low in the water that the guns of the Merrimac could not be brought to bear on her opponent. He had now, to the best of his ability, stated what the views of the Admiralty were on the subject which the nobl
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.19
The Merrimac and Monitor. [Speech of the Duke of Somerset, first Lord of the Admiralty, in the British Parliament on the battle between the Merrimac and Monitor. From the Delta of May 15, 1862.] The great naval set — to in Hampton Roads has set all Europe in motion. The navies of that portion of the globe are all demonstrated to be no better than old lumber. The British Parliament, in both branches, has had the question up, and the following speech from the Duke of Somerset, first lord of the Admiralty on the subject, will be found interesting and instructive. The duke said, in reply to inquiries in the House of Lords, that— He was much obliged to the noble earl for having brought this subject before the House. In the summer of 1859, the Legislature was very anxious to have the navy increased, and to augment the number of line-of-battle ships. Such was the state of things when he came into office, when he found the programme of the former government included two iron-c
John Ericsson (search for this): chapter 1.19
s, and it had run down a sailing vessel that was at anchor. But he did not think that fact was conclusive. He believed that many of our wooden ships would have done the same thing, and it would necessarily not be so easy to run down a steamer, as such a vessel would be much better able to avoid the collision. It appeared, too, that the Merrimac had been injured in that operation. He would next proceed to notice the other vessel, the Monitor. That was a vessel of a very curious form. Mr. Ericsson, if he was the author of a communication which had been attributed to him, stated that she was quite a new vessel, and that he had built her partly as an admonition to the British government. He (the Duke of Somerset) was obliged to the people of America for their admonition, and still more obliged to them for their experiments. If they would only make a few more of these experiments they would save the naval authorities in this country a good deal of trouble in firing at their target a
Dahlgren (search for this): chapter 1.19
ar being lost; that the waves broke over and extinguished her fires, and that but for a steamer which was employed to tow her, she must have gone down; and further, that her crew narrowly escaped suffocation during the fight; that living in such a vessel was a sort of Calcutta Blackhole existence, and that the eyes and nose of nearly every man at the guns literally shed blood. Another important question was the nature of the armament which these vessels carried. All the American guns were Dahlgren, or shell guns, and every one knew that shells were wholly ineffective against iron plates. The force, too, with which a projectile struck depended on its velocity, and it appeared that the velocity of the shells fired from the Dahlgren, which was a rifled gun, was only nine hundred feet per second, while our 68-pounders gave a velocity of fifteen hundred feet per second. The velocity of a projectile from a smooth-bore gun, at a distance of only two hundred yards, was much greater than th
Merrimac (search for this): chapter 1.19
e of Somerset, first Lord of the Admiralty, in the British Parliament on the battle between the Merrimac and Monitor. From the Delta of May 15, 1862.] The great naval set — to in Hampton Roads has ot be found so secure. They were told that an iron ship could run down its opponent. Now, the Merrimac was a vessel of three thousand tons, and it had run down a sailing vessel that was at anchor. as such a vessel would be much better able to avoid the collision. It appeared, too, that the Merrimac had been injured in that operation. He would next proceed to notice the other vessel, the Moniought not hastily to give up the forts. [Hear, hear.] With reference to the action between the Merrimac and the Monitor, he might say that it was anything but conclusive, because the Monitor was so low in the water that the guns of the Merrimac could not be brought to bear on her opponent. He had now, to the best of his ability, stated what the views of the Admiralty were on the subject which th
Coles (search for this): chapter 1.19
o Canada, Why do you not convoy the ships? Why, that was like saying, Why do you not set a pony to catch a race-horse. Our heavy ships could not possibly catch up with the fleet merchantmen of the present day. It was absolutely necessary, therefore, that we should have vessels that could cruise at sea. With regard to wooden ships, he thought we ought to hold out our hand. No new line-of-battle ship of wood had been laid down since he had been in office. With regard to the vessels on Captain Coles' plan, he believed if we had many of those vessels it would make the approach to Portsmouth harbor almost impossible. Considering, however, that forts could carry any sized guns, we ought not hastily to give up the forts. [Hear, hear.] With reference to the action between the Merrimac and the Monitor, he might say that it was anything but conclusive, because the Monitor was so low in the water that the guns of the Merrimac could not be brought to bear on her opponent. He had now, to t
Cole (search for this): chapter 1.19
That made ten vessels built and building, five of which would be afloat and effective in the course of the present year. He had also, in the course of last year, ordered five ships to be cut down to carry thirty-two guns each, protected all round. These vessels would be four thousand horse-power, five of them would be completed this year, giving ten iron ships completed this year. Still he did not think our ports were sufficiently defended, and therefore he ordered a cupola-vessel on Captain Cole's plan. The experiments that were made in that case had been attended with the most satisfactory results. It was, first of all, found that the firing was much more rapid from the cupola than from the ordinary ship; and it was afterwards ascertained that the cupola has an extraordinary power of resisting any fire directed against it. The test to which it had been subjected was such as hardly any vessel would have to undergo in an action. There had first been fired at it eight or ten 40-
1859 AD (search for this): chapter 1.19
l Europe in motion. The navies of that portion of the globe are all demonstrated to be no better than old lumber. The British Parliament, in both branches, has had the question up, and the following speech from the Duke of Somerset, first lord of the Admiralty on the subject, will be found interesting and instructive. The duke said, in reply to inquiries in the House of Lords, that— He was much obliged to the noble earl for having brought this subject before the House. In the summer of 1859, the Legislature was very anxious to have the navy increased, and to augment the number of line-of-battle ships. Such was the state of things when he came into office, when he found the programme of the former government included two iron-cased ships. So far from his not following that programme, he had found it necessary to increase the number of iron-cased ships from two to six. The first that was constructed was the Warrior, and then the Black Prince. He was not quite satisfied with tho
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