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Denmark (Denmark) (search for this): article 13
The Danish iron-clads under fire. --The European papers contain an account of the repulse of the Danish turreted iron clad Rolt Krake by the Prussian land batteries at Eckernforde on the 17th of February. She was built at Glasgow, in Scotland, she is covered with four and a half inch iron plates, is of twelve hundred tons burthen, draws sixteen few water, and has two turrets or edpolas, carrying four sixty-eight pounder guns. Apertures at the top of the towers admit light and air; mechanin all directions. One, which burst directly over the tower in which I was stationed, sent in a snower of pieces, which set fire to two mattresses, damaged my frontispiece, grazed my leg, smashed my telescope, and penetrated a coat lying by my side in half a dozen places I am still deaf of one ear from the dia — otherwise not much hurt. One man in each tower was also slightly wounded, and, curiously enough, each in the left check." The Danish batteries are armed with French rifled guns.
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The Danish iron-clads under fire. --The European papers contain an account of the repulse of the Danish turreted iron clad Rolt Krake by the Prussian land batteries at Eckernforde on the 17th of February. She was built at Glasgow, in Scotland, she is covered with four and a half inch iron plates, is of twelve hundred tons burthen, draws sixteen few water, and has two turrets or edpolas, carrying four sixty-eight pounder guns. Apertures at the top of the towers admit light and air; mechanical arrangements allow of the ship being lowered until her deck is only a few inches above the surface. An officer who was on board during the action says: We passed Holneas without replying to the fire of the battery stationed there, and took up the position which had been designated. Here we anchored, with our broadside towards two fixed batteries and one movable field battery, which opened upon us a murderous fire with round shot, conical shell, and shrapnel. A tongue of land prevent
February 17th (search for this): article 13
The Danish iron-clads under fire. --The European papers contain an account of the repulse of the Danish turreted iron clad Rolt Krake by the Prussian land batteries at Eckernforde on the 17th of February. She was built at Glasgow, in Scotland, she is covered with four and a half inch iron plates, is of twelve hundred tons burthen, draws sixteen few water, and has two turrets or edpolas, carrying four sixty-eight pounder guns. Apertures at the top of the towers admit light and air; mechanical arrangements allow of the ship being lowered until her deck is only a few inches above the surface. An officer who was on board during the action says: We passed Holneas without replying to the fire of the battery stationed there, and took up the position which had been designated. Here we anchored, with our broadside towards two fixed batteries and one movable field battery, which opened upon us a murderous fire with round shot, conical shell, and shrapnel. A tongue of land preven