Notes: | Gun 6 inches, B.L. projectiles 3 Holtzer forged steel 100lbs. and 2 Palliser chilled cast iron, 98lbs. Velocity 1976 f.s., energy, 2723 f.t.
These were the first nickel steel armour plates tested in Great Britain.
Image from Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield, England c. 1900 (Sheffield Local Studies Library 338.4 SF) |