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New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1742, 15 November 1862, Page 5

A New Armour-Plated Ship.—The model of the fixed cupola and armour-plated ship, invented by Mr. Turner, master shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard, has been inspected and approved by numbers of the leading private firms. A few days ago, some ol the most eminent shipbuilders of Liverpool, waited on Mr. Turner with a desire of negotiating permission to adopt this principle in ships which they were about to construct for the purposes of the American war. The single cupola to be fitted on the deck of Mr. Turner’s new ship will require no turntable or other machinery, and will contain 20 guns capable of being fired at any required point or deflection, with sufficient space for the free circulation of the gunners. It is 230 feet in length, 10 feet in depth, and 50 feet in breadth. The armour-proof plates will be applied by a patent invention of Mr. Turner’s, requiring neither grooves nor tongues, and will be removable singly in case of fracture or damage, and also easily replaced. The Board of Admiralty, who inspected the model on their visit to the dockyard a few days ago, have called on Mr. Turner to furnish specifications of his method for their consideration. His Koval Highness Prince Adalbert, Admiral of the Pm.-sianjfleet, has also ordered draughts of the model to be transmitted to him for the service of his own country. The ship to bo built after Mr. Turner’s design will carry 8700 displacement burden, and will be a most formidable ram, having a powerful weapon of eight feet in length projecting three feet under the water line. Precautions are adopted to have her rudder, stern-post, and propeller thoroughly immersed, and, consequently, out of the reach of damage from without