THE VICTORIA AND THE VICTORY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7389, 7 June 1887, Page 3

THE VICTORIA AND THE VICTORY.

Bib W. Gr. Armstbong, at tbe launching of j the Victory, said —"ln an sesthetio point of view it mast be confessed oar ships have sadly deteriorated. No more beautiful object could be seen thau a great man-of-war of the old type under a press of Bail. Poets and painters have delighted in depicting it; bat tbe engineer appreciates pqwer more tfaan beauty, and while a Raskin would stigmatise a new warship as a 'devil,' the engineer regards it as a qplendid triumph of mechanical skill. For the purpose of comparison between ships of the old sort and tbe new I can take no more fitting examples than the Victory and the Victoria, bo like ia name and yet so different in all things else. The Victory, I need scarcely say, was the famous battle-ship ia which Nelson fonght -and died. She was one of tbe largest ships of her Jay, bat her displacement or total weight, with everything on board, was only 3,500 tons, while the displacement of the Victoria will be 10,500 tons. The , Victory, in accordance with the aeage of the time, wub bailt of oak ; the Victoria, in accordance with present practice, is built of iron. The Victory was propelled l-)( Jby wind, over which man has no control ; the Victoria will be propelled by steam, over which man has a perfect maßtery. gillie Victory bad Ihe character of being an extraordinary quick sailer, and when the wird in its vagaries happened to be exceptionally propitious she could attain a speed of nearly thirteen knots an hour. Tbe Victoria, propelled by engines of more than 12,000 horse-power, may be expected to achieve about fourteen knots an hour, and v/jl] be independent of the'wind. In reg?:d to armament, the comparison in favor of tho Victoria \~ outstanding, and ought to open tho eyee of those who are in t) o habit of disparaging the progress ol artillery in this country. " Tho armament of the Victory as uiie fouft'.t at Trafalgar coDfiated of thirty ' 32 pounders, thirty 24-ponnders, torty 12pounders, and two 68-pounder carronades, leaking in all 102 guns. The heaviest of thise guns was under three tons,wbile tho heaviest on board the Victoria is 110 tone. Tue lurgest charge of powder used in the Victory was 81b ; while the largest charge to be used in tho Victoria will be 9001 b. The heaviest shot nsed ia the Victory was 6Slb ; while in the Victoria it will bo I,Boolb. The weight ot metal discharged fro.n the broadside of the Victory wan 1,1501 b, against 4,7501 b from that of tho But the power of tho broadeido discharge from each ship 'is better indicated by tho quantity of powder expended tbnn by the weight of metal discharged, for while the broadside firo from tho Victory consumed only 3251 b, that from tbif VMorjo. nil] gpni?u.mo SOOOIb, In

point of range, accuracy, penetrating power, and shell power the difference is so greatly in favor of tbe Victoria that a comparison would be ridiculous.) " The Victoria's armament consist of two 110-ton guns mounted in a revolving turret, and firing ahead or on either side; one 30-ton gun firing astern or on either side; twelve 5-ton guns, twelve sixpounder quick-firing guns, and nine threepounder quick-firing guns and a considerable nurobor of machine guns for smaller ammunition. Besides her artillery armament tho Victoria has a powerful ram, and she carries eight torpedo dischargers, four above and four below water. In the fighting days of the Victory ramming was little practised, and torpedoes were wholly unknow. ThorePore in these respects no comparison can be drawn. "There is another point of view in which the Victoria compares in a highly favorable degree with the Victory, and that is in the saiallness of the number of officers and men required to ' handle the ship. The complement of officers and men on board the Victory was 850, while on board the Victoria it ; will only be 550, of whom 110 will bo.engineers and stokers, leaving only 440 officers and men in a combatant oapacity. Thus, although the Victoria is three times as big as the Victory, and prodigiously superior ia offensive power, there will only be half the number of men exposed to death and wounds in the working of her armament. This result is chiefly due to the mechauical appliances which in recent years have been introduced for working the guns." "Kozjgh on Corns."— -Ask for Wells' " Rough on Corns." Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Cornß, warts, bunions. At chemists and druggists. — 3 " Rough on Itch." — " Rough on Itch," cures skin humors, eruptions, rinse worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains, itch,, ivy poison barber 1 , itch. . 3—3 — Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Coughs, Influenza.— -The soothing proper- 1 ties of these medicaments render them well worthy of. trial in all diseases of tho respiratory organs. In common colds and influenza the Pills, taken internally, and the Ointment rubbed over the chest and throat, are exceedingly efficacious. When influenza is epidemic, this treatment is the easiest, safest and surest. Holloway's Pills purify the blood, remove all obstacles to its free circulation through the lungs, relieve the engorged air tubes, and reader respiration free, without reducing the strength, irritating the nerves, or depressing the spirits ; such are the ready means of escaping from suffering when affl'cted with colds, coughs, bronchitis, and other chest complaints, by which the health of so many is seriously and permanently injured in most countries. 2 The worst forms of Fever ; Prickly Heat, Smallpox, and Measles rapidly cured by Lamplough's Pybetio Salinb. "It saved my lite, for the fever had obtained a strong hold ou me." — C. Fitzgerald, Correspondent of MancJiester Guardian, in Albania. Abundant medical testimony enclosed with each bottle. It is the cure fur Cholera and preventive of most diseases incident to Tropical and , Colonial life. It allays thirßt in a remarkable manner and cools ai>d vitalises the blood. J. S. Purdy, Esq., writes :— " I would rather go short of anything than this never-failing traveller's friend. a 482 Skill in the Workshop. — To do good work the mechanic must have good healthj If long hours of confinement in close rooms have enfeebled his hand or dimmed his sight, let him at once, and before some o.'ganio trouble appeals take plenty of Dr. Soule's Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuvenated, his nerves strengthened, his Bight become clear, and the wtole constitution be built up to a higher working condition. Read Strange Insubordination. — Who has not experienced a sort of malady when all tbe faculties seem in rebellion, and labor is absolptelv impossible ? It is a condition o* ner\ es and Rtomaoh and braiu that can only be cured by the use of that irresistible remedy, American Co's Hop Bitters. Read jell THE BABBIT QUESTION SOLVED. l [ Rough on Rats" to the rescue 1 This article, which may be had of Chemists, n wood boxes three sizes, cleans ut iabbits, Moles, Skunks, Sparrows, Weauel, Mink, Gophers, Chipmunk, Grouul Squirrels, Rats, Mice, Roaches, Flies, Ants Beetles, Waterbugs, Bed-bugs, Moth, Pot -toe Buss, lnsec.s.

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