Launch of the British "Minotaur"

HARPER'S WEEKLY.

[JANUARY 30, 1864.

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(Previous Page) water or emptied." We believe M. Olivier has sold our French friend, and think that if our fleet has nothing to contend with more formidable than the invention of Mr. Anstilt it will not suffer much damage.

THE MOONLIGHT LONG AGO.

You love me well, I know, wife,

In spite of frown and toss;

In the moonlight long ago, wife,

You didn't look so cross.

In your little scarlet cloak, dear,

You tripped along the moss,

And all at once I spoke, dear,

Though sadly at a loss.

You hung your pretty head then,

And answered very low;

I scarce knew what you said then,

But I knew it wasn't "no."

My joy I couldn't speak, love,

But a hundred times or so

I kissed a velvet cheek, love,

In the moonlight long ago.

ARMSTRONG'S 600-POUNDER.

THE latest reports from England bring us an account of a new gun, of extraordinary dimensions, weighing no less than 22 1/2 tons. This enormous bit of artillery has been built by Sir William Armstrong, under the auspices of the British Government, and has been lately tested off Shoeburyness. A sketch of the gun will be found on page 76. It has been built, we say; for a piece of this size could not possibly have been forged as a whole. The principle upon which it is constructed is that the greatest strain comes at the breech; and in accordance with this principle, the immense weight is distributed, by means of laminal cylinders of different lengths, as seen in the illustration. This has been the principle involved in all Armstrong guns; the novel feature in this one being that it carries a six hundred pound shot, and is so wisely distributed as to its weight that it is only four feet longer than the 300-pounder, although it is more than twice as heavy. Not only is the gun made up of cylinders, one inclosing another, but each particular cylinder is composed of several small rings, or coils, of iron welded together lengthwise. The outward layers are turned without and within, and are subjected to a great heat when they are fitted over the interior cylinders, and, cooling, contract with such force of pressure as to be most compactly welded together. The gun is rifled with ten grooves, and to secure the rotation of the shot the latter has upon its surface ten rows of studs fitting into these grooves; the bore being 13 3-10ths inches in diameter. It is proposed to carry guns of this description on iron-clad war-vessels, and if it should be found practicable, it would necessitate a complete revolution in the defensive armor of ships of war, as no vessel in existence could withstand the effect of the 600-pound steel shot. The practicability of their use for this purpose is, however, extremely doubtful, as in a heavy gale very much smaller guns are frequently displaced. But for harbor and coast defenses this enormous war engine is of the greatest value and perfectly available. Its possible range, at an elevation of 10 degrees, is over four thousand yards, the charge being 70 pounds of powder. If we compare our own progress in naval armament with that made by the British, we shall find that a preference has been always given by us to cast-iron guns, small charges, and heavy shot at low velocities; while in England steel guns are preferred, with high charges and light shot, at excessive velocities. Twenty-inch guns have, however, been constructed in this country capable of carrying a 1000-pound shot, but these have been found, as probably this new 600-pounder will be, unavailable except for harbor and coast defense.

LAUNCH OF THE "MINOTAUR."

ON page 76 we give an illustration representing the launch of the English iron-clad screw steamship Minotaur from the yard of the Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company, in England. The English have three ships of this class, the other two not yet launched. The Minotaur is the largest ship of war afloat, being 450 feet long and 59 feet wide, and carries 50 guns. Her armor-plates on the waist are 5 1/2 inches thick, and 4 1/2 toward the head and stern. There are two features worthy of attention about this vessel. One is, that running all along each side she has what are called "wing passages," 42 inches wide, and corresponding with the height between decks. The wings are again divided into small water-tight compartments, so that in the event of a shot passing through the outer skin of the ship the water from the leak will be confined to its compartment. Another noteworthy feature is an arrangement by which several hundred tons of water may be admitted into these compartments, the effect being to steady the vessel in action. The total weight of the vessel when completed will be 10,000 tons; yet it is expected that she will make 14 knots an hour. Notwithstanding the immense size of this vessel, it still seems to us that she would be no match for one of our Monitors, which, although they only carry two guns, yet by their revolving turrets are enabled to shift their fire continually. And then it must be remembered that the latter present very little vulnerable surface, being only 18 inches above the water, and their turrets only about 25 feet in diameter. The Minotaur, on the other hand, has an immense surface, which, if she were put in the situation of our Monitors at Charleston, would have surely given way at some point, and caused the ship to sink. These massive ships, carrying large armaments, are far less available for all the exigencies of offensive or defensive warfare than the turreted iron-clads of a less size. The English have no iron-clads with revolving turrets as yet, but we think that these represent thus far the highest result of naval skill and efficiency.

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