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APPENDIX TO THE FOREGOING PAPER. 



exteacts prom the report op the ordnance committee op the 

 Honorable House op Commons, 1864. 



Examination of Captain the Hon. Arthur Cochrane, R. JV., 

 II M. S. " Warrior." 



Quest. (2237). — Which is the most efficient weapon against an iron- 

 plated ship, at short range — the Armstrong 110-ponnder, or the old 

 68 pounder ? 



Ans. — I have understood, there is no doubt, that the 68-pounder, at 

 short ranges, having a higher initial velocity, would be the more da- 

 maging of the two. 



Quest. (2240).— Do you suppose that in action these sights (the 

 Armstrong) could be easily brought into action ? 



Ans. — No ; and when at sea with the squadron, last summer, we had 

 to abstain from firing, even when firing slowly, on account of the dense 

 smoke caused by the Armstrong guns, which created more smoke, and 

 of a worse character, than all the rest of the guns. 



Colonel W. B. Gardiner, R. A. 



Quest, (by the Right Hon. W. Monsell, Chairman). — "Were you pre- 

 sent at the experiments which were tried, both in November and again 

 very recently, with the Armstrong and Whitworth guns against the 

 iron target ? 



Ans. — Yes ; I was. 



Quest. — What was the impression produced upon your mind with 

 regard to the power of penetrating with the Armstrong ? Which of the 

 two guns was the more successful on these two occasions ? 



Ans. — I think, as regards the Warrior target, the Whitworth was 

 by far the more successful. I know the Whitworth got through, and 

 the other did not ; that was at a range of 800 yards. 



Captain A. T. Blakely, R. A. 



Quest. — What is the armament of " La Gloire ?" 

 Ans. — She has 6-J inch rifled guns, of a weight of 5 tons. 

 Quest. — What is the weight of the shot ? 

 Ans. — The guns throw bolts of 99 lbs. 



Quest. — Do you think the Armstrong 110-pounder, at 400 yards, 

 would have the same effect on " La Gloire" as a French gun ? 

 Ans. — I think not. 



Quest. — Then yon think the French guns are superior to the Arm- 

 strong gun ? 



Ans. — I am sure of it.- 



