ARMOURED DEFENCE©, 
335 
Home Stations . 
Description of guns. 
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Nature of iron protection. 
7in. 
9 in. 
lOin 
llin 
12$in. 
16in 
7tn. 
12tn 
18tn 
25tn 
38-ton 
80tn 
'Gilkieker battery^ 
Shields. Three 5-in. plates, and frame 
F 7$" deep. 
Iron front. Two 5-in. and one 7-in. plate 
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4 
Horse Sand Fort } 
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25 
24 
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at ports, three 5-in. plates elsewhere, 
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Ho Man’s Land Ft. (. 
backing bars 12" deep, and piers. 
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25 
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24 
Ports- h 
mouth. ' 
Spit Bank Fort.£ 
Iron front. Three 5-in. plates; prepared 
for fourth plate. 
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9 
St. Helen’s Fort ... | 
Curved front. Three 5-in. plates, and 
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frame F 4" deep. Guns on turntables. 
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Do., do. 
Straight front. Three 8-in. plates. 
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1 
_ Hurst Castle.£ 
Shields. Three 5-in. plates, and frames 
1 7$' and 2 ' 1" deep. 
5 
23 
... 
10 
I. of Wight. Sandown Fort | 
Shields. Three 5-in. plates, and frame 
F 7\" deep. 
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8 
Portland Break* Fort 
Iron front. Three 6$-in. plates. 
14 
land. , 
-Nothe Fort.£ 
Shields. Three 6-in. plates, and frame 
F 7%' deep. 
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4 
6 
' Bovisand Battery ... 
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Do., do., do. 
9 
14 
Iron front. Outer thickness 5-in. plates, 
Ply- . 
mouth. 
PlymouthBreak r Ft. .j 
second and third do., 5-in. bars, backing, 
bars 12 ' deep ; extra 5-in. plate at ports. 
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4 
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14 
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Double tier shields. No. 15 with three 
Picklecombe Batt. < 
5-in. plates, and No. 4 with two 5-in. 
plates ; prepared for third plate. 
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19 
19 
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Shields. No. 2 with three 5-in. plates, 
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_ Drake’s Island Bat. < 
and No. 7 with two 8-in. plates ; frames 
9 
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1 7 \" deep. 
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Pern- 1 
broke. J 
^ Stack Rock Fort ... ^ 
Shields. Three 5-in. plates, and frames 
1' 7\" deep. 
16 
Dover. 
Mersey. 
Admiralty Pier . .... 
Turret. Three 7-in. and two 2-in. plates. 
Straight front. Two 8-in. plates; pro¬ 
vided for third plate. 
2 
Seafortb Battery ... £ 
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4 
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Shields. No. 13 with three 5-in. plates, 
(Coalhouse Fort .< 
and No. 4 with two 5-in. plates; pro¬ 
vided for third plate. Frames 2' 1" 
deep. 
Shields. No. 6 with three 5-m. plates, 
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13 
4 
Thames. - 
| Cliffe Fort .| 
and No. 2 with two 5-in. plates ; pro¬ 
vided for third plate. Frames 2 ' F' deep. 
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6 
2 
Shornmead Fort ... ^ 
Shields. Two 5-in. plates ; provided for 
third plate. 
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11 
Tilbury Fort .....£ 
Shields. Two 5-in. plates ; provided for 
third plate ; 1' 7\", and 2' 1" deep. 
Do., do., do. 
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7 
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1 
^New Tavern Fort . 
6 
1 
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Double tier shields. No. 3 with three 
10-in. plates on lower tier, and two 9-in. 
'Garrison Point Ft. <( 
plates on upper tier ; No. 34 with three 
5-in. plates, and No. 4 with two 5-in. 
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28 
10 
3 
3 
Med¬ 
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plates ; provided for third plate. 
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way and < 
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Shields. No. 4 with two 8-in. plates, and 
Sheer¬ 
Hoo Fort . \ 
No. 7 with one 8-in. plate ; provided for 
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third plate. 
Shields. No. 6 with two 8-in. plates, and 
5 
UDarnet Fort . < 
No. 5 with one 8-in. plate, provided for 
second plate. 
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8 
Harwich. Landguard Fort ^ 
Shields. Three 5-in. plates, and frames 
1' 7i", and 2'1" deep. 
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5 
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6 
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Shields. No. 3 with two 8-in. plates, and 
•) 
Cork. - 
r Carlisle Fort.-2 
No. 2 with three 5-in. plates, frames 
F 7\" deep. 
2 
3 
(-Camden Fort. | 
Shields. Two 8-in. plates, and frames 
1' 7\" deep. 
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