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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
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| Number of Round. J 
Projectile. 
Effects. 
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'S 
1 
£ 
1 
Weight in lbs. 
I *raJO£ | 
j Charge in lbs. 
| Elevation. 
1 Range in yds 
Deflection. 
Initial Yelocit; 
Depth of Indent 
in inches. 
Area of Indent 
in inches. 
I Bursting charge 
1 Shell in lbs. 
Remarks. 
68-pr 
11 
1 g 
O-S 
168 
* 
S 
16 
*° 
400 
1557 
4 
Hit on the exposed part of masonry, on the place 
where the piece of plate fell off. Penetration 2$ ft. 
12 
-a * 
) 
68 
16 
*° 
400 
1557 
L 
to shot; masonry much broken; shot not broken. 
Hit just at edge of hole made by No. 5; shot broke 
13 
68 
16 
*° 
400 
1557 
up, increased the hole by a circle 9 in. in diameter. 
Hit 3$-in. plate at edge of hole made by No. 5, in¬ 
14 
400 
creasing hole by a circular hole 9in. in diameter; 
plates much separated; brickwork powdered to a 
depth of 14 in.; bolts near a little bent. 
Hit Thorneycroft embrasure; depth of indent If in.;, 
100-pr 
15 
shell 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
8'R 
8$ 
no damage done; diameter of indent 9 in.; no cracks j 
at all visible. 
Hit near No. 3; passed through the plate, and burst j 
behind the plate, breaking away a large piece, i 
making 3 and 2 into one hole; masonry much 
damaged behind. 
Shell struck near top of 3$-in. plate, broke away a 
68-pr 
16 
49$ 
Sc 
16 
*° 
400 
1746 
H 
100-pr 
17 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
8'R 
8$ 
piece 9 in. in diameter. 
Hit at junction of 2-in, and 2$-in. plates between 
68-pr 
18 
49$ 
Sc 
16 
*1 
400 
1746 
1* 
Nos. 2 and 3, and near No. 15; damaged the 
masonry very much; the effect on the plate could 
not be seen, as it was so damaged by previous shot. 
Struck where the 3$-in. plate was broken away; broke 
off one bolt, and crumbled away the brickwork to a 
depth of 3 ft. 
Hit lower 3in. plate about the middle; blew away 
100-pr 
19 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
8$ 
68 -pr 
20 
49i 
Sc 
16 
OP 
2 
400 
1746 
H 
half the plate, starting and bending all the bolts 
near, and undermining the whole centre of the plates. 
Hit at top of 2$-in. plate; broke away a large piece, 
100-pr 
21 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
82 
undermined the plate. 
Hit in the hole made by the destruction of the upper 
68-pr 
22 
99 
49i 
Sc 
16 
i° 
X part of 
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400, ... 
2$-in 
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1746 
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3$-in 
dam£ 
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iged: 
H 
;r plates; increased the depth of the hole in the masonry; 
round here that the effect could not be ascertained. 
Hit nearly in the same place as last, increasing the 
100-pr 
23 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
8$ 
breach in the masonry to a depth of 4 ft.; broke and 
bent the bolts all around. 
Hit nearly in the same place as the former shot; the 
68 -pr 
24 
49$ 
Sc 
16 
*° 
400 
1746 
11 
plates and masonry were so damaged that the effects 
cannot be recorded. 
Hit left lower corner of upper 3-in. plate, bulged in 
100-pr 
25 
99 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
j 9'R 
8$ 
the piece 2$ in.; plate started forward $ in. 
Hit centre of target; broke away a piece of plate 2 ft. 
68 -pr 
26 
49i 
Sc 
16 
400 
1746 
H 
square with a bolt 4 ft. long attached to it; increased 
the hole in brickwork. 
Hit the granite to the left; split the granite block but 
100-pr 
27 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
^ 9'R 
82 
did little other damage. 
Hit 3-in. plate, upper, near the centre; broke away 
68 -pr 
28 
49i 
Sc 
16 
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the 
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1746 
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1, anc 
the 
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1* 
piece supported by one bolt; broke away and started 
;ed the plates and brought down some more masonry. 
Hit the same place as last shot; increased the hole; 
100-pr 
29 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
8$ 
cracked the masonry behind. 
Hit centre of 2-in. plate; knocked the whole iron face 
68 -pr 
30 
49i 
Sc 
16 
$° 
400 
1746 
1$ 
to pieces; the few pieces of plates remaining were 
merely hanging by the bolts; the railway bars and 
masonry behind them perfectly secure. 
Hit the left on the granite; did not do much damage. 
100-pr 
31 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
8$ 
Hit bottom of 2-in. plate; passed through it and 1 ft. 
68 -pr 
32 
99 
49| 
Sc 
16 
2° 
400 
1746 
l$ 
8 in. into the masonry. 
Hit at the bottom among the debris of the masonry 
100-pr 
33 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
8$ 
and did not much increase the damage. 
Hit near centre of target; broke away some more 
68 -pr 
34 
99 
49i 
S 
16 
ip 
2 
400 
1746 
n 
masonry. 
Short 20yds; hit 3-in. lower plate; broke away a 
100-pr 
35 
104 
A 
12 
48' 
400 
9'R 
81 
piece 9 in. by 11 in. 
Hit against the railway bars, broke one of them, and 
C broke through the masonry, driving out a solid piece of brickwork 2 ft. square; the masonry 
< much shaken and cracked behind; the arch of embrasure cracked nearly across in two places; 
(.some of the bricks driven 20 yds. in rear; the upper part of masonry cracked and started. 
* S denotes Spherical; A, Armstrong; Sc, Spherical common. 
