MINUTES OF PKOCEEDINGS OF 
Nature of 
Ordnance. 
Charge, lbs. 
Nature 
of 
Projectile. 
120-pr 
20 
solid cast- 
iron shot. 
100-pr 
14 
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99 
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99 
99 
» 
68-pr 
16 
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100-pr 
10 
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99 
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Struck junction of right centre plate with top plate, at 
about 3 ft. 10 in. from port. 
Struck the bottom of upper plate, close to No. 11 round. 
Struck centre of right centre plate. 
Hit target close to 12 and 13 shots, and went clean through 
the target, carrying a large piece of the plate, part of 
the rib (on which the shot struck), and pieces of angle- 
iron 10 or 12 yards to the rear. The fracture measured 
in front of the target 1 ft. by 7 in. on the middle plate, 
and 5 in. by 3 in. on the upper plate. There was also a 
curved crack, 14 in. long, round the edge of the bulge, 
and through a bolt-hole. 
This shot struck within 5 in. (from centre to centre of indent) 
of the 13th round. The middle plate was bent back 
T6in. at its lower edge. One bolt was knocked out, and 
two started. Middle plate started forward at right edge 
of target 0*65 in., and the upper plate similarly 02 in. 
At the back of the target, seven bolt-heads broken and 
one rivet. Two ribs broken through, and several rivets 
of angle-irons started. 
These three shot struck the left middle plate of target in a 
line, measuring only 16 in. from centre to centre of outside 
indents. The shot nearest to the port was 8 in., and the 
one furthest from, 15 in. from the lower edge of plate; 
the former was 2 ft. 4 in. from port, and the latter only 
about 4 in. (centre to centre) from No. 4 round. 
The plate bent back 1*2 in. at its lower edge, at a point 
2 ft. 9 in. from the port, and had started forward at left 
edge 6 in. from skin. 
Another angle-iron broken, and only three bolt-heads 
remaining on left side. 
At the conclusion of this round, the target was considered 
so much injured that the experiment was ordered to cease. 
