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120 -pr shell 
130 
27 
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70-pr. shell 
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1245 Struck the centre plate and punched 
a hole 8 // x7 , 5"; the hole was 
stopped up with portions of plate 
and splinters of wood backing. No 
damage at top of the target; at 
the back a large irregular hole 14" 
in diameter, skin forced out 9" to 
rear. 
The whole shell apparently, front and base, passed through in fragments, and apparently burst 
just as it broke the skin, as the hole itself was scarcely charred, and the “upper deck,” above where 
the shell entered the ship’s side, was blackened with powder. 
The shell broke into nine large and ten small pieces; fragments:—two large and ten small bolt- 
heads, seven rivets, five pieces of skin, a large piece of the plate punched out (broken in half), and 
a great many small pieces of plate. 
129*5 
14 -' 
space of l'4 // xl / 5 / 
1 3 
1204 Struck the middle plate near round 
No. 1, penetrated the target, mak¬ 
ing a clean hole 8" x 8-3" in the 
plate ; the hole filled with broken 
pieces of plate; at the back the 
shot had penetrated close to the 
hole made by round No. 1, and the 
skin was now broken away for a 
; two former broken ribs driven out and bent back at considerable angle; 
and fibres of wooden backing and skin protruding V 5". Shot set up 2". 
The following fragments of iron were picked up inside the target, viz.—one large and three small 
bolt-heads, three rivets, three pieces of skin, one washer and twenty-tour pieces of plate, including 
a large piece punched out. 
Yel. at 
680 yds. 
81 
19-' 
13 
3 12 
1 7 
609 
nil 
9" 1107!Struck the upper plate 13" from the 
top and 3 / from the side; made a 
hole 6"x5’5" and burst in the 
backing; a crack extended from 
the top of the hole to the top of 
the plate; one through bolt in the 
top row broken; at the top, the 
front baulks of the wood backing 
were blown out for a length of V, and a depth of 13" from the top, and the rear- baulks were blown 
out for a length of 5' and a depth of 10". The lower half of the shell and the piece of plate 
punched out were resting against the skin which was not penetrated; on the inside only one 
bolt-head broken off. The shell broke into ten pieces. 
1104 
Struck the target at the junction of 
the lower and centre plates; burst 
outside the target, punching a hole 
in the plate 4*35" deep; two bolts, 
one on each side of the hole, start¬ 
ed *5"; a crack extended from a 
bolt-hole in the centre plate to the 
bottom of the plate, also a crack 
6" long parallel to the circum¬ 
ference of the hole, and 1*5" below 
it. No damage visible on the in¬ 
side of the target. 
The shell broke into two pieces. v 
* Muzzle-loading rifled gun. 
J Cylindrical flat-ended. 
t Homogeneous metal. 
§ Solid shot, homogeneous metal. 
