258 
MINUTES OF PEOCEEDINGS OF 
L. T. 
9-inch 
gun. 
Projectile. 
Wrt. 
iron 
solid 
shot. 
18*5 
11 
ps 
m 
lbs. oz 
Effects. 
905-4 
doubt¬ 
ful. 
553 
Hard¬ 
ened 
steel 
solid 
shot. 
330 
21-5 
10 E 
1222*0 
554 
300-pr 
shunt. 
Wrt. 
iron 
solid 
shot. 
163 
Sphe¬ 
rical, 
10-337 
in dia¬ 
meter. 
„ nil. 
3-7 13- 
at 508' 
1627-0 
Eemarks. 
Struck at the junction of the 
6 - 5" and 7" plates on un¬ 
backed portion of plates; the 
greatest depth on 7-5" was 
5-95", and on 6-5" was 4", the 
total length of plate driven in 
was 7' 6"; the 6-5" plate was 
much cracked for a semi-circle 
of 9" from the top ; a crack 
•6" wide extended from the 
right from the semi-circle for 
a length of V 6", passing 
through a bolt-hole; a crack 
2-5" long from the left of 
semi-circle, and a crack from 
the top of the plate to a bolt¬ 
hole at V 9" from impact. 
On the 7'5" plate, a crack 
*7" wide extended from the 
bottom of the plate to a bolt¬ 
hole at 11" from point of 
impact, and the plate cracked 
round parallel to the indent, 
and 11" above it. At the 
back, the 6-5" plate was 
cracked through and opened. 
Four rivet heads off; vertical 
rib and angle iron cracked 
through. The shot set up 
5-5". 
Struck the lower edge of the 
7*5" plate on a bolt, made a 
semi-circular hole measuring 
V 9" x 12-5" and 7‘5" deep. 
At the back, one rib and 
angle irons broken ; two 
other ribs much bent, and 
their angle irons broken ; 
inner skin and supporting 
plate bulged and fractured; 
extent of damage over a sur¬ 
face, 4' x 2'; bulge of skin 
about 6 "; old loosened shelf- 
piece wholly detached and 
fallen; two through-bolts 
broken; one driven out. 
The shot broke in half lon¬ 
gitudinally. 
Struck the 7*5" plate on 6 ver¬ 
tical, and 8" above 2 hori¬ 
zontal ; plate driven in 3*75", 
and slight crack across indent. 
Back of plate showed a large 
seven-starred crack, fissures 
of cracks *2"; considerable 
bulge of plate ; adjoining 
rivets off. Major diameter of 
shot after firing, 13". 
