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MINUTES OF PEOCEEDINGS OF 
Projectile. 
Effects. 
,s $ 
Eemarks. 
676 
677 
110-pr 
8-pr. 
110-pr 
Solid 
cast- 
iron 
shot. 
110 £ 
66i 
197 
14 
24 
24' 
20 ' 
45' 
nil 
2-5 
7*7 
8*5 
3*45 
3-5 
68-pr 
66i 
20 ' 
Struck the lower plate 1' 4*5" from the left 
side, and V 3*5" from bottom. A crack, 7*6" 
long, 8" to left of indent; lower left-hand 
holt started *5"; the plate started 2" at bot¬ 
tom, and 1*3" at top on the left side. Seven 
rivet-heads were broken off by the last three 
rounds. 
Struck the centre plate 8" below round No. 4 
(from centre to centre). The indents of the 
two rounds measure 16" in length; a crack, 
3*5" long on indent, and five cracks on in¬ 
dent of round No. 4; plate started’l" on 
right side. No damage to the rear of tar¬ 
get. 
Struck top plate 9" from bottom, and 6' 6" 
from left side. 
Hit centre plate 9" from bottom, and 6' 11" 
from left side. 
Hit lower plate 6" from round No. 10; indent 
very slight. At the back, three inner 
armour-plate bolts broken. 
{ Fired in salvo, and struck the centre plate in 
a space measuring 1' 3" square. Eound 18 
struck at 1' 2" from bottom of plate; round 
19 at 1'; and round 20 at edge of the plate. 
At the back, three rivet-heads off, and two 
ribs slightly buckled. 
Struck three yds. short, and passed under tar¬ 
get, only grazing the bottom of the lower 
plate. 
110-pr 
8-pr. 
300-pr 
Steel 
solid 
shot. 
301 
rFired in salvo, and struck on the right end of 
the upper plate. Two 68-pr. shot and one 
110-pr.struck in a space measuring 2' 7" x V 
the 110-pr. at the junction of the centre and 
upper plates, and the two 68-prs. on a bolt, 
the two indents of the latter measuring 14" 
in length; the upper plate driven in 4" at 
bottom below 68-pr. indents, wide cracks on 
each side of 68-pr. indents. Indents of 
U 110-pr. 2‘5", 2*" respectively; cone remain¬ 
ed in one indent; wide crack across right 
68-pr. indent, extending to a bolt-hole; 
crack, 6" long, from top of centre plate be¬ 
low 68-pr. indents. Upper plate forced up 
•75". At the back, one through bolt broken 
and driven out (fracture not in thread of 
screw, but in shank); one rib buckled. 
Two small bolts (bolting the wood backing 
(_to the skin) started *2" and '5". 
Struck at the junction of the centre and upper 
plates, at 4' 4" from the left edge of target, 
and on a bolt, penetrated the target, and 
made a hole 14£ x 13". At the back, frag¬ 
ments of plate, backing, &c., driven through; 
large irregular hole, 2' x 1' 6"; general bulge 
of skin over 4' 6" x 3' 6" • one rib smashed 
and driven back 1'6"; ragged inner skin 
sticking out 1'; many adjoining rivet-heads 
off. The shot “ set-up ” 1-93". 
