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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
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Nature of ordnance. 
Projectile. 
Nature. 
Weight in lbs. 
1 
A 
1 
707 
68-pr. 
* 
66§ 
Sphe¬ 
s.bore 
rical. 
2 
708 
llO-pr 
t 
66-187 
Cylin¬ 
Armst. 
drical. 
rifled. 
c 
709 
110-pr 
„ 
66i 
99 
3 < 
710 
68-pr. 
» 
66^ 
99 
711 
110-pr 
» 
99 
99 
L 
712 
68-pr. 
» 
99 
99 
4 
713 
110-pr 
* 
69-937 
99 
5 
714 
W' 
s. s. 
69 
Whit- 
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worth 
gun. 
6 
715 
7-1" 
99 
119 
Cylin¬ 
O.S.C. 
drical. 
gun. 
7 
716 
7 *" 
149-5 
Whit. 
8 
717 
10-5" 
# 
150 
Sphe¬ 
Arm¬ 
rical. 
strong 
10-36 
gun. 
diam. 
9 
718 
99 
solid 
165 
99 
steel 
10-43 
shot 
diam. 
10 
719 
99 
* 
308 
Cylin¬ 
drical. 
11 
720 
7" 
s. s. 
149-5 
» 
Whit¬ 
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worth 
rifled 
gun. 
m 
lbs. oz 
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Jig 
16 20 
15 
nil. 
8 R 
Effects. 
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1-66 
1-45 
1405-0 
Remarks. 
Struck upper plate 9" from 
top, and 9" to left of No. 6 
bolt. 
Struck upper plate 9" from 
10 8 R 
20 nil. 
10 8 R 
20 nil. 
1468-4 
top, and 2' to right of last round. Bolt at 9" from indent 
started 0-2". Washer of armour-plate bolt slightly compressed. 
These guns were fired in 
! salvo. No. 709 struck top 
f of target, 3" of indent on 
) plate; No. 710 struck upper 
1-75 
1-25 
1-75 
2-1 
1-45 
1-85' 
plate, 1' 9" from top and 6' from right side; Nos. 711, 712 struck close to bolt 
14" from bottom of upper plate, the circumferences of indent touching; head 
of bolt squeezed up. Plate driven in 0 - 3" at bottom in length of 5' 4". 
Elastic washers of three armour-plate bolts slightly compressed. 
1*8 | 8 - 3 | ... | l-95|1629-6^[|Struck the lower plate 12" 
from top and 9" from a bolt; one backing bolt at 4'6" 
from impact broken. 
1*3 | 6- 10-6 11*5 11221-1 |Struck the lower plate 8" 
from top and 5 / from right side, on a bolt; narrow crack 
on face of indent; armour-plate bolt driven in \ an inch; 
nut on bolt loose; one baulk of timber in backing split 
through. The nut was tightened, ujp before next round. 
2 4 
5 OX 
99 
15 
A 
00 
12 
18 
nil. 
16 
18 
6 R 
23 
18 
nil. 
35 
25 
» 
1273-3 | Struck the lower plate 13" 
from bottom and 7" from a 
bolt; plate driven back from bolt 06"; two backing bolts 
driven out \ inch from skin and then* nuts loosened. 
| 8-5 I 
.. , 1-4 | 1273-3 If 
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l ’ 1 
.1 ... |Shell burst iust in front of 
gun. 
12* ... 5-2 ! 1567- |Struck the upper plate 6 " 
from the lower edge on a bolt; plate cracked from bolt-hole to bottom; 
crack 9" long on face of indent; crack 10" long and 1" wide at 5" from 
circumference of indent on right side, also two small cracks from bottom of 
plate at 5"and 10"respectively from left side of circumference; plate driven 
in 3|" at lower edge in length of 3'; plate started out 0-3" at top on left 
side, and 0-2" from lower plate. At the back a through armour-plate 
bolt driven out 2 "; the heads of two backing bolts and one rivet broken off; 
one backing bolt driven out I 5 "; skin bulged slightly over area 1\' square. 
,14 „ § 11*5 . 1492- iStruck at the junction of the 
x plates 2' 3" to right of last 
112 I round; shot, a good deal 
cracked, remained in hole; laminae of plate separated in two places on 
edge of hole; part of surface of plate for 1 5" from edge of circumference 
of hole scaled off; baulk of timber in backing at bottom of upper plate 
cracked for 2" from front. At the back the heads of two through armour- 
plate bolts broken off; considerable bulge of skin over surface of 3' square; 
skin cracked for a length of 8", width f"; vertical frame-piece and angle- 
iron cracked through and bent back; one rivet-head off, and one backing- 
bolt driven out 4 inches. 
... |35|20| 4 R | 1-6 | ... I ... | ... I 1096- IStruck the upper plate on 
the third bolt from the right side, lower row; plate driven in 2-l"at bottom 
in a length of 5'; a crack 18" long through a bolt-hole at 2' from impact, 
and passing through indent made by No. 711 shot; plate started 0*4" 
from the backing on the right side for a length of 2' at top. At the back 
one through armour-plate bolt driven out 2"; the heads of four rivets 
and one backing bolt broken off; vertical frame-piece cracked through, 
and bent out slightly; beam-knee cracked; skin slightly bulged. 
5 8J27,18! nil. I § I 9* x I 1*5 I ... 1 1283*4 {struck lower plate; head of 
III | 8-5 I ** | | | shell remained in hole; 
depth to nearest point of shell 9| inches. At the back the skin bulged at 
junction of skin plates, bottom plate 2", upper plate 1" ; rib bulged out 2" 
at 2' from ground ; two deck-knees separated from angle-iron 0*3"; one 
armour plate bolt and three backing-bolts broken; burst in backing. 
* Solid cast-iron shot. f Solid cast-iron shot, hollow-headed. X I n flannel bag. || Steel shell, no fuze. 
§ Through plate. At 120'. 1*5 at top, 0'5 at bottom. 
