Navies of the World

About this eBook

Author

Very, Edward W. (Edward Wilson), 1847-1910

Title

Navies of the world : giving concise descriptions of the plans, armament and armor of the naval vessels of twenty of the principal nations.

Original Publication

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1880.

Credits

deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

VA: Naval science: Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation

Subject

Ordnance, Naval

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74406

Release Date

September 12, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NAVIES of THE WORLD;
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PART I. FLEETS. — ARGENTINE. — ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION IRON-CLADS. — GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. — AUSTRIA. — ARMORED FLEET. — AUSTRIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. — BRAZIL. — ARMORED FLEET. — BRAZILIAN WOODEN FLEET. (Steam.) — CHILI. — ARMORED FLEET. — CHILIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. — CHINA. — DENMARK. — ARMORED FLEET. — DANISH UNARMORED FLEET. — ENGLAND. — ARMORED FLEET. — ENGLISH UNARMORED FLEET. — ENGLISH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET ( Old-Type Steam Cruisers. ) — FRANCE. — ARMORED FLEET. — FRENCH UNARMORED FLEET. ( Rapid Cruisers. ) — FRENCH UNARMORED FLEET— (CONTINUED.) — FRENCH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. ( Old-Type Steam Cruisers. ) — GERMANY. — ARMORED FLEET. — GERMAN UNARMORED FLEET. ( Fast Cruisers. ) — GERMAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. ( Old-Type Steam Cruisers. )
5. 5.GREECE. — ARMORED VESSELS. — UNARMORED VESSELS.
6. 6.HOLLAND. — ARMORED FLEET. — DUTCH UNARMORED FLEET. (Fast Cruisers.) — DUTCH GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. (Old-Type Steam Cruisers.) — DUTCH EAST INDIA GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. (Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)
7. 7.ITALY. — ARMORED FLEET. — ITALIAN UNARMORED FLEET. (Rapid Cruisers.) — ITALIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. (Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)
8. 8.JAPAN. — ARMORED FLEET — JAPANESE UNARMORED FLEET.
9. 9.NORWAY AND SWEDEN. — ARMORED FLEET. — NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH UNARMORED FLEET.
10. 10.PERU. — ARMORED FLEET. — PERUVIAN UNARMORED FLEET.
11. 11.PORTUGAL. — ARMORED CORVETTE. — PORTUGUESE GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET. — RUSSIA. — ARMORED FLEET. — RUSSIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
12. 12.SPAIN. — ARMORED FLEET. — SPANISH UNARMORED FLEET. ( General Service. )
13. 13.TURKEY. — ARMORED FLEET. — TURKISH UNARMORED FLEET.
14. 14.UNITED STATES. — IRON-CLAD FLEET. — UNITED STATES GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
15. 15.THE PRINCIPAL NAVAL BATTLES OF TWENTY YEARS. 1860-1880.
16. 16.BOMBARDMENTS OF EARTHWORKS.
17. 17.BOMBARDMENTS OF MASONRY FORTS.
18. 18.PASSAGES OF FORTS.
19. 19.ASSAULTS.
20. 20.DELIBERATE GENERAL ACTIONS.
21. 21.DASHES.
22. 22.IRON-CLADS AGAINST WOODEN VESSELS.
23. 23.DUELS.
24. 24.PART II. NAVAL ORDNANCE. — Austria. — English Ordnance. — Guns. — BREECH-LOADING GUNS (ORIGINAL). — MUZZLE-LOADERS (ORIGINAL). — CARRIAGES. — GUNPOWDER. — CARTRIDGES. — PROJECTILES. — FUSES. — PRIMERS. — SIGHTS. — DISTINGUISHING MARKS OF PROJECTILES. — PALLISER CONSTRUCTION. — WHITWORTH CONSTRUCTION. — THE VAVASSEUR CONSTRUCTION. — French Ordnance. — GUNS. — CARRIAGES. — GUNPOWDER. — CARTRIDGES. — PROJECTILES. — FUSES. — PRIMERS. — SIGHTS. — ACCESSORIES. — German Ordnance. — GUNS. — CARRIAGES — GUNPOWDER. — PROJECTILES. — FUSES. — PRIMERS. — SIGHTS. — Italian Ordnance. — Swedish Ordnance. — Russian Ordnance. — United States Ordnance. — GUNS. — CARRIAGES. — GUNPOWDER. — PROJECTILES. — FUSES. — PRIMERS. — LOCKS. — SIGHTS. — MACHINE-GUNS. — Small-Arms. — CONVERTED BREECH-LOADERS. — NEW SYSTEMS.
25. 25.PART III. TORPEDOES. — LOCOMOTIVE TORPEDOES. — THE LAY TORPEDO. — TOWING TORPEDOES. — SPAR-TORPEDOES. — TORPEDO VESSELS. — TORPEDO-BOATS. — SHIPS’ BOATS. — SUBMARINE BOATS. — DRIFTING TORPEDOES. — DEFENCES AGAINST OFFENSIVE TORPEDOES. — DEFENSIVE TORPEDOES. — TORPEDO-FUSES. — CLEARING CHANNELS OF TORPEDOES. — EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF TORPEDOES DURING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS.
26. 26.PART IV. ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION. — Unarmored Fleets. — ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENTS. — CONSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. — Armored Vessels. — ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
27. 27.PART V. PERSONNEL. — ORGANIZATION—FLEET DIVISION—BUDGETS. — Argentine Republic. — Austria. — Brazil. — Chili. — China. — England. — France. — Germany. — Holland. — Italy. — Japan. — Norway and Sweden. — Russia. — Spain. — Turkey. — United States.
28. 28.INDEX.
29. 29.Untitled

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