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London, England, 1860-08-08 00:00:00

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TEE NA T 1

The Duncan, 101, screw two-decker, steamed
out of Portsmouth harbour on her trial of speed at
the measured mile in Stokes Bay yesterday. The
wind was fresh, westerly, but she realised
a speed
that as yet has been unequalled by any line-of-battle
ship in the service—nearly 132 knots. Her engines
are by Messrs. Penn and Sons. Both engines and
boilers worked well during the trial.
The experiments upon Jones's target were recom-
menced at Portsmouth yesterday from the gunbo at
Stork, under the supervision of Capt.R. S. Hewlett,.
C.B. The practice was first commenced on the same
iron plate upon which seven shots had taken effect
during Saturday's practice. Seven additional shots
were fired yesterday at the same plate, and every
shot struck within a space of four square feet on the
target. After the fourth shot yesterday the upper
edge of the target bulged out, in consequence of the
repeated hammering upon one spot. The fifth shot
followed on the sameplacenear the upper edge, and
it was evident it was the intention to test this plate
to an extraordinary degree, as no other iron plate in
Portsmouth harbour had ever been subjected to a
similarly severe test. Another shot followed on the
same spot, exhibiting a singular instance of good
gunnery and also of the extraordinary tenacity of the
plate,or the correctness of the principle of the inven-
tion ; the shot 'in this instance, as in the former
ones, being shattered into fragments. The seventh
shot was merely a repetition of the sixth, the frag-
ments splitting up the rail of the frigate. This
was the last shot at the iron plate. The eighth
shot was directed against the 33--inch steel plate,
and the result appeared to be that the shot chipped
off from the extreme upper edge of the plate a piece
about half the circumference of the shot itself, but
leaving no sign of a fracture. This must have
happened under the circumstances of any shot
striking the plate in such a place, and it cannot be
considered a fair test of the principle of the target,
as it was merely an edge-blow. No. 9 shot struck
at the junction of the edges of the two steel plates;
the shot itself was shattered into fragments, and
made a less indentation than even that which had
been made upon the iron plate. The result of the
experiments so far has been satisfactory to an ex-
traordinary degree, as proving the capabilities of a
target constructed on Mr. Jones's system to resist
the penetrating powers of the most effective of
modern ordnance at short range. The experiments
on the steel plates would be resumed to-day, and
there was every probability of the results being
equally satisfactory.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. H. Annesley to the
Melpomene ; W. G. Wratten, chief engineer, to
the Cumberland, for service in the Atlas ; E. Boul-
ton, chief engineer, to the Asia, for service in the
Princess Royal; G. F. Gossage, acting third-class
assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, additional for ser-
vice in the Monkey; H. Swiss, acting third-class
assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, additional for ser-
vice in the Bustler; W. J. Grant and E. Last, act-
ing third-class assist.-engineers, to the Asia, as
supernumeraries.