The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30


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BY theoe seo meant the vooDeb which Kave
beeS n6aeled aEoer aehs ~ ASsNSaSs 6ot1as d
mailed sAlps. The aeW IeoasideG isnot pesslias
ID her siss Or GAspe, dAsb Aosfiean malay ia
the style Of boz ar1asDeak he arnoe Of the
Merrinss wss sfnpjy q iodl6cst3oa az plas
proposed II Raelaad " which lt vas intesded
to present Ii the arnof. The apex ee a aagls q
the line Of horisosta Are. % that sAot
would either glance UPWARD over he deck. o,
downward into ~ water. aaa
In the Roanoke. The ATTEMPT 4 being made "a
osntiaA sene Of lie pee,iia.itiea Of che Nosi.
TOR With tho oosnea form Of irop-olad shipa
Che helo.ss ~ ~ as,.e oIss. at f.igates vith
The Merrinsc. her tounare beise about 800
teas, and has teen rasee6 and Otherwise pre-
pared % receive three revolving tuerets like
those Of the Noaitor. Her hull 10 plated With
armor q inches thick like that Of The Warrior,
aud the other English frieates now being oon-
stsucted. Her armament, howsvs,, will 30 vide.
" different from snythine nov sAcek and The
most Formidable ona. ~ ~. aver niaoed on the
deek Of : hin or Aost;n. h.tte,y. ghe vill oar.
~ In her three turreta ~ IL IA. IL fifteen
inch suna If a. the vei.ht AZ Rsr hrosdside
will be At least tventy.seven hundred r.. TOOL
pouuda.
when Il n considered that this immense
weight viii be ooncentr.ted n air shot MA tbs,
by he peculiar msnner Of the MOUNTING Of her
euna two Of these csn ha u,.da to atrike nearly
q the same moment aIso side nv AIDE. il NAV
veil b doubted vhether anv shin nov aaost,
unless Il be the Hon;tor oc.ld vithstand her
single bsosdside, - ~ = -
| & ID ssid. how truly the vr;tsr does not know.
that the initial velocity of the shot from the Is
inch gan Is greater than that Of the smaller
ball; and If 90. experiments already made in
actual battle, enable u to Judge what the result
would b It the Roanoke shosld engage such q
ship - the Warrior, the Black Prince, or any
other ship which France or England has now
| ahoas
The arnor OF the Galena 10 said TO b three
inches thick. and it vas pierced more than ones,
% eye witnesses declare, In the action at Fort
Darling. A solid lo3ineh shot striking square,
severely indented, though itdid not pierce the
lnch thick eurres OF tho 4onitoe, In the same
battle. Il did not impair tho fighting powers
or any Of the machinery Of the Little Giant, but
It shows the power Of the 10 inch shot.
The IL inch shot Of the Monitor beat of and
severely injured they 4errimao BY shattering her
frame, and the inch shot Of the Essex pierced
the armor of tho Arkansaa and che was destroy
Cd. With these facts before %. it can scarcely
be doubted that - b.ead:ids Of the Roanoke
would speedily crush tho sides Of the Warrior
or any similar ship. 40" Ht@1laas2 - a
It is doubtful whether her own armor 10 il.
vulnerable 70 the shot Of the Wa. rior, but she
would crush such an adversary before serious
injury could be inflicted upon herself, beoause
her turrets will be proof against any shot small
er than her own, and her batteries are therefore
secure, while her machinery cannot be reached
BY shot. ID. .....'......
The Roanoke ia nearly ready for sea. and thera
is no ship aao.t, except an American one. that
can match her IN battle. u -. -
In making suoh . seeming bo..t It i. taken
for granted that the Government considers the
l5.inch gun a success. for moi orlv does T. nro.
pose to arm some Of its new Shin Nth chem.
but new and very extensive foundrv for the
manufacture Of such cannon is being prepared
near Providence. which, With the vorf. AZ PITT
burg, will soon afford full supply of these eno..
nous cannon. az va II
The Roanoke may be regarded as the connect
ing link between tho European form of the iron.
clad aud tho latest American style of war ship,
the Monitor. The new Monitors now under
way, differ from the frst ono in three particu-
LAS: They are larger, they are One seagoing mod.
els, and they will carry heavier armament
The main idea Of tho FIRST battery IL preserved
throughout and yet the improvement are quite
important
Though not exactly correct, it is sufficiently
go to say, that these new Monitors are 200 feet
long and 80 feet vide that they arc intended
70 be not floating batteries merely, but ret GLASS
seagoing ships; and their bailders consider them
to be very fne models for sailing. Like the
| 6rst Monitor, nearly oil now building have 1
single turret, incosing the battery absat 30 feet
10 diameter. aud . feet high.
When in fighting trim, the deck is sank nearly
to level with the water, 90 that the chip sctu
ally presents less than two hundred square fess
of surface to the enemy's shot, except a her
deck might be casually exposed BY the roll Of
tho sea. They are perfect models Of strength 10
every part, and heavy iron bulkheads, running
from side to side, seem to render It Impossible
that they should b crushed, even BY blow from
q ram. e.
Tho thickness of the srmor Of these ves,el,
has been v.riously stated. A writer in thu nil
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