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Show IRTY YEARS AGO ERICSSON'S MONITOR REVOLUTIONIZED ALL SEA-FIGHTING , Utile ncl I" ",0 '"' ' f it, t MM Mutes ,le-1,1 ,le-1,1 10, nn the Hrltlsh navy 1 ' , ,e K I 'ho tliets of n and of Spain, unit ' ill t. t of Europe shook ' ' , , ,or f it suns. ih ' c j t Ericsson's ) ' i , ft r nix hour ot i to rim Merrlmac I , , hi and on nn cbb- e " w to Norfolk the i lloitliig nrmn- u r volution tli.it M . hanges to this t . tV London Times, ,l f i niplic p li nl , I jn purpose 1U .) ' , , - have now two, 1" ", i o ".vnrrloi mid Itn i ' f W not now it '.i m ii n ii ii), apart from J"1 .J"" , nil not he mad- ''tru't 'i " intuKeincnt with "01 me 7 ii l 'Ion of Iho most '".hiofl nds conservative 'UXrJ II K""re Into Bloom. P jt r t rt eais, perhaps i. il tr r olutlon of sen tlght- ,i j i n Impression upon 1 j j tli a famous battle In ..Mini n lar t0 the "Tld-JK "Tld-JK o nclftd lam, was n J h" f " ' rntc I'lpl,t"ant. u Tlr nkr i hi raised the hulk J frlK-it Mrglnli burned nnd j,,1' I nls abandoned the ',, il III ISiil. This hulk in talsc-l and cut to tho berth nth end fmnt and lc.ir, hud J Jd over with pitch pine and ,,rti four In h's thick, and rls-in rls-in angli of forty-fle degrees, nrfrkwas nvcrcd In llko man-?mftcl man-?mftcl ar r tho deck, and ai a rooting of lallroad rails, loidhfr In threes, and sloped ,at np with tho rounded of the ralU turned outward, ft nwlnlth lo seven-Inch rifles, , 0 , nil i and six nine-tain bore? a total of ten guns. :j of the Monitor. Monitor was ( apt. Ericsson's tltcf Its kfl had been laid In Jnwrl) In 1S61 and It went Into don on February 25 1S6. with j L. Warden commander. It I frt long and forty-ono feet ranlns tttflie feet of water. Its hull was five feet deep und only jt and six Inches of It showed the water line It hnd wooden Slrti Inrhrs thi k with a plat-Iron plat-Iron six In lie deep Helow, n had only cno Inch of Iron -right turret twenty feet Inside r ard nin1 f et high wns Its Ifeatur? Thli turict was built lit b) mems of a small steam In pr-t Hon was a series of .itcj bolt I one upon another ktr ere eight Inches thick. On ride thro Inches more ot plnt-id plnt-id an eleven-Inch Jacket that uidered ImpTVlous to tho guns mem). The Monitor's nrinaincnt let only two clcon-lnUi guns i In pair and throning u solid eljhlne ISO pounds i the Monitor only clecn dass mission, ctnie Into Hampton Ittiaimuch more a venture and rlmcnt than was tho C'onfcd-in C'onfcd-in On Iho day befoio tho light Ironclads the Merrlm to had 'i the Federal ships Congress, rland, Itoanoko and St. Iaw-ind Iaw-ind rn the night beforo the light k half slept, waiting for daylight thllcmld destroy tho Mlnneso-t Mlnneso-t remaining of tho Tcdcral n. 'e morning of March Oth, how-e how-e qur little Monitor lay bell be-ll Merrlmac and the wooden Hi It was nn men queerer nlen than wns tho Merrlmac, H hujo englri or destruction, hugs rantlron ram llng two Ion the v at-r line, mado ready risuwturreted craft whoso fun-1 fun-1 teen laid hack upon the decks n tssjrj In nuking steam pte as the rlgnlfluinre of tho iraconir and- hut It wns only rested ba kings and turnings Mt-rlm s prow Hint the signal 1 en to he engineer to steam Ifu'lipr d 'Ihcii tho .Monitor "l In a h n manner that tho ura1 i Monitor damaging ', than u did the Ironclad. ftfr the Inipn t the little Mon-mupat Mon-mupat nunri r llrng Its two T I rai agnlnst the side It-rlmac I, if nny up Its shield. tf Shots Tint Sti licit. LlJ" 7 " h "l"", "trlklng "f k kel oer eery ,," ?I;rr,""i at tho nft guns ft finrn nnuth and nose of " ami he i,ie r Ihn es(!el 'Wra?MIU ' Kllotl101' B,,nt would ':'. '"5 h.' rrfw nf th" Merrl-ic Merrl-ic dr 1 to nnrd the Monitor, rt L, 't'J' ' "i,uted the llt-" llt-" hl'l " .1 1 nway out of '"Tim lighting with guns. ii t "., ' " ram the Mcirl-m.v' Mcirl-m.v' 1. r" nl ",0 Monitor's liiii ' n""rK tMn Kn had ,'" "J ii of seen or eight r , ' oik llndlug Its i. A' ' lllncd nfter the '"' ddu n a,,,,, tln Mon. Mlnir"" ' '",l,t'n tn pro-Uz.V,h pro-Uz.V,h "Kht nt on- mA h., '""J ih Iron- 1 In. M'""'0I H tllllet WUS M,''" tilnres. but not i,lhV,? , h nl"i n tide inn. leailm, Oiawlng mma ,,'" 1' l "eras tho Moid- Mlh ? '" ' ' ronllsl1 '" E" I,', " "II mssllile lo r'"n'iK I'ommodoro ii. .' ,lln Merilinao , ',Nn k mid It was May t If I T' " ""'siiy to It Of L. ,n "'ITwarrt tho lnaesikh' Mpil'lac had H ' liui ,,n "."." """"snt with ' nut n ,,H cvnrmoni n with ii ' "''," "Kittened to bt,k ti "" lh? "llolB " .iff',' ' '"'I" out of tho nd ,fr ,""" " ""eh tho C.tJ ' T1'" nt, lr' ml Uio eISel being le D,v Wmon?' ,1P ttorl(I regnrded ""J "r . ,1 'J1'1" " Tt a AIi. 1 h li'iM" held to V v, ' t1011 lew of tho nnrlt, ,' r t0l It, III which "ink , mm , , prnhiblo that ', ' m k'v a "K'tliii and 1 thai , 'n "f suucbs, !jlv(r. ,l I utieiigtlienesl 1 'w It ii , h' ,.nH ,n tifnT iT"1 "in .. n, , "i 8,ll""lrl ',0 ' ninii , "flKltt of less "till I 1 ,' ","", J'10 M'lulloi- like n0' ' It and uiuso l?,t ' r ",plnlon nt the ."of t , 'f toinmnnrtet-it- n,r 1 Slates navy 'ft'' o-d'm i, " 1f n' Mf,n-,.' Mf,n-,.' a s ' ,hlnk' tint wn ' ni i V1.i0 '""" ,h ?J, h ")I,QlJr tof ll. Mei "lads -,',, J nlon lleet In ''' 1 ,,, ''t'n this It was " u'cn denied that nt tho rlooof the engngement the Mei. rlinai retreated to Norfolk leaving thi Monitor In possession of the Held. |