| Show BRITISH NAVY the whole british naval force at present consists of eight hundred and ninety one vessels most of which are screw or paddle steamers they comprise line of battle ships 42 42 heavy frigates ag corvettes Cor I 1 gunboats Gun boats mortar vessels I 1 loo troop frigates ld id lf 16 transports total these carry respectively from two to one hundred and thirty one guns the screw gun boats are of about sixty horse po power er draw from four to six feet of water and average nine knots anji anai our they are armed with 68 and 32 pound pivot pins and 24 pound brass how their 63 pound shells are calculated to tell at the distance of four thousand yards the mortar vessels are built of both wood and iron and each one is armed with a thirteen i inch mortar weighing no less than five tons NY herald |
