3-047-033 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late trial of ship artillery and armour: effects of the shot on the Glatton Turret, 1872. 'Section of armour pierced by shot...In the Number of this Journal for July 13, an account was given of the trials of ship artillery against ship armour in Portland Roads. The Glatton, ironclad turret-ship, was fixed at by the 25-ton guns of the Hotspur, and was twice hit...The point of the shot appears to have penetrated the 14 in. armour- plate, which it split entirely through, vertically, for a length of 7 ft; and the shot was broken up, the point being left in the hole. The shelf-plate which supports the side was driven down almost close to the gutter, which it probably touched at the moment; the brackets that support this shelf-plate were considerably buckled. The damage done by this shot was very considerable. It is shown by the engraved section, taken through the side of the turret, as correctly as could be seen and drawn'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.