BRITISH NAVAL GUNNERY.
! ;VTEN' YEARS' PROGRESS. to a recent report, a' wonderful! iipprpVement lias plaes in the gunnery of the British Fleet. The figures givori beloiV show how the. firing- has improved during Hie Jast ten years':—' ' ' J ' , ■ • P.O. of hits to' Year. ' No. of hits. Rounds fired. isd9' ' "283 i 31.1 19(10 2732 32.3 1801 ■ 3502 30.3 ion-2 ;tr69 41.1 19Q3 5996 46.04 . , 190 i 5748 42.80 , . ; 1905 ' ...... ; 4374,.....'.; I. 56:58 J 190G 5735 71.12 1907 7547 y 79.13 Li\st 'year, on a ipore diSucult target, the advance .was continued.' .TKe first 20 ships in the Navy in order of merit are the Good Hope; Argonaut, Ciidinus, ping Edward YJL King Alfred, pibernia, irea<[nnnght, Warrior, Bet}fpr'd,' BQTis, Exri\onth,'• Kent, 'Conimpnwelath, I'rince Cpclifane, Hqrmes, Essex, TaU b.qt,' 'Astrnea, and Acliilles.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 459, 18 March 1909, Page 9
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130BRITISH NAVAL GUNNERY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 459, 18 March 1909, Page 9
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