Describing the new 80-ton gun, a London paper states : — "This monster piece of ordnance will, when finished, be greater than twice the size of the largest gun in existence, and its destructive powers at fighting range equally proportionate. Within a 16-inch projectile, weighing 16501 b, and a maximum charge of 3001 bot powder, it will pierce the best iron plates, 20in thick, at 5000 yards, ft>in plates at 5300 yards, and mil pitch a 16in shell into a ship or fortress at a distance of 10,300 yards. The steel block forming the inner tube was the largest ever cast, weighing over 12 tons ; while the trunnion piece, about 18 tons, was the largest forging ever produced at the arsenal. The actual cost of this fearful engine of war will not fall far short of L 8500,"
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1932, 15 October 1874, Page 3
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