The monster gun will, when finished, be greater than twice the size of the largest gun in existence, and its destructive powers at fighting range equally proportionate. With a 16in projectile, weighing 16501b ond a maximum charge of 3001b of powder, it will pierce the beet iron plates, 20in thick, at 5000 yards, J6in plates at 5300 yards, and will pitch a 16in -hall into a ship or fortress at a distance; of 10,300 yards. The steel block forming the inner tube waa the largest ever cast, weighiug 12 tons; whilst 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, we learn, not fall far short of £8500.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 288, 5 December 1874, Page 2
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