A TERBIBLE WEAPON.
Concerning the "Hope", gun the United Service Gazette says:-" The gun w ioh 3° nel Hope is making for the War to be a 100-tongun, firing the enormous and unprecedented charge ' "4$ Art, (three-quarters of a tonhft powder, concentrated, behind a 12MW BlieUinal2inchgun. We hear that the calculated velocityis,upwards of4oo(Jft a second, and the theoretical penetration through wrought iron about sft, Assuming this gun to be a success, it would havo a value beyond that of other guns, begauao, owing to thehiimenso rangtorrd'penetra' tion, it would afford such protectionlb our harbours and cbaling, stations that it would ' set free a largo number of ships for 'their ' legitimate work-of coaling which other. ld to «>mP<>lled-tQ remain ijj port, We ] l6 ar that Colonel Hope &.' pects to finish his first gun in 10 to 12 months, including the time necessary for the construction of the enormous plant required; but h 0 makes WiLgwfen. one single forging, the actual construction ■ of the gun itself is not expected to taka qmto throe months," ■' ■ ''.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1890, 16 January 1885, Page 2
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172A TERBIBLE WEAPON. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1890, 16 January 1885, Page 2
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