established by the gun's designer Dahlgren himself. They could fire a 136 lb 1 adj=on round shot or shell up to a range of 3650 yd at an elevation of +15°.

Later designs

(1872) represented the culmination of this pioneering work. An ironclad turret ship designed by Edward James Reed, she was equipped with revolving turrets that used pioneering hydraulic turret machinery to manoeuvre the guns. She was also

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