[An Iron-Clad Giving its Builders the Slip]
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Military Technology |
'What the builders of the Iron-clad Northumberland wish? That she would give them the slip'—a reference to news that the ship had become stuck during its launch from Millwall Iron-Works. | |
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