Admiralty Rolling Stock
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary |
Subjects: | Steamships, Military Technology, Engineering, Transport |
Institutions mentioned: | Royal Navy |
Discusses news of the worrying tendency of British ironclads to roll exceedingly 'during the late cruise of the combined squadrons'. Laments the fact that the ships cannot be used as steam-rollers to squash sharp flints and granite on roads. | |
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