An item reported that in the USA efforts were done to use the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius which proved to be useless during the war with Spain.(1) The problems were caused by the elevation angle of the tubes making necessary to alter the air charges by chancing the distance which was a disaster with some sea.
Note
1. A dynamite-gun cruiser, building authorized by act dated 3 August 1886, laid down at the shipyard of Cramp in September a year later, launched on 28 April 1888, commissioned on 7 June two years later and sold in 1921. Later used as an experimental torpedo vessel.
Note
1. A dynamite-gun cruiser, building authorized by act dated 3 August 1886, laid down at the shipyard of Cramp in September a year later, launched on 28 April 1888, commissioned on 7 June two years later and sold in 1921. Later used as an experimental torpedo vessel.
