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P. 63: “We observe that the Swedes are making experiments in the adaptation of steam to purposes of naval warfare. A flotilla of gun-boats, intended for the defence of the coast, towed by steam-vessels, lately returned to port, after a cruize of some weeks, during which a new system of manoeuvres was successfully tried and adopted. One steamer towed thirty-two p. 638: gun-boats at the rate of two and a half English miles per hour, with the wind dead against them: she drew sixteen for twenty miles at the rate of three and a half miles per hour. The boats were found to keep the sea well in rough weather, and were easily managed : their guns were discharged three times in two minutes. The flotilla was composed of two divisions of large and two divisions of small boats, with other vessels. The crews of the entire amounting to 1163 men. The whole directed by the Crown Prince.”
Source
The United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Magazine. Volume 1870. Part 11. London, 1829.
P. 63: “We observe that the Swedes are making experiments in the adaptation of steam to purposes of naval warfare. A flotilla of gun-boats, intended for the defence of the coast, towed by steam-vessels, lately returned to port, after a cruize of some weeks, during which a new system of manoeuvres was successfully tried and adopted. One steamer towed thirty-two p. 638: gun-boats at the rate of two and a half English miles per hour, with the wind dead against them: she drew sixteen for twenty miles at the rate of three and a half miles per hour. The boats were found to keep the sea well in rough weather, and were easily managed : their guns were discharged three times in two minutes. The flotilla was composed of two divisions of large and two divisions of small boats, with other vessels. The crews of the entire amounting to 1163 men. The whole directed by the Crown Prince.”
Source
The United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Magazine. Volume 1870. Part 11. London, 1829.
