...of heavy solid shot, he did Dot deny that they were less valnerabla by being so protected than shins not so covered, and, although we would not have initiated...system, yet so long as our neighbours, the French, persisted in building iron-cased ships »e must do so likewise, and that in a manner to keep ahead...

...invulnerable to the penetrations and impacts of heavy solid shot, I do not deny that they are less vulnerable by being so protected than ships that are not so covered,...having had the moral courage and the administrative enterprize to effect these objects, and that on a scale adequate to satisfy all the requirements which...

...the same extent as the French. " Although we would not have initiated such a system," he observes, "yet so long as our neighbours the French persist...think, therefore, the country is much indebted to Sir CHAP. XXXIX. IRON SHIPS AND IRON-CASED SHIPS. 399 John Pakington for having had the moral courage and...

...invulnerable to the penetrations and impacts of heavy solid shot, I do not deny that they are less vulnerable by being so protected than ships that are not so covered...iron-cased ships, we must do so likewise, and that in a mam ' " " L--J -* -—•"-: — the French, or any other power, think, therefore, the country is n...