1893 Chicago Exhibition: Catalogue: Group 86
Note: This is a sub-section of 1893 Chicago Exhibition: Catalogue.
GROUP LXXXVI.
Naval Warfare and Coast Defence.
272 Adamson Gun Syndicate, Limited (The), 36 Coleman Street, London, E.C. Patent Adamson quick firing gun designed by the late Daniel Adamson:—bore, 3/^ inches; weight, 11 cwt. 22 lbs.; length, 8 feet 4f inches; rapidity of shooting, 5 shots in 20 seconds; length of shootings, 26,250 feet, or nearly 5 miles, at elevation of 25 degrees.
273 Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Limited, Sir W. G., Elswich Works, Newcastle-on- Tyne. Half model,-f^th full size, of H.M.S. “Victoria”:—length, 360-ft.; breadth,70-ft.; mean draught, 26-ft.9-in.; displacement, 10,510 tons; I.H.P. forced draught, 14,244; speed, 171 knots; armour belt and redoubt armour, 18-in.; armour bulkheads, 16-in.; turret armour, 17-in.; conning tower, 14-in.; protective decks, 3-in.; screen bulkheads, 5-in.; armament, 2 110-ton, 161-in. in turrets, 1 10-in. on deck aft, 12 6-in. in upper deck battery, 12 6-pounder on spar deck, 93-pounder, 6 Nordenfelt, 4 14-in. torpedo tubes above water, and 4 ditto below. Full model, Jg- full size, of Argentine cruiser, “ 25 de Mayo ”: length, 351-ft.; breadth, 43-ft.; mean draught, 16-ft.; displacement, 3180 tons; I.H.P. forced draught, 14,052; speed, 221 knots forced draught, 211 natural; protective deck on slopes, 41-in. and 3l-in.; horizontal parts, lj-in.; conning tower, 4-in.; glacis plates, 5-in.; armament, 2 8-in., one forward, one aft, 8 4'7-in. Q.F., 12 3-pounder, 12 1-pounder, and 3 18-in. torpedo tubes.
274 Brown & Co., Limited, John, Atlas Steel and Iron Works „ Sheffield. Compound armour plate (Ellis’ patent), steel armour plates, armour plate bolts, sleeves, nuts; marine boiler front flanged, ribbed furnace flues (Purves’ patent), winged boiler tubes (Serve’s patent), marine shafting.
275 Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co., Limited (The), 32 Victoria Street, London, S. W. Automatic and semi-automatic quick-firing and machine guns, with their mountings, accessories and ammunition.
276 Yarrow and Co., Poplar, London. Models of torpedo-boat catchers, speed 27 knots, loaded; first class torpedo-boats, speed 23 knots, loaded; and second class torpedo boats, speed 18 knots, loaded, for the British Government; model of the “ Opale,” built for the French Government for service in Dahomey on Yarrow’s system of floatable sections, by which means the vessel was shipped in sections and united afloat in a few days; draft, 18 inches; speed, 10 miles.
- See also exhibits in Group LXXXV.
- See materials of war, Group CXIII.