Armour For Ships and Forts.

£60 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

“No other target designed for naval purposes has resisted a similar weight of shot with so little injury,” judged the Iron Plate Committee of 1864. The Chalmers Target, which utilised new methods of backing armour-plate, had been successfully tested at Shoeburyness in 1863.

• Year: 1865

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