CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 119

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

about 25 ft. Twin Screw Engines of 120 horse power, and a speed of 12 Knots might be built to carry 15000 or 16000. She could hardly be made to draw less than 10 or 11 feet of water.

To be efficient She should be armed with two 20 pounders Reloading Guns on Deck. They are the smallest that Exceed a mere field gun & do not require many men to work them. The time which would be required to build a Steamer of this class would be about 6 months. The annual cost of her maintenance Cannot be estimated at less than £5000.

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about 25 ft. Twin Screw Engines of 120 horse power, and a speed of 12 Knots might be built to carry 15000 or 16000. She could hardly be made to draw less than 10 or 11 feet of water. To be efficient She should be armed with two 20 pounders Reloading Guns on Deck. They are the smallest that Exceed a mere field gun & do not require many men to work them. The time which would be required to build a Steamer of this class would be about 6 months. The annual cost of her maintenance Cannot be estimated at less than £5000.
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about 25 ft. Twin

2

Screw Engines of 120 horse power, and a speed of 12 Kusto

might

comed be built

^

port 15000 of 16000. She could hardly

be made to draw less

than 10 or 11 feet of

water

To be efficient

She should be armed

with two 20 pounders

Receloading Suns Deck. They

on

are

He smallest that

Exceed

Sun

a

mere

field

& do not

require many

men

to work them. He time which The

would be required

bbuild

a

Steame

outter.

of this class would be about 6 mon The animal coal of her maintenance

Cannot be estimated

at has then £5000.

Shave

Bol.

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