Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes_firing_a_broadside.jpg
Summary
Description Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes firing a broadside.jpg |
Português:
Encouraçado Minas Geraes disparo de canhões de 12 polegadas.
English:
Caption from
Scientific American
: "During the gun trial of "Minas Geraes" ten 12-inch guns were trained on the broadside and discharged simultaneously. The combined energy of the projectiles amounted to 500,000 foot-tons, or sufficient to lift the ship bodily 26 feet into the air. ... The Greatest Broadside ever fired from a battleship."
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Date | 1909, during Minas Geraes ' sea trials. |
Source |
"The Brazilian Battleship "Minas Geraes"". Scientific American (New York: Munn & Co., Inc.) 102 : 240. 19 March 1910. It was also published in Engineering , January 1910. The older version, in the history, is from Poder Naval Online here . |
Author |
Português:
Serviço de Divulgação da Marinha do Brasil
English:
Brazilian Navy
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Other versions | File:Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes firing a broadside 2.jpg : copy held by the UK's Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums |
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