Dockyard Economy And Naval Power With Plates

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... Since the above was written the company have taken the adjoining premises (7,500 yards) for iron ship building, having the London, North Western, and Great Western rails on the quays. G. K. ciover and This firm have an extensive shipbuilder, Liverpool, and r Private Graving Docks Ing establishment in Birkenhead, in a and Building Yard,, . ., __ T i Birkenhead. direct line with Messrs. Clayton, Laird, and Co.'s. The repairing yard, with every convenience, is on the Liverpool side of the Mersey, at 1, Baffinstreet, Queen's Graving Dock. Within the establishment are manufactured iron and steel masts, all kinds of ship ironwork, and every convenience for repairing ships in graving dock. The firm have been established since 1825, and have had considerable experience in the constant repairs of ships of all class of tonnage. The Egyptian Frigate, Schea Gehead, was built and lengthened bv this firm. The establishment at Birkenhead consists of three graving docks, which will accommodate about 5,000 tons of shipping at one time, and there is every facility on the premises for executing all kind of repairs in wood or iron. There is one iron ship nearly finished of 1,000 tons, and another of 1,200 tons nearly in frame. Since the establishment was opened in September, 1856, upwards of 490 vessels have been repaired, &c., in these graving docks, the tonnage of which amounts to 310,000 tons. The length of blocks for the accommodation of vessels for repairs is as under: -- No. 1.--Length of block 700 feet. No. 2. 280 feet. No. 3. 180 feet. Vessels of any size can be docked in the above docks. The river frontage is 500 feet, and the yard is nearly six acres. No. 1.--Large dock, 400ft. long, with 80ft. of...

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Built in Birkenhead, England, from 1862 to 1865, the "Laird rams" were two innovative armored warships intended for service with the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. The vessels represented a substantial threat to Union naval power, and offered the Confederacy a potential means to break the Union blockade of the Southern coastline. During 1863, the critical year of the Confederacy's last hope of recognition by the British and French, President Lincoln threatened war with Britain if the ships ever sailed under Confederate colors. Built in some secrecy, then launched on the River Mersey under intense international scrutiny, the ships were first seized, and then purchased by Britain to avoid a war with the United States. These armored warships were largely forgotten after the Admiralty acquired them. Historians rarely mention these sister warships--if referred at all, they are given short shrift. This book provides the first complete history of these once famous ironclads that never fired a shot in anger yet served at distant stations as defenders of the British Empire.