The Story of Our Navy From Colonial Days to the Present Time volume 2
The Story of Our Navy From Colonial Days to the Present Time volume 2
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Her hull was of wood, with no iron plat ing, and her battery consisted of but eight light guns; two facts which made it necessary that she should avoid any conflicts with the powerful ships of the United States navy. Her lines were beautifully fine; and, as she sped swiftly through the water, Captain Semmes felt that his vessel could escape the Northern cruisers as easily as she could overhaul the lumbering merchantmen. The crew was a turbulent one, picked up in the streets of Liverpool, and ma...de up of men of all nationalities.
There followed many days of uneventful cruising which was perhaps as well, for the crew was green, undisciplined, unused to working batteries or even to handling small arms. The voice of the drill master echoed over the ship day after day, but the records are only too clear that even at the end of the " Alabama s " career the crew were ill-disciplined and little used to war. But for taking and destroying unarmed mer chantmen they were sufficiently drilled, and prizes fell fast not to their guns, but to the mere threat which the display of them conveyed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Her hull was of wood, with no iron plat ing, and her battery consisted of but eight light guns; two facts which made it necessary that she should avoid any conflicts with the powerful ships of the United States navy. Her lines were beautifully fine; and, as she sped swiftly through the water, Captain Semmes felt that his vessel could escape the Northern cruisers as easily as she could overhaul the lumbering merchantmen. The crew was a turbulent one, picked up in the streets of Liverpool, and ma...de up of men of all nationalities.
There followed many days of uneventful cruising which was perhaps as well, for the crew was green, undisciplined, unused to working batteries or even to handling small arms. The voice of the drill master echoed over the ship day after day, but the records are only too clear that even at the end of the " Alabama s " career the crew were ill-disciplined and little used to war. But for taking and destroying unarmed mer chantmen they were sufficiently drilled, and prizes fell fast not to their guns, but to the mere threat which the display of them conveyed.
What to read after The Story of Our Navy From Colonial Days to the Present Time volume 2?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Willis J Willis John Abbot to read onlineMoreLess
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