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    1. [NZ-HB-PB] HBH 1892 Nov 18 2 H M S HOWE
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    3. HBH 1892 Nov 18 2 H M S HOWE Shipping Note H.M.S. HOWE, which is now ashore on the Spanish coast, is one of the first-class sea-going armour clade in the Royal Navy, and was built at PEMBROKE in 1861. She is a steel vessel of 10,300 tons displacement, and is 325 ft long, 63 ft broad, and 26 ft 8 in deep. Her citadel is compound and 18 in thick, all of steel. Her armament consists of four 13 ½ in 67 tons breech-loading guns, 16 quick firing guns, seven magazine guns, and two torpedo boats. Her engines were of 1152 h.p., and her speed is set down as 16.7 knots per hour

    12/18/2007 01:18:26