Note 5 — THE BRITISH NAVY.
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Some persons regarded the existence of these four small port-holes as converting the tower into a nest for projectiles, although a single enemy could not possibly have attacked more than two of these ports at once, situated as they were. What would such persons think of the batteries of the Nelson, Northampton, and Shannon, each open for more than one hundred feet in length, on each side of the ship, in so far as armor is concerned?