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The Tiffin Weekly Tribune
Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio
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Report on English armored frigates: four afloat (Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, Resistance) with 4.5-inch iron plates, teak beams, and wrought iron sheathing; six building (Achilles, Hector, Valiant, Agincourt, Northumberland, Minotaur) with 5.5-inch plates and similar construction.
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The English have four armor frigates afloat-the Warrior, Black Prince, Defence and Resistance. These are of the largest class. They are coated with four and a half inch iron plates, with two layers of ten inch teak beams placed transversely, and with an inner sheathing of wrought iron nearly an inch thick.
They have six armor frigates building-the Achilles, Hector, Valiant, Agincourt, Northumberland and Minotaur. The armor of these is to be five and a half inch iron plates, ten inches of teak and the same inner sheathing of wrought iron.
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The English have four armor frigates afloat: the Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and Resistance, of the largest class, coated with four and a half inch iron plates, two layers of ten inch teak beams placed transversely, and inner sheathing of wrought iron nearly an inch thick. Six more are building: the Achilles, Hector, Valiant, Agincourt, Northumberland, and Minotaur, with five and a half inch iron plates, ten inches of teak, and the same inner sheathing.