OUR STEAM NAVY THE NEW GUN-BOAT SEMINOLE NUMBER OF STEAM VESSELS NOW IN COMMISSION. Share full article. Correspondence of the New-York Times. July 17, 1860; ...

Therefore, to make a gun-boat capable of excessive speed in emergencies, it is necessary to have a small boiler. It may be said that the large boilers can be made to sustain 500 pounds pressure.

Rare vintage steam powered boat made around 1950 in Japan, popular in England and India. The brand is C.K. ... Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star, dies at 65.

Its gun decks carried a total of 24 carronade cannons and 30 ... Practical steam power was first developed in the 1700s and first adapted to boats after 1800. The early steam engines found on ...

A dispatch to the Associated Press in late June reports the U.S. Navy has opened bids for the construction of a number of "steam gun-boats" as war preparations continue. There were 100 to 150 ...