(A) Common. (B) Palliser. (C) Shrapnel. (D) Segment. (E) Empty Shell. (F) Shot. (G) Case. (H) TOTAL.[24] (I) Martini-Henry. (J) Nordenfeldt. (K) Gatling. (L) Rockets. -----------+----+---+----+---+---+---+---++-----++------+------+-----+--- SHIP. | (A)|(B)| (C)|(D)|(E)|(F)|(G)|| (H) || (I) | (J) | (K) |(L) -----------+----+---+----+---+---+---+---++-----++------+------+-----+--- Alexandra | 379| 23| 1| | | 4| || 407 || | 4000 | 340| Superb | 257| 83| 25| 34| | 12| || 411 || | 1161 | 880| Sultan | 247| 24| 3| 44| 10| 10| || 338 || | 1800 | 2000| Penelope | 241| | 45| 32| | 62| || 380 || 5000 | 1672 | | Monarch | 227| 5| 129| | | 6| || 367 || 1800 | 3440 | 2680| 21 Temeraire | 139| 70| 13| 6| | | || 228 || | 160 | | Invincible | 221| | 25| | 2| 2| || 250 || 2000 | 2000 | 1000| Inflexible | 139| 21| 11| 37| | | || 208 || | 2000 | | Beacon | 21| | | 1| 61| 18| || 101 || 320 | | | 3 Condor | 162| | 8| | 31| | || 201 || 1000 | | 200| 13 Bittern | 66| 7| 1| | | 12| 3 || 89 || | | | Cygnet | 72| | | | 71| | || 143 || | | | Decoy | 69| | | | | | || 69 || 40 | | | Helicon | 6| | | | | | || 6 || | | | +----+---+----+---+---+---+---++-----++------+------+-----+--- TOTAL |2246|233| 261|154|175|126| 3 ||3198 ||10,160|16,233| 7100| 37 -----------+----+---+----+---+---+---+---++-----++------+------+-----+--- The hits received by the fleet were as follows:-- _Alexandra._ Twenty-four shot and shell penetrated the ship above the armour-plating. Several shot and shell struck the armour; of these, some made indentations on the plates from five inches to one inch in depth. The foremost funnel was struck in three places. The total number of hits was about sixty. _Sultan._ Number of hits, twenty-seven, of which two struck the armour, denting two plates, and starting one. One shot went through the after funnel. The holes made in the side were as follows:--One sixteen inches by twelve inches; another fifteen inches in diameter; and a third fourteen inches in diameter. A hole sixteen inches by ten was made through the mainmast.
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