Published Resources Details Journal Article
- Title
- Admiral Porter's torpedo ship
- In
- Engineering
- Imprint
- vol. 23, 13 April 1877, pp. 283-284
- Description
Accession No.801
- Abstract
A detailed description of the torpedo ram Alarm (length 172 feet, beam 27 feet 6 inches, draught 11 feet; displacement 700 tons) based on a description published in the Scientific American. Armament; one 15-inch smooth bore gun, one bow spar torpedo, and two side spar torpedoes.