The Great naval war of 1887

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6-pounder action Admiral Grasse Admiral Thornbeigh Admiralty afternoon armed astern barbette ship barges batteries began bombardment boom breakwater Britain cables Calton Hill Captain Channel Chavagnac Cherbourg Collingwood column command corvettes crews crowd cruisers defence despatch destroyed Devastation Elswick enemy enemy's entrance Etruria explosion Faucon Fearless Flamborough Head flotilla followed forts French French fleet Furieux Galissonniere gunboats harbour hour Inchkeith Indomptable ironclads knots land learnt Leith Lieutenant Mableson London Lord Charles March Marengo Mediterranean miles military minutes Mohawk Monarch naval Newcastle night North Shields o'clock officers opened fire ordered Penelope Polyphemus port Portsmouth quarters quick-firing guns rafts rammed ready river Royal Naval Reserve sailed scouted seaward sent Serapis Shacomb Shannon shell shore shot sighted small craft smoke south coast speed Spithead squadron starboard steam steamers Sultan sunk terrible three gunboats Tonnant Tonnerre tons torpedo boats town tugs Tyne Tynemouth Vauban Warspite Warspite's yards

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