THE following statement, based on the returns of gun-layers' competitions, indicates the progress in gunnery, 1897-1907 :-
| In |
1897 |
69 |
Shots out of every |
100 |
Fired missed the target |
|
" |
1898 |
69 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1899 |
69 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1900 |
68 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1901 |
64 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1902 |
59 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1903 |
54 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1904 |
58 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1905 |
44 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1906 |
29 |
" |
100 |
" |
|
" |
1907 |
19 |
" |
100 |
" |
| |
1897 |
1898 |
1899 |
1900 |
1901 |
| Number of ships that fired |
109 |
139 |
136 |
121 |
127 |
| Number of guns |
846 |
1,010 |
1,121 |
1,031 |
1,137 |
| Number of hits |
2,052 |
2,527 |
2,831 |
2,732 |
3,562 |
| Number of misses |
4,389 |
5,436 |
6,249 |
5,709 |
6,244 |
| Excess of hits over misses |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
| Excess of misses over hits |
2,337 |
2,109 |
3,418 |
2,977 |
2,682 |
| Percentage of hits to rounds fired |
31.86 |
31.63 |
31.1 |
32.3 |
36.3 |
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| |
1902 |
1903 |
1904 |
1905 |
1906 |
1907 |
| Number of ships that fired |
139 |
134 |
108 |
100 |
89 |
121 |
| Number of guns |
1,241 |
1,296 |
1,171 |
1,096 |
1,073 |
1,365 |
| Number of hits |
4,789 |
5,996 |
5,748 |
4,374 |
5,733 |
7,547 |
| Number of misses |
6,863 |
7,028 |
7,664 |
3,357 |
2,328 |
1,991 |
| Excess of hits over misses |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
1,017 |
3,405 |
5,556 |
| Excess of misses over hits |
2,074 |
1,032 |
1,916 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
| Percentage of hits to rounds fired |
41.1 |
46.04 |
42.86 |
56.58 |
71.12 |
79.13 |
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