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A glance which Williams allowed him through the periscope showed an expanse of bright blue sea sparkling under a clear sky and a light breeze, but with no sail in sight, and shortly afterwards G2 was submerged until nothing but her periscope remained above the surface.
In an instant the drowsy interior of G2 wakened into sudden life, and Ken, springing to his feet, moved forward to where Williams was standing near the forward periscope. 'What's up? he asked in a quick undertone. 'Craft in sight. Can't tell what she is yet. 'A warship? 'Transport, most like, but can't say yet. Sit tight. I'll tell ye when I can see her a bit plainer.
First, on the 12th May, the enemy raided the 4th Lincolnshires in G1 and G2 trenches, where, at "Peckham Corner," they hoped to be able to destroy one of our mine galleries.
To him, more than to any one else aboard, the success or failure of the shot meant much. Five, ten, fifteen seconds then Hotham gave a sharp cry. 'Got her. Got her, by the living jingo! Oh, good shot, Williams! As he spoke a dull shock made the whole hull of G2 quiver. 'Hurrah! shouted Ken, and the cheer was echoed by a score of voices.
But the low deck of G2, flying onwards as she was at about twenty-two land miles an hour, made a poor target, and the Turks failed to do any damage beyond knocking a little paint off. 'Confound 'em! growled Strang. 'They haven't got sense enough to come in out of the rain. Give 'em a shell, Watson. The long gray 12-pounder was ready. Her vicious-looking muzzle swung round.
'It's all right, he added jubilantly. The rest of the chaps have given in. The launch is ours. 'It seemed shabby to leave you to do all the fighting, but if I had come into it I'm afraid you'd have been left without a ship. The speaker was Lieutenant Strang, who stood on the deck of G2, which had risen again and was lying alongside the launch.
Bring G1 close up to it, mark its position, and screw it to the base. The other guide, G2, should be 1-1/2 inches away from the rear of the coil. The coil and guides must be adjusted so that the plunger does not touch the coil anywhere during a stroke, packings being placed, if necessary, under coil or guides.
'Bless you, soldier, she couldn't do more'n fourteen knots when she come out o' the builder's yard, and that's two more'n she's going now. You watch an' see how far she gets away. A very few moments' watching was enough to convince Ken that G2 was overhauling her prey hand over fist. Within less than a quarter of an hour a mile of the steamer's lead had gone.
'You wait till we get our eyes on one, that's all, said Williams, and you won't wait much longer. But the wait lasted longer than Ken and Roy expected. All that day G2 cruised slowly back and forth between the big island of Marmora, where the marble quarries are, and the high coast of the European mainland, yet nothing rewarded her vigilant watch.
Cut off for the guides, G1 G2, two pieces of stout brass strip, 2-1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. The feet are then turned over and a third hole bored in G1, midway between those previously made, to take the end of the support, PP, of the rocking lever. Screw G1 G2 down to the bedplate, 3/4 inch away from the cylinder centre line.
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