File:Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes firing a broadside.jpg

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Português: Encouraçado Minas Geraes disparo de canhões de 12 polegadas.
English: Caption from Scientific American: "During the gun trial of "Minas Geraes" ten 12-inch guns were trained on the broadside and discharged simultaneously. The combined energy of the projectiles amounted to 500,000 foot-tons, or sufficient to lift the ship bodily 26 feet into the air. ... The Greatest Broadside ever fired from a battleship."
Date 1909, during Minas Geraes' sea trials.
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"The Brazilian Battleship "Minas Geraes"". Scientific American (New York: Munn & Co., Inc.) 102: 240. 19 March 1910. It was also published in Engineering, January 1910.

The older version, in the history, is from Poder Naval Online here.
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Português: Serviço de Divulgação da Marinha do Brasil
English: Brazilian Navy
Other versions File:Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes firing a broadside 2.jpg: copy held by the UK's Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

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current23:12, 25 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 23:12, 25 June 20111,857 × 1,332 (1.4 MB)Quibik (talk | contribs)Re-did the cleanup. Removed the coherent noise using FFT. Rotated & cropped. Adjusted levels. Removed some noise.
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17:16, 4 May 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:16, 4 May 2008528 × 362 (122 KB)HTPF (talk | contribs)== Information == {{Information| |Description = Encouraçado Minas Geraes disparo de canhões de 12 polegadas - Naval ship of Brazil. |Source = photo taken by Brazillian Navy. http://www.naval.com.br/NGB/M/M064/M064-f08.jpeg

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