Showing Her Whole Set of Teeth, Charles de Lacy, 30 July 1910

Minas gerais firing a full broadside illustration of a painting by charles j. De lacy, in 1910. Depicting the brazilean battleship minas geraes firing a full broadside. In the background far left is her sister ship the são paulo. Both ships simutaneously fired a full broadside. Showing her whole set of teeth: the full broadside of one of the brazilian battleships fired simultaneously. The heaviest broadside ever fired by a battleship: 9013 lb. Weight of shot discharged at the same moment. Drawn by charles john de lacy, from materials supplied by w. G. Armstrong, whitworh and co. Publication date: saturday, july 30, 1910. The illustrated london news (london, england). Volume: 137 , issue: 3719 read the iln article minas geraes' gun trials; the illustration commemorates when the ship's ten 12-inch guns were trained to port to fire a full broadside. A scientific american article of 1910 (with a photograph of a similar scene) remarked that this was "the greatest broadside ever fired from a battleship. ". Date: 30 July 1910. Showing her whole set of teeth, Minas Geraes firing a full broadside - ILN 1910