AUTOMOBILE SEA SCOUTS.
Aa military wrttor-biejclw felt* already proved themselves to be erf taint ifc tcdmijfgv-lt k pWMr3enb»t in nearly every civilized country they will be largely used in futura land v.a -fsre. vYky, if the fait land ecout prove so useful, should not the navy ar>nt tbe <r.me methods? A boat, CO fVt lor 7, with two 2,Vhor*t power entrin**. bnilt very F'jrht, to carry, aay, four persona and to be capable of cons:rternhl*» -peed, wr.uld be a moat usaful addition to a battleship of a fleet, pays the London Star. The ordinary torpedo boat is too long and draws too much water far scenting near shore or in shalh-w vr*ter. but a' launch might be m?«nr to draw less than three feet of water nnri yet have a speed of uptrarda of 30 knot*. There would bp no funnels « r -moke to attract the notice of in? enemy, and with underwater .\haiTst th~ boat mijrht be made alia»9r| silt-nt. If built foW in the water, or vriUi tue power of semi-submersion, it wt.iild be difficult to hit. Probably surii « craft would be mora useful th*n anything- yet invented in tha way of a scout lor sea purpoaaa. -
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 422, 19 May 1904, Page 6
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199AUTOMOBILE SEA SCOUTS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 422, 19 May 1904, Page 6
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