MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT
CREW OF SIX ONLY DISPLACEMENT 30 TONS (British Oflicinl Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, July 29. Further details are announced concerning the new motor torpedo boat, specially adapted to Dominion coastal defence, which was put through official trials in Southampton waters on Friday, covering a measured mile at 40.5 knots, claimed to be a record for this type of craft. The vessel carries a crew of only six. Her beam is 15ft. and her length is 65ft.. She has a displacement of 30 tons. A feature of the design in which she differs from similar craft already in the service is the provision of two propellers, instead of three.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19390731.2.56
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 5
Word Count
112MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20003, 31 July 1939, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in