LOSS OF A TORPEDO
A search..-for a, torpedo, worth abouf -T2OOO, lost from H. M, S.'Dunedin iji the Hauraki Gulf, is , .being made by the mine., sweeper . - ri -.(.states ; the “New Zealand Herald”); Torpeddoes are normally buoyant., and ..aftep. losing the momeiitiiiip.of. discharge.*,re«; ; main afloat. This torpedo was disj,, charged from the Dunedin during exer--cuises~nv.lHc4r--te»k^laee a ft.o'v:».rdLiit?* tw /®i^f i! of May, and it sank in twenty lathoms of water several miles off Flat Rock. _a, )U.y.. r i.^MTV ; tbe^^~ycyp.slii|x.. ;r .._scurHmd, for -set oral‘days; but bad not recoyeihad to lea\e on an island cruise. At chat, tune the. Wakakura was abqpt •to undergo refitting and, .. could :Uot'“'}oiiT.jri 'the search, for which her mb\g-swt;e;-ng ...her..particularly suitable. The To. p. do contains no explosive, bt%tmr© in '>[s taken..not to touch the prop iioWsf,; Vich are part of a delicate medianisuVl liable to suffer damage from careless handling. The Dunedin carries twelve; torpedoes. |
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1930, Page 6
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151LOSS OF A TORPEDO Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1930, Page 6
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