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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 92, 22 April 1904, Page 4

Submarine Triumph. MMIC NAVAL WAR IN TIIE CHANNEL. FOUR BATTLESHIPS torpedoed. A CLEVER HUSE. The important manoeuvres which were recently beld off the south coast between the new submarines, recently added to our navy, and the battleships of the Home Fleet, exctt«d widespread interest m naval quarters, awl were watched with the closest attention by the foreign naval attaches in England, though all daUils were as far as possiJJe kept secret.

The general idea ol the manoeuvres was to qHtain data as to the value of the submarine for the defence of ports, and as to the best means oi employing . this new type ot craft for that purpose. The assailant was the Home Fleet, under Admiral Wilson, consisting of the battleships Anson, Benbow, Empress of India, Hood, Resolution, Itoyal Oak, Revenge, and Royal Sovereign, with five (misers, which received orders to force an entrance Into Portsmouth Hnrtxmr. A FURIOUS BATrLE. The suttmartno flotilla under Captain R. H. Bucon, D.5.0.. was i»- ' strut ted' to meet this attempt, and .was composed of the cruiser Thames, which acts as the mother ship to the new flotilla, the torpedo-gun-boat Hazard, a number of destroyers, and, last and most important, Ave submarines. Four of thesis Ytvre of the older type, 'of 120. tons, Steaming ten knots. The fifth was . the much larger A 1 of 180 tons, which Is said to steam 12 or 13. The submarine flotilla was aware that the attack would be made at night, and all was ready when the faugc forms of the 'battleships were Been dimly through the dtirlmess approaching the harbour. The moment i the battleships were within range of the forta defending the barjbour they opened a terrific fire, bringing f-'.tlw good people of Portsmouth hurriedly from their beds. To the roar of the guns afloat the lighter artil- ' fery ashore at once responded, and (or some minutes a furious bbttie raged. ■ Under cover of this cannonade tout destroyers stealthily put to soa and steamed towards the asBailfetota, using every precaution to esaape detection. Alongside each destroyer and close uhder her port beam was a submarine, thus cleverly screened from the|battleships. The object of this proceeding was to . the submarines, the view from which is very restricted when they are closed down and ready for diving ; while if they run awash with 'their manholes open it takes some time to get them Into driving trim, and In that interval they would incur grove risk of being sighted and out out of action.

COMPLETE SURPRISE. The long, low hulls of the destroyers moved cautiously through the jfoter .till .within Striking distance o! the great battleships amid a fearful turmoil of blank ammunition from the forts and ships. Then.when the appointed distance had "won reached, the four destroyers wheeled about and fell back, putting on all ■team, and flying through the water away from the battleships, amid clouds of spray, at the rate of 30 miles an hour. At the same instant the submarines made their dive, and all four vanished txjlow the surface, leaving no Indication whatever to the most .vigilant eye of their whereabouts or even their presence. The destroyers drew the attention of the battleships aad on them all possible guns were Concentrated, when suddenly four black hulls rose like porpoiae3 above the water, one alongside each of four battleships of the Home Fleet, and claimed the battleships as their prey. The surprise on board the battleships .was complete, showing that the screen of destroyers had done its work admirably, vtad though the •uccess of the submarines was disputed by some of the officers 011 board the had theaction 'been a real one there would have been -no opportunity for disputing. The battleships would have been blown out of the water; without their crews having the faintest idea as to where the torpedoes hud come from, or. having the smallest; chance of successfully ccpdng with, this insidious attack.

SKILL AND ENDURANCE. The crews of the submarines displayed, great skill and endurance in their difficult and exhausting work. They state that they could, without Question, have torpedoed all the four battleships without seriously endangering their own craft. The best and latest ol the sub■wrints, Al, broke down, and could not. unfortunately, be employ.-d. But Captain Bacon deserves Iho greatest credit for the energy and perseverance with which he l.as trained his little force, and for the results which he has : b©en lajble to obtain. '■■ These are the first manoeuvres on a large scale in England in which submarines have been pitted against Iwttteships, and upon their final results much will depend. Thera are now 1(3 submarines ready for completing, and ten more, in which groat- improvements will t>c introduced, are to -be laid doivn this year. In the event of the submarines aebrtng further great successes, their awnber could be speedily increased, and cheaply But 111S they have proved tbelr value for defence, as the four somewhere about 11120 000, accounted for battleships .worth £3,600,000. 1

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