The Submarine.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 107, 10 May 1904, Page 2

The Submarine.

The oflicers of the British navy if# j 'l° I "' ea " t s iQ Weement regarding Uio Miluo of submarine vessels tJ "Bht 0(1 thoM^Sf !«'Kht, when four battleships L,l declared to have been Moed br the submerged boaU bos led tn something wr«gl. Oft? , }»r os was haifed by m vX u rth V,ini f dy estnblishi "K tht UUM oi, tijo submarine and even ad ""/j lh « death Jcnell of ' tbe present surface CcZ ;tain llacoii, wiu, was i A have' ™"L°7r, fl0UI *» SeTt« ground ua, JT i )aWleshi P s o« th. ! within ' had Woaclwd "it.-'ji torpedo cauire of Vilmtn 11 ' out of mi' 'T u Ul " battleships) SSKV&wi ttU saul, "is to cstahMak Mteo, that the submarine is tis* terrible and i„Zu* Iiaoo1?!r S T ; I,Ut alth <"»* Capt«jfc qioii s claims vvwra enough upon theoretical grounds, il» s absurd to intend they would v feasible tn real practice. Wo ,c •* the navy have recognised » •' ln niarine for a long whilo 'no sub"•idablo menace to a C ' 88 & 'orunder certain condif' but only "aeon made out )' Captain paper as to pr «oso so well on but then yo : the umpires, claims are * wi " find that his premises " based upon foregone and c 1 * He assumes certain things. ' l ' fi su ecess in consequence of r reductions therefrom. Our now -aUitig is going to prove an effective antidote to under-water attack. The submarines approached us under cover of destroyers. This was well enaugli in theory, but in practice wa should have demolished tho destroyers while they were on tho far hori- L '•on, and knowing, as we did, that

they wore screwing submarines whosa torl speed was eight knots, we could > lmve tukcn such precautions US to have had very little to 'fearHorn tho craft." Another officer sta.. ted his belief that the Blow-moving submannos could have been ea«Jlflu'!'wl "P by swift lauttch«« withcables stretched between them. The, submerged boats depended for info* <m thelr nS T»Pri K tht " r cnomies ' Positions n 1< fiCo|K ' s ' «'luch project, fi oil the water, am | tho taut cables. u, r- othei - £- lnt >° as ' nnd maintained • that tho submarine has proved IUoIT Th«°f ? machine for destruction.. Iho fact of the matter is, of couiM that no certain conclusions can W arrived at until tho new typo of mur/ I'M 80 in

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