A SUB-SURFACE TORPEDO.
IMMUNE FROM SMALL GUN FIRE. AN AMERICAN TEST. By Cable.—Press Assoeiation.—Copyright • New York, March 26. The American naval authorities are testing C. Barger's sub-surface torpedo, ■which is immune from small gun fire. It costs £4500, the weight is six ton's, the length 46 feet, and carries a 10001b charge of guneotton. Two men, stationed in the conning tower amidships, can steer close to opposing battleships, take aim and desert the torpedoer 'by means of lifeboats or lifebelts.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 350, 30 March 1910, Page 5
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80A SUB-SURFACE TORPEDO. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 350, 30 March 1910, Page 5
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