NEW TORPEDOER.
NEW YORK, March 26. The American naval authorities are testing Mr C. Barger's sub-surface torpedoer, which, it is claimed, is immune from small gun fire. It costs £4,500; its weight is six tons; its length is 46 feet; and it carries a 1,000 pound charge of cruncotton. Two men are stationed in the conning tower amidships, and they steer the vessel close to an opposing battleship, i take aim, and then desert the tor- l pedoer by meao9 of lifeboats or life- I belts. j
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10004, 29 March 1910, Page 3
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87NEW TORPEDOER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10004, 29 March 1910, Page 3
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