Vedette Torpedo Boat, the latest u nit in the United States and Dutch navies. It carries four torpedoes, smoke screen equipment, depth ch arges and movable gun turret. A plane cannot hit the boat effectively from a greater height than 1000 feet, but the modern movable gun on the boat can bring a plane down from 3000 feet.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1939, Page 8
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58Vedette Torpedo Boat, the latest u nit in the United States and Dutch navies. It carries four torpedoes, smoke screen equipment, depth ch arges and movable gun turret. A plane cannot hit the boat effectively from a greater height than 1000 feet, but the modern movable gun on the boat can bring a plane down from 3000 feet. Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1939, Page 8
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