A MOSQUITO FLEET.
During the past few days (aaya the Auckland Star) at the. request "'of' his Ezcellency the Governor/ ithie? Marine Department has prepared a liatofat camera in the colony under 30 tons measurement, with their speed, port, etc., ai)d the other particulars regarding then]. It is tye intention of the defence' autoritjeij, immediately on the breaking,ift't. of hostilities, to metamorphose this steamer "mosquito fleet "."into' fetp^o' boats. Somo will be really armed with; spars and torpedoes, while others shams, Regulations aro now being' drafted in Wellington for the management .of these launches and the part that they will play in the harbour defences. Iminediatly on the signalling of a cruiser, every vessel will get up steam, and should;the land defences be passed the stranger find himself on all sides assailed by torpedo boats, The sham boats / will' thaw the fire from the genuine "hull smashers," an( l is bejioyed that any comftgiijt<i|]io jjrinfima} Mors of lio colony will ipet'with a rMEjfitjon from t]je njomqitq fket-j qse tmi from all other itietliud? of defence.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1998, 23 May 1885, Page 2
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175A MOSQUITO FLEET. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1998, 23 May 1885, Page 2
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