Submarine warfare, past, present and future (1902)
Fyfe, Herbert C, Reed, Edward J. (Edward James), Sir, 1830-1906 · London : Grant Richards · leaf 174
the water to represent a sub-merged boat. This was attacked and destroyed by 142 THE ANTIDOTE TO SUBMARINES the torpedo-boat destroyer Starfish in the followingway. When within striking distance of the barrel,the boom was dropped and the gun-cotton explodedby electrical contact. The officers who… … EXIT SUBMARINE. the charge, and that if a submarine came up towithin a 1,000 yards of a boom-fitted destroyer, itwould certainly be done for. It was stated that the single experiment carriedout at Portsmouth was not enough to indicateexactly the best position for the boom, and the firstboats to be…
Submarine warfare · Submarines (Ships)
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