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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13636, 17 March 1915, Page 5

The British Admiralty has just ooninussioned a ntwr.ty'pe. ■: ■> of submarine, Ayhich is to bo known as tlie "W" class. There aro fduv of^ these* vekaels,' and they havo been. . designed- and built, at Armstrong's works. since the -war. began. The latest vessel. to. f be seiit -to sea is W8; bi?t J*ppeaa?^ to have been m commission .fqr. some time, and it is iu>t J[uit6 clear whether there -are eight^ or our of the type afloat, v Tha new >cla«8 is styled by the English newspapers "Mysterious Secret Bubm»rinep." , Another* aiew ; - type of undeurwater craft. kii<JWii:d^ !^ie.«"S" closa» -\\%Hh. a speea of, 18 knot*; on the lw^'ter, has been built and designed at Scott's yard. # at Grepnock, and has been m commission for about a year. The two big submarines of the Swordfish type are now attached to §ir Jqhn Jellicoe's flagship, the Iron Duke.