CURIOUS SUBMARINE BOAT.
One of the latest ideas in submarine boats is that of an engineer named Rogers. It is a telescopic boat, so that when the a.fter part is drawn in oi- pushed out by means of hydraulic mechanism provided for the purpose, her displacement is altered, and so she rises or sinks as required. She is fitted for the discharge of Whitehead torpedoes, and has another peculiarity, in that her conning-tower is, so.to speak, a complete boat in itself. Should any untoward accident befall the vessel", ail the captain and his crew,who are together in the conningtower, have to do is to leave the sinking ship. They disengage the tower from, the foundering hull and float away, perchance to safety.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 53, 3 March 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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