SUBMARINE HUNTERS.
30-KNOT MOTOR BOATS. PARIS, June 13. The special correspondent of the newsl'aper I. X Journal" states that he has aei-n in port the vessels whieli the United States is conetrurtinß to hunt submarines. They arc !>Oft long, are propelled by petrol at the rat.' of .'«) knots an hour, and can replenish petrol on the high seag by the aid of tubes connecting them to a reservoir on the parent vesel. Their armament permits an offensive of e/treme rapidity at considerable range. Listening instruments enable the Americans to detect the approach of a submarine. The vessels cannot be navigated under water, but can submerge for a considerable time. Several hundred such vessels will he on active service within a very few months, iA. and N.Z. fable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 141, 14 June 1917, Page 5
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