PURCHASE' BY DUTCH.
• Tjr.: BRITISH TORPEDO-BOATS. , . ' V - -.r.-. ■v | •' : AMSI^Ri>AM.- : i The Nether landr Ministry' of■ Defence has ordered 2ft motortorpedo-boa<j«, designed by Mr. Scott Paine, the first 6f which, is to be built by the British Power 'Compa«y; ,v df^«ngranai* l ** in? license acquired from the*Britiall Power Boat Company. ' The machinery threelOQft horse-power n"Mer-' lin" been evolVed for marine use' by4kleS«w. -RollsRoyce and the Britjsh £ower Boat Co, The armament, which; ha& Wert. Specially arranged for the Netherlands Government, comprise four 18-inch torpedo tubes, two power : worked' ; anti-aircraft guns, depth charges and- smoke-screen 5 apparatus,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 35, 11 February 1939, Page 16
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