THE SUBMARINE WAR.
SCPER-VESSELS BUILT IN
ENGLAND.
(By Cable.—Pr©76 Arcocutioi.—Copyright.l (Australian and Cable Association.) NEW YORK, Decomber 27. Naval officers attached to the portion of the American fleet which has just arrived declared that England has built a new type of large submarine cariying a twelve-inch gun mounfed forward. It was used in Tb>ombarding Heligoland! on.several occasions. Tlio recoil of tho gun was so heavy that the submarino was forced six feet below tho water. The officers added that England had developed n submarine with a surface speed of 2a knots, steam driven, armed l with four-inch guns, manned by a crew of fifty, and equipped with long-rango wireless. When submerging the two chimney stacks are folded back and tho hatches automatically closed.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16407, 30 December 1918, Page 7
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