NEW TORPEDOER.
iMMTJNE FROM SMALL' GUN FIRE. V: AN: AiIFJWCAN INVENTION. •: By ; Telegraph-Press. AssoeiaUon-Oopyrisht : ' (Red.- March 27,' 5 p.m.) . New York, March 26.: V:The American naval authorities, aro testing Mr. 0. Bargeris sub-surface torpedoer, which,-'it is claimed, is immuno from small'gun fire. ..It costs £4500; its weight is six: tons; its length i 5,46 feet'; and it carries a, 1000-pound charge of " Two men are stationed in the conning tower amidships, and'they steer the vessel close to an.opposing battleship; take.aim, and then:desert the torpedoer by meanß of lifeboats.or, lifebelts. . ;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 7
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89NEW TORPEDOER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 7
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