SUBMARINE BOATS.
FRANCE'S RECENT PURCHASE.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
LONDON, June 17. (Received June 18, at 9.46 a.m.)
A submarine had been submerged for two hours off Cherbourg. Three of the crew became unconscious through carbonic acid gas poisoning. M. Pelletan has postponed further trials. •
The French Government have purchased the plans of the Berthon submarine boat for £B,OOO, and are building twenty of them.
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Evening Star, Issue 11607, 18 June 1902, Page 6
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