SUBMARINE HUNTING.

Evening Star, Issue 16350, 16 February 1917, Page 4

SUBMARINE HUNTING.

NEW AUTOMATIC GRENADES, Pie&s Association—By Telegraph—'Copyright. Australian- and. N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, February 15. (Received February 16.. at 1.25 pan.) t Raymond Lestouiiat, writing in ‘ L’lllustraiiou; slates that the British have captured an important number oi small submarines in nets, which latter are of two kinds—one sari being used to bar the entrance to ports, wlnle others of lighter construction are employed bv trawlers to drag the bottom of the wa. The destroyers and patrol boats use a pmrer'iiJ grenade, which explodes at. a pre-arranged depth, and works automatically hv_ contact of the water with the of 25 yards, the force of the explosion being fctiflicient to twist (ho hull plates m the- .submarines. The, patrol boats endeavor l-> get above the submarine and thou throw mu grenades. When a stain of oil appears on the surface there is good reason to believe that the submarine is sunk, but the captains of the patrol boats ncter claim any “stinks” unless iJiev have definite prom". ■ ‘ OUR HEROIC SEAMEN. ‘ The Times. RO.SDON, February 15. As showing the heroism of the mercantile marine, the survivors of the Vedamore, who had a fearful experience, being exposed to the bitterest weather for 10 hours, immediatolv re-encaged to go to sea.

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