Hunting the German Submarines: British destroyers day and night patrol the seas searching for enemy submarines. They carry depth charges — drums full of high explosive, which will destroy a submarine completely if dropped within a few hundred feet, and disable it over a much greater distance. In this photograph the sailors are lowering the depth charge into position for discharging at the enemy when necessary.
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Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 42, 17 April 1940, Page 6
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65Hunting the German Submarines: British destroyers day and night patrol the seas searching for enemy submarines. They carry depth chargesdrums full of high explosive, which will destroy a submarine completely if dropped within a few hundred feet, and disable it over a much greater distance. In this photograph the sailors are lowering the depth charge into position for discharging at the enemy when necessary. Franklin Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 42, 17 April 1940, Page 6
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