British destroyers (lay 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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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 12
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60British destroyers (lay 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. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 12
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