TORPEDO DEFENCE.
NEW DEVICE FOR SHIPS
DANISH ENGINEER’S INVENTION
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Jan. 29, 5.5 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, Jam 29Mr Jansen, a Danish engineer, has invented a torpedo shock-absorber. It consists of an armored belt to be placed around warships and merchantmen. It contains thin plates combined with bevel springs. There is an air vacuum between the plates, which; with the elasticity of the springs, causes an upward explosion instead of a forward explosion, into the side of the. ship. Prominent financiers have formed a syndicate to experiment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4460, 30 January 1917, Page 5
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