ONE-MAN HOME-MADE SUBMARINE.—Barney Gannett has been experimenting recently in America. He has made several successful trips in his queer fish-shaped submarine, believed to be the world’s smallest. It is only lift long, 23n wide amidships, and 37in high. He has made a great number of dives in it, has gone down to a depth of 31ft, and has travelled as much as fourteen miles under water, navigating with a 4ft periscope. The submarine is powered by two sets of batteries, and its equipment includes an oxygen supply and air pumps.
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Northern Advocate, 31 January 1939, Page 8
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90ONE-MAN HOME-MADE SUBMARINE.—Barney Gannett has been experimenting recently in America. He has made several successful trips in his queer fish-shaped submarine, believed to be the world’s smallest. It is only lift long, 23n wide amidships, and 37in high. He has made a great number of dives in it, has gone down to a depth of 31ft, and has travelled as much as fourteen miles under water, navigating with a 4ft periscope. The submarine is powered by two sets of batteries, and its equipment includes an oxygen supply and air pumps. Northern Advocate, 31 January 1939, Page 8
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