GERMANY'S NEWEST ENTERPRISE
TRANS-ATLANTIC '.". SERVICE. ••' . 'NEW YORK, May 25: . An American skipper who was recent? ly at Hamburg' states that a regular Transatlantic submarine service-• 'is. commencing. The" first'boat will -reach New, York on July -'7 th. 3 "making Ihetrip in twelve days,, via the north of Scotland. It will be armed' for defence' only, and will carry mails, parcels post,, and a few passengers. The Germans expect that five boats will be ready in August. Each will be 450 feet long, and will carry a crew of 60. Their speed will foe 8' knots.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 26 May 1916, Page 5
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