SUBMARINE'S GREAT DIVE.
.— » IMPRISONED IN THE DEPTHS. [JKOM OUR OWN COBnESPONDENT. - ] San Feancisco, May 1. What is stated to bo the greatest depth man has ever gone beneath water was attained in the Bay of. San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, when the submarine Carp, of the United States navy, with a crew of eight men, went on her trial 200 ft below the surface. Previous boats tested at this depth had no persons on board. The trial of the Carp was a sensational one in all respects. It was intended she should etay below 10 minutes, but, owing to a jambing of the boat's cable with a cable that had been used in lowering her, she was held down for an hour and a-half. The Carp responded to the searching test to the utmost satisfaction of the navy board. When finally she got loose from the eablo that was holding her down she flew to the surface like an arrow from a bow, at an angle of 45 degrees, and leaped clear out of the water to half her own length. The navy officers who were anxiously awaiting her return feared that a tragedy had occurred on the floor of the bay, but it is stated by the lieutenant in charge of the Carp that there was enough air stored in tho steel flasks to have lasted tho crew two months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15004, 28 May 1912, Page 8
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233SUBMARINE'S GREAT DIVE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15004, 28 May 1912, Page 8
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