LOSS OF A TORPEDO

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1930, Page 5

LOSS OF A TORPEDO

• I! AURA Kt GULF INCIDENT. MINESWEEPER MAKES SEARCH. Search for a torpedo, worth about 1 £2090, lost from H.MJS. Dunedin in the I Haurakl w Gy.lf,. is bteing - made by 'the j Wakakura. sTorrwdoes aro 9 * •iy XT * • ■' ■•■ .■•■•■■

t bouyant and, after losing the momentum i of discharge, normally remain afloat and 5 are recovered. - ' This torpedo was discharged from the ’ Dunedin during exercises, which took placed toward the end of May, and it : sank in 20 fathoms of water several miles oil Flat Rock. A party from the warship searched for several days, but i had not recovered the projectile before the Dunedin had to leave on its Island cruise. At that time the Wakakura was about to undergo refitting and, • therefore, could not join in the search, for which her mine-sweeping equipment renders her particularly suitable. The torpedo contains no explosive, but care must be taken not to touch the propellers, which are part of a delicate ; i mechanism .liable to suffer damage from s I any careless:. handling;.. Tjib i. Dunedin > carries 12 torpedoea, and they are worth* i about £24,00). S : ' ;