THE DEUTBOHLAND. THE GREAT GERM AN SUBMARINE WHICH RECENTLY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC. The following is an extract from the " Chicago Tribune Pictorial Weekly," some weeks before the arrival of the monster under-water craft, showing that the movements of the vessel were well known iu America:—" According to advices from German sources, a German super-submarine merchantman is due to arrive hi New York from the German coast on July 4, bringing with it sixty men, ten passengers, sacks of mail, JUKI a £4.000,000 cargo of chemicals. The \'essel is described at 450 feet long, with a beam of 40 feet, three decks, and a. conning tower which reaches 18 feet aboye the water-line when the boat h submerged,, and with a speed of from fourteen to eighteen knots an hour, The super-submarine, it i s said, will bo armed for defence onl£,"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11764, 31 July 1916, Page 5
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141THE DEUTBOHLAND. THE GREAT GERM AN SUBMARINE WHICH RECENTLY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC. The following is an extract from the " Chicago Tribune Pictorial Weekly," some weeks before the arrival of the monster under-water craft, showing that the movements of the vessel were well known iu America:—" According to advices from German sources, a German super-submarine merchantman is due to arrive hi New York from the German coast on July 4, bringing with it sixty men, ten passengers, sacks of mail, JUKI a £4.000,000 cargo of chemicals. The \'essel is described at 450 feet long, with a beam of 40 feet, three decks, and a. conning tower which reaches 18 feet aboye the water-line when the boat h submerged,, and with a speed of from fourteen to eighteen knots an hour, The super-submarine, it is said, will bo armed for defence onl£," Star (Christchurch), Issue 11764, 31 July 1916, Page 5
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