w V . 1 9 H ,. i ._ Y H, f "~i“ri'n onaitiiahi c& ”¥H§é§`%WK{n_iéLaiu,/ i4es1iiiiir.vv‘5all'i.,04. ~ , em” rr"'.mf‘.'itt\'M“2“.':f.'_“‘. ‘.~.v.""":i. "~.‘ ff 1" -~~ -g.;-_~,.sxy::~.'.' -_»_~_»é.‘_¢. _..,t. _,_,._ _A _i _ i i l i I .; __ __ :tbr¢A°rf°\\\' wrv¢'1° tubes. but itis appesrsii-en. sigiitjust more discharg- ,_ »~.--._.~ - _.Q ., _“ `A`w'... yearral' V 0 the distance which couldhe ` ' l 4 ` ‘K olelb ,_ 5- and _ gablew travertvl under 'that impulse was six drxdlllidtogddn. Prachtlcally ‘dial torpedo hundred or eight hlindred yards. The service now ia performed by ‘d:stroyers.' but Whitehead torpadree have arange oi These are adapted to making from 25 to nearly or quite 1,000 yards, or over half a 30 knots nn hour, whereas the earlier tor- m_ile_. H possible, though, they ere laun- pedo boats were good for. only about 20. ohed when the torpedo hosts nie much The ‘Ve8uvius' is credited with 225, ihe closer than that to their targhts. i‘Dupont' with 28,1 the ‘l)aring' and Ae the niodern torpednis self propelling, ‘Hlvoc’ (British) with from 28 to 29. The it ie neceeealy only to start it on its way ‘S0kol' made 30.3 knots on her trial ti-ip; with agentle push. A torpedo lube for between 30 and 32 knots was exnecleri launching the inisrileis a horizontal cy. from the last batch of Japanese destroy- llnder, onlya little longer than the missile BN. nineteen in number, whereas the and shielded at the cuter end by a simple `VliI8ri' fqulpped with Parsons engines, valve .designed to lnep out water. made 82 knots before her accidental de- A gate, or door. at the rear end opens for Fi-I lution. _ th” admmis” 9: me t.°"P‘d°' A "|K°f9\l-‘ The newest type of torpedo bcai. ls ifiic i1“5°f Uomllffswd “ll” €ii'»'0iS the illlwvh- submarine. This style oi vessel runs un il-ir site* the imjwlile has bien aimed by the surface “mix within ii miie er we si W0 Dr0I1°l'l\°¢\`il1R of the boat. Ltiie enemy, then becomes partially or er.- Nowadays nearly all big warsliips have tively submerged, and completely dis. dcubtfulli they will ever prove service-l mg; w0j5cLiie_ so long Mus ,_,,mk,, able. For real work 'much smaller and | ‘ _____ >*__ mee can-Be' siiowsfi ts' stick water the hottie propelled' engines. When she dives the driven by storage batieriesand motor. lveu on the liurlllco these busts run slowly, none yet built making more thnn ten or eleven knots or faster than six or 1-ight when mersud. They are also iiiuch Sinaller than the average Hcsirny.-r. l$n.ils of are providerl with aldltioniil riieuhunisiii \to nialntalnalevel course under the su;- fare, to take in and rjcut wnL~sr hceiy, land for iuiiklrig tl»'~'<~r\’u.t'u 5 hull is completely out ct riixiit. list. purpose an opiiciil ins‘ruiiiui_i ui pc- culiitr constru'L‘ii;>n is rnounied iii top of a tube, which rtaiiifi up lilri: s iiny smokestack, and in which iiiii i~.:i'~, or prisms, transmit the picture to iiri cr inside the boat. The iricthdi charging a torpedo is the same submarine as vi ith any other torpedo bust. upon* of by szasole n a SCTCWH BIC an ¢iec'riu travelling fully ini- tliis itirrl \\ i rfi ‘im ]“ur this viii- \i-ry ui>r~i:i'\'~ iii iii.- wiiii .i much faster crait are needed. The size ‘ of torpedo-boats has undergone some curious changes. Their original fi|nni.ion- theoretically, at least-was coast defence. _ it was hardly thought that they would ~. ..&" »~,»` [ever he employed outside the harbors ci* 3 "the country which owned them. They i were meant tovreslst invaders, not for * ' ' , - , haggresaloa. Theyhad adlsplaoement oi_ > . ` 4 ' ' r _ ?~ 1 only 25 crilitons, and could have been d f 1 or cruiser, to be taken to a distance, if ', The Vesuvicuhthrew dynamite by compressed air pressure. She prove a ai ure as, ' Than” Q “pm dem V ‘ » - - neces . ni u the aim was inaccurate and was recently broken up. - V Y im, ln mopomoum The ,Ve_uvm_, ._` Q-»> ` The navigable torpedo is a very modern Weapon of odeuce in naval-_ warfare, says an exchange. Its lrst test was at Wei haiwei in 1895, when theilapanese sank' three Chinese battleships by its nse. Already several :net Raman battleship: have been put out at action in the present war by Japanese torpedoes, and the naval experts of all nations are beginning to ex- press the belle! that the torpedo ia likely to bring about very _important changes in naval construction. The weapon used by Japan is the Whitehead navigable lorpedp. i Il is from fourteen io lllteen test long, about eighteen inches in diameter, and’ looks not unlike a sturgeon in its passage through the water. The explosive charge il carried in a section ai: the nose ot the torpedo. It consists of guncotton, which is always kept wet to prevent accident.: _ ° " V lwhich represents the influence of tha' The we'gbt of the charge employed by i diiferent nations is not the same- it rarely fails below a hundred _and ilfty noniids or _ 5 C V imovemept. displacea 030 tons. England i , J _ 1 ` ,_ _ proj'ec£e4i.several boats of trom Sill to * " , , " " ’ ` ~l,000 ions each. At length, however, a `- _ i _ lreaction set In, and toeday tile limit is ' _ > I iabout onequarter or one-third ol the lat- ` _ tor ilgure. The ‘Dnpont’ (American) dleplaoeii 185 tons, and the ‘Sokol' (Buzz . sian) 2i0, while the ill-fated ‘Viper ` (Brio-io had iiiiispiacement ei rio am. . ‘ Th tot d e. howev r, are ln pmpemng mammvlery is suppliii ugdxrzl serggidd qKaiiti?;:“drqn’iament eand speed. tested to stand 1700 pounds. A ie1Y.°h“ "lu-en” ° em wo years ago a British or German housch _ as maklm! wrpedoea for Japan in which e charge was two hundred pounds It not unlikely that some of these were mpioyed ln the recent engagement at Port Aitiiur. Russia' is reported to have favorably considered the adoption of three hundred pounds. Directly in front of the wet guncotton is a dry ‘prime):’ of the d fr exceeds two hundredipcunds. Onlynbout l Y hh . is e Home material and a small quantity of fulrninate of mercury, which serves as a etonator when it is itself struck sharply by the llrlng pin, The latter projects oni the nose of the torpedo, and is driven in when it hits any solid object. The compressed air which operates the ` _S _ ~ - :[115 ';. T uf'/si 0' "’ .. V! . \ 1 3 . ,._,.;,‘ ';-‘*`< .~aJ»:_»%» _ _ U 9 4 I' ,' ». »..tj'7` ‘ €§¥,rk,;~ . é. liiyf' ` ~~.r» ; l /i;_f»' W. ii iz. sf* . i'oRPB_D0 Bom' w1Nsi.oW. ._-..__. ;. , , < , . _ ‘ i '- ' .. i i i *iii 4 ,i ii ii<, ‘af i ` -___ ‘_ K _ _ T-` ~ amnsmo., _.¢;_i_,... r e i ,s l i ¢\\ __ i nl _ y/ / __ ||~J~ 'nj' J. i ~ = > O I/ v TORPEDO AND TORPEDO LAUNCHING TUBE. , e-i°reeeii¢`r- mm. P5-Prepeiinn. va-vmienndfm. -Her-iaéseai _ bladed tail. Ready for Bring it weighs 1,180 gonndl. Ita length is about 16 ‘ feet 5 inches, its greatest diameter 1‘i.'l inches. t in assembled in tour sections »-the head, air Bank and immersion chamber, after body, and tallzzll dtted together with sleeve joints. The walls are made of the finest for; steel to relist the enormona air pressure. Compressed air la the motive power. Thie is contained within the air leak, n hollow for sd steel cylinder nearly half al iongu the torpedo. and the [Munro attained ia i,8ii0 pounds to Qeaqnaro inch. -~- - ---~ _*_ . _'_ -.._...-<.._....... 1._.__,,,__ _ . ,T,_,._.__.__.. ' ` , 1 hoisted up to the deck of a battleship 1 pressure ofl,000 pounds to e q , _ inch, andthe walls ofthe chamber aro]Th° b°°i‘_"°’P;i°;]°""’ °;’od:n;“;‘;m‘f;S; e p< W > i _..“.:.;‘.'.:fs:"" ,' " l `°" 'I 1?," r. . . ii 5'” "` " ‘ -"JN wg, 'ff ,. ,..»fii=s'~'»" ` \ ` _`__§`,\ _ _X ,. \g___\ I viii _ \_§i;'r,) Hiiefl .. _,_ li' ....'.i.i..\',ii..~. ’ ".1 4 _ ,- i ll 'T3-s..`;"° ~ . ` .¢~_,A_V ._A 'l ~\ \ il \,\ ‘\_\ . 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