The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-11-29
TiiENHw TORPEDO ROAT sTROMBOl.I
Details Of her Experimental Trial Trip
Her Departure IRON Northern Waiers-
\ Complete iii-toiy Of -. Vessel, &c.

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"n friday the 2oth mt the srom' oil made an
ntal trial trip 10 horoushly test aI OF nor
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- "''' "" '-''s' '"' VIVA NV u'P"'
sfc rom 'hrsc waters Tor the purpose of making
her debut upon the stage Of active operations and
We may hc ,.c-,r,,.d 40 a., a, am a.roo,,x,,,
W ' w '"'s "'''""'''
the Pwot' eihccncy and dcstructivencss u ttis
new sys,em cf naval warfare p.,orc We proccol
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'' -' mp ''' us'ns' XIV" or'o' o"-
line OF tho history OF tho vessel, and even 10 ~
back 10 tho ine,n,ion of the ide, scvc,.l ve.,s
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ago "m' W w. Mo"'' 'ne present a'n'or chist
Engineer of tho U Navy, conceived the idea of
us,n, The sul,,,rlne Tor, elo I'm , manner mo-, ,r..
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''o"s'y e''"r'nc'oe' upon or KNOWN Hs VINO
Passcl. the SIM licity anil perfect working of his
P'sns f'sn,e so lo'en ,nnt ne 'el' Ss,snel N n,s
onrcd bcy",d A Iouit. L,v. ,hnn two ys.rs
seo The euiject was caUislly hrousl' to the no
wee :" a. nu'nra "i'Y.,a, wno ",Ine",a",y M. mryea
OF Rn,,d Of ry,mircrs to iuaur. ipl,, IA, norI.s
OF the nccntion AMI report upon the same. Thts
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dia,elv ordered Inc cars,r,c,on of wSa, h, pw The
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n suiIsct o, torpcdo warfare wss seIes,ed ,o mi.
perntend the construction Of the vcssol and her
h.ns WI ,,n ,u'',';.,. ,se s, mss
aud foreign o,niss.r On, The hull was built ., Far
Haven, Connecticut the engines u Mystic, Conn,
NJ NJ s.muni s.u n cnor. = vons sna .t',iH,, n.,.,
architect, WAS selected To build the hull the Rsl.
snce Co, the propelins engines aud Chute Broth
hs ,nrnsdn cn',,na AMI n .his wsy ,h. .o,t
isrb,,,I so tbs, 4, was mo-, o.sv for ,he in,
,v, 10 put ali m, ra,ta ,oyvthcy aud bo ,,,,N ~.
| x,s,r iu,r shc W.. sunrbed ,bs VA. ,ssns ~. =,
Mystic aud there received her boiler And snsino |.
from thence .he came uysr ,o Mos.r. a.co,.. ia
| a, Jersey CIV, where she recsiyei her ,scl 'I.,
| ing p!lo,.hoise, and her husl completion eush n
NE tri.f history Of the incep,ion and n,oi,,rsion
of tbr A a, ,o,ncio boat oi ~ in,,si a,sss nsvr
d.sicnoj buiit and .s,,ed Wv mi, ,ycborn ci,i,.nu
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r"a ''Hs1 rsrK@hs"TAL rniAL rMr.
n.d. h.r .v,srm,r,., ,,., twin ~ ,.., .' n0. ",A
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pulsion and torpedo engires' she len the wharf IT
the Secor Yard about II o'clock A. ", and. under
the potsge OF Captain John N CHM, prucocsisI un
the Hudson river some Distance, making an aver.
age speed o' nine Knots per hour. and steering
AZ from below IcrL, An,r .,,pa ,..,o ~ a.. ,''
pulsIon mach merry, u WAS decided to fro '.wood
tfPeu' :" 'ne .Ans psuerh as WAS furnished ="
In the des,ruc.ion ~ the rebel ram Alien, rls
TE8I ov Inn 60. O.poUspm ropprDo.
This torpedo wa. charged with only a. ponr,ds ~
powder, and was placed On the basket. run mn.
ds,sched, and whom ., . givsn point. sbou, n. :.
foot below abe surface Of the water. IA Wa. m,
plodsi less than two minutes and . hal. ,.,,,,
,., l., ~. .a,.
@'''sN :" N'' ""''' 'i''A"n' ine exp'oaion
aud the peculiar appearance OF the column of Wa
tsr thrown up by the torpssio cn, a.. h,, m, A.,
scriled with n ptn; ius,untapsu. nho,a,..,J -. ~ =. .
might have done Il, but no naintrr coul,i ~
depicted the scena with iusti,, = ms wo,., ns =
thrown M, about lsO se.t In a n.r,.nd,c,I., ",
umu which me,sur,d sbout tan fe., In A..
ter branching "a from ,bc u,.,n co,,,mn 49,.
thick let's Of heavy spray or rather trn.d she.,s ~
snowy white water, which the bres,e bors hsct
upon the deck Of ,he weasel Around tb,s huga
| column Of water, and u,lnulny with ths i.,. ~
whti.h, fantastic clouds of powder .rnote ,Irr,at
making Q beautiful pict,rt ever changing and No. :
| ing sway Ia a brief s,,ace OF ,ime r6s 80
when exploded was ou)y fifteen Tee. a s,.n. ~ ~a'
the bow Of the vessel aud the shock ~ al, ".
| board was very slight inJ,sd Eve,- 70" W
cLaru.ed With tho .xuermeu, INV WA
- 90 - co -
'A W IN" '''"o""h< ToRPDo
| was now decided ~ Try trpedo plscel twsn
| ~ te.t below the surfaco 81 tho .,., -, -
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sn' '''''' '''',e' "''" 'ne 10" I" the vesAei