New-York tribune., 1886-03-31
A NEW DESIGN OF TORPEDO
IT WORKS IN PAIRS or sIYGLY.
GENERAL BrRDAN TO FXGGBTr IT To EUROPEAN
COMMIs-IuNEiS IN AMERICAN WATERS.


COMMIs- -IuNERS ~ AMERICAN WATERS.
Last July the English Government had
gre It hisl ot tnrpeioes ia Bsutry Bay. Thirty two
emhoats and ironclnds took art The resnli ~
officially announced was. No hlns the nets were
down This the result OF eleven years of torp""
eIpc!i n oit the IronclAl7 On top IN the race
between heavy Aunor and heavy guns 80 gun ha' Vet
been devised Say naval oiccr that can p'rce thc
steel arnor two feet thick which protects the best ron-
cidS IL left every seaport tcWu ~ The mercy oi "a
enemy, Icet FOR while the forts are hucug away al ~"
ding fleet the latter drop their shells int" tho
town from distance o, few mI'-, ard even II Sank
after % twenty iour hours, enlargement the fee, would
not lie un,venerl II wOull leave hchiui II a iuinrd
city Aul curry with it, ontInliei in its nets, the tor
proc scnt ou destroy This tril' cstlh,he' tho
axiom that a torpedo which will MT pierce 0r circun
wont the nets VITA which every first class foactd -
protected is harmless.
Gcucr i Berdau who invented the apparatus which
finally iuaio the laying of tne Atlantic cable poNn-
bity was ihan experimenting fn tine Turkish Govorn-
mr with torpedo tuit guarantee! {" avoid these
nets aud possess ma aivalt over the other classes
OF these pioectlcs. lie alteuly had contract !"
furnish 200 of them orio whom the Governments
oi EUg'aud France, Germany. Russia, spas AMI Itay
convinced by the oc o. the Hlutry Bay trial that 10
OF turpolo that dil not un'rIaae I" cfcnn'ent
thc4, ob,tacrs was worth timing with came Gown on
the General win Iu"sts or tsiai Of ni- invrrton I"
save time General Berd ir ariDn2carui~ 20 nave
tri before conm Sinuer, from Al these Governments
and tina of tie United in Am rican waters. le
IL now IN . ctty aud the rI Viii come oG tbs summer
eitbcr at Newport or "Il"ts Point, ana under tue
supcrN i~inIl Of odr Government.
To undei.t ,d thoronehiy tle problem The dihcnltr'
must drst np considered ny the system ~ C'nmod""
Freeman irouci.ls are snrr"uudeI ~ d-f'urc Of
twenty irt with r"ttin2 Of steel iugr Wirh Eor- Z"
depth OF eighteen feet and only fcr = tlc 'I" oi Tie
vessel ouc knot au hour The oaly WY n wlnch tIhs
rflff,, l. Niti /
them af,rr toe oih.f. torpedo coutsn'"t "'r'nH
pound. ~ dyuamt' vii blo~ hole three hnd a ha!f
feet >larc uci, INT to h ti- with second ""e
while the cs>cl Is ia motion u rough 81 ~ h'Nt 70
impossible matter of 'Act some at tie Lest tor
,n iors euch ~ iiat dc.rrn"i IN 1i. TFnuNt ot lat
Suda,. arr Utt.ry unmaua:r tn.c IA - rough SEA
GcaciI IcraAI attacks TIE ururlrm iu thS way: lio
la, two tirror- cauhr,ti %. car tony h'' irct 80
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r'c ,,l N, to ,.sty Nuot- an u,rs; r." -ceouI is
iIr o ny, ',c Il ts ,ir'drI To- rIu % u~i ai . rat"
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taAl torpedo altcr I"" Ic"r i i'"n ~ i"l'"-: 81
!. wi~ may rr dummy. orl} -iirs- no tn net 70.
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