Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
TIE new LADY
OF THE NAVY,
II, HOlIand Submarine Boat Has at
Il I'd Been Adopted by the Govern.
mani and Will Soon be Ready to
40 Work Underneath the
Wafer.

uoiland submarine boat has
l Inspecton as a destroyer after
l.',rment tests, and is now giving q
exhibition on the Potomac oppo-
~ Warrington. The United States
iN ,,rent has practically decided TO
sN. w, ne boat and the Holland will
~ ~ nav lady Of the navy, eccentric,
7, rery fascinating.
~ new lady Is also very powerful.
.sl, death.deallng bit OF animate
~ an nut a quietus on the modern
.lsa iust as Ericsson's Monitor
M ne knell Of the Morrlmac, and
N oiher battle-ships then known.
sall under water like a great
~ and while down In the depths
M sea can discharge Its dynamite
vim the same deadly effect as IL
,r5e on the surface.
n pontalns three pieces Of ordnance.
=, n which were invented by Mr..
s,a,ra himself In the bow OF the boat
torpedo tube for the regulation
r,t,iead torpedo used In the navy.
'p,,, ana directly In line with the
s1e,head tube, but pointing up at a
,,,,r angle, Is the dynamite gun. In
4. rern Of the boat is a tube designed
| sagAarge a submarine proJectile with
IN force al the hull Of a war ship.
N, Holland built a gun that would
e~v an N-pound proJectlle, backing
e. with a powder charge sufficient 10
az 100 yards under water. The
Z, sss placed IN the stern OF the SUBJ
tsrs boat pointing aft, for the rea-
4 hal II Is easier TO discharge a tor
"a and keep the boat running In the
s-s direction, than II Is to expel the
rt,do from the bow and then back
III
70 dnk a warshlp with a submarine
vetille. the Holland would submerge
safe distance from the warship,
y,tsi.ng cautiously nc a depth OF |
M thirty to forty feet from the sur
All The pilot In the coming tower
an Holland could tell by the sudden |
hhsnlng Of the water around him
m the submarine boat was directly |
eisi the battle-ship The order would |
} lysn 10 slacken speed. water would 1
\ jumped out Of the stern water-bot-
= Compartments 10 tilt the gun up 1
-a nnge. and THE executive officer /
U.a complete the electric circuit OF /
II. emitting fuse There would be a
E.ltn bounding forward OF the sub
,lfns b0at, as II recollcd from the
sxhirge, followed by a mad swirl OF
nsf 10 the wake Of the projectlle. |
nn would come a stined report and a
Es q violent vibrations, telling that
, Gun had not missed It's mark, and
N he battle-shlp had gone 10 the
ktn
lls aerial projectile tube Is the most
|rIEiu o. the three guns mounted By
r, Ehmarine boat IL consists Of two
|rsls tubes Joined at the breech end.
:. he smaller Is put the powder
Augs Between the powder and the
|r1t;,Ie Is an intervening air space
I.gA takes W the force OF the explo-
81 BY Cushonlng. preventing the d.
ff force Of the explosion from strain
z be metal Of the gun.
!. tie the aerial projectile the sub
fiils boat comes to the surface. flood
tgiI after compartments 20 give the
tsr1 Upward TIT at the bows. The
hl drives her back under water
~ ilfemost whore remaining tanks
ri'oiei and the boat awaits another .
ziNvnIiy 70 rise and deliver a shot.
!s1foisclllc used In the Holland aer- :
Il On Is eight inches in diameter and /
~ hei long It's cartridges contain 100 Z
f''is Of dynamite or blasting gela- ,
= exploding by either a time fuse or {