Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
TIE new LADY
OF THE NAVY.
n, uaIaud Submarine Boat Has at
~ ~, Iecn Adopted by the Govern.
"a ..nt and will Soon he Ready TO
10 Work Underneath the
Wafer.

uoiiand submarine boat has
~ ,ssnecti0n as a destroyer, after
ii',r. teata, and II now giving
fi..s,iitlon on the Potomac oppo-
- ,s,,i.sirgton. The United States
~ wait hag practically decided to
o''uin ~ boat and the Holland Will
.hsg ,sx lady " the navy. eccentric.
=, r,fy fascinating;
~ W ,sw LADY IL also very powerful
W Aeath.d dealing bit OF animate
l nut a quietus on tho modern
- "a tsst as Ericsson's Monitor
*. knell u the Mcrrlmnc. aud
~, a,her battlc-ahlps then known.
an under water like n great
" snd while down In the depths
-. "a can discharge Its dynamite
I'm Inc same deadly effect as N
- On the surface
!. -s,taina three pieces OF ordnance,
Il which were Invented by Mr..
go himself. In the bow OF the boat
,-,r-Io lube for the regulation
,,,sssa torpedo used In the navy.
-, All directly In line with tho
n.,head tube, but pointing W at n
~, anrle. n the dynamite gun. In
Y ,,,rn u the boat II n tubs designed
a.,hsrre a submarine proJcctilo with
-, s5sce al the hull OF a war ship.
". Uoliand built a gun that would
a.. an S0.pound proJectlle. backing
.lth powder charge sufficient TO
~, loo Yards under water. Tho
=. ~ placed In the stern OF the sub
49, boat, pointing aft. for the rcA-
:. ~ ID Is easier TO discharge a tor
4, al keep the boat running In the
- dlfcctlon. than II N TO cxpel the
II from the bow and then back
sska warahlp with n submarine
| ,-'i.ltlis. the Holland would Hubmergo
Z 40 distance from the wnrHhip,
| -stsirr cautiously ne a depth Of
- thirty 20 forty feet from the SUR
H me pilot In the coming tower
40 Holland could tell by the sudden
| hAisiaf OF the water around him
| - thg submarine boat was directly
| ~ he hattle-ahip. The order would
y sten 10 Fiackon speed. water would
\ tsnred out % the stern wutor-bOt-
:. eomparimentH TO tit the gun up
Il nnrc. and thu executive officer
- complete the electric circuit OF
=, knitting fuse. There would be n
80 bounding forward Of the sub
rl-rs boat. ne II rccollcd from the
lrtlfgf followed by a mad swirl OF
M 10 the wake ~ the projoctile.
~ would come a stuffed report and a
- u violent vibrations. telling that
> IN had not n,iased lts mark. and
a be bat,lc.ship had gone to the
lrim.
n aerial projectllc tube Ia the most
ufia u the three guns mounted by
y Ehmadne boat, II consists OF two
paiii tubes Joined at the hrecch end.
y he smaller Is put the powder
trTt Between the powder and the
,-,iine Is an intervening air space
va ukef W the force OF the cxplo-
~ by cushlonlng. preventing the d.
- iifro Of the explosion from strain.
lfni metal of the gun.
2 M the aerial proicctllc tho sub
fIf1i bat comes Ia tho surface, food
~ after compartments 20 give the
isrl upaard TIT at the bows. The
~ dflyes her back under water
m ifemost. where remaining tanks
y i,sisl and the boat awaits another
rfrgnlty 10 rise and deliver n shot.
N rilictile used IN the Holland acr-
o. Il eight Inches In diameter and
n NJ long. It's cartridges contain 100
ig,t q dynamite or blasting Eela-
e uplodlng BY either time fuse or