Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
HOLLAND DESCRIBES
HIS OWN BOAT.
lie Says ii can do all and More Than
he has Claimed for it.

have built six submarine boats. The
first, In 1871, was IA feet long. built for
| private purposes, The second. con-
structed In 1879 was 81 feet long and
feet In diameter Boat number three
/ was a working model. l6h feet long by
/ 30 Inches In diameter. Number four
/ was the Zalinskl boat. 40 By feet.
: Number five Is So By ny feet, OF l6S
/ tons displacement.
Number six, the present boat. Is So
| feet long by 10 feet inches IN diam
eter, Her displacement is rs tons.
The first and greatest desideratum
In submarine boat Is simplicity. Each
man has one thing 90 do and nothing
else. The crew OF this boat consist OF
one pilot, one operator or assistant
pilot, one electrician, one engineer and
| two torpedo experts. Six men can run
this boat under any fleet OF war ships.
In any harbor attack anything on land
or sea, and az the same time dlsap-
pear after each discharge Of guns and
always be out OF reach Of the enemys
fire. There is very much less danger In
a submarine boat Of this kind than on
any surface boat. II these boats be-
come an established feature OF marine
and naval service, they VIII be used
for carrying passengers through the
rough sea between Dover and Calais.
They are absolutely SAFE and free from
motion. Neither fogs nor storms can
have any effect on them. There VIII
be no collisions. FOR they sail far be-
low the deepest ocean liners. The pas
sage across the English Channel can
be made along the bottom Of the sea
In from one to two hours. With COM
pressed air In steel tubes, such as we
use In this boat, the ventilation VIII
be perfect These tubes stand pres
sure Of 5000 pounds to the square inch.
When our boat goes to sea for busi-
ness, she Will carry one aerial torpedo
thr0wer, one submarine gun, one
Whitehead expulsion tube. Even when
In action there viii be no great in
convenience from recon or the explo-
sion. The indicators viii show exactly
where we are. II we approach land, q
little bell rings the warning. IL viii
be exactly like riding in a well-liehted.
comfortably seated railway car through
a tunnel.
The difference between a boat OF this
type and an ordinary torpedo boat.
which sails on the surface. is beyond
words TO express In rough weather,
life on torpedo boat Is horrible. Az
ter a rough trip the crew have 10 be
sent TO hospital for treatment. In a
gale such a boat could not live We
are Indifferent 10 storms. We can ac-
company a fleet Of the biggest war
ships In the widest sea. Besides the
quarters for the crew, we have cabin
Is X 10 feet for the accommodation OF
experts or visitors who may accompany
US. The temperature IN the engine
rooms Of rams and torpedo boats 10 al
most insupportable. We shall be per-
fectly cool, having the temperature OF
the sea surrounding the boat While
ships are covered with ice. we, deep In
the sea, will be as comfortable as by
our firesides at home The boat viii
not be In danger Of sinking, as she Is
always sunk. She cannot leak. because
her double bottom is always filled with
water FOR ballast
In a bombardment ! would use the
aerial torpedo guns 10 sink the war
ship, then practise on the forts at my
leisure. The power Of these weapons
Is enormous The muzzle energy Of the
submarine gun is $50 foot tons, enough
10 force proJectiles through any OBJ
3tructiOn.
In using the torpedo thrower. the re-
'oil from the gun pushes the boat baol
INTO the water out Of sight, so that sh,
'annot be located by the enemy. Tn
Wenty-one tons OF electrical storag
batteries In the bottom Of the boat. al
ways Keep her right side UP, the eentr