The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1898, Page 18

= S$ e 2L = =3 S 2= \ 7 7 v; A ) = 7% SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1898, THE LATEST NAVAL WONDERS FOR DESTROYING BATTLE-SHIPS t EN’V’EE’ the four feet u exposed p mor, armored cr it W, mor such pa quali that there ence to-d tions. “In such a cra up to your ship into her, while INVENTOR * just | boat w on the | to H. Jacqu Hol- -d torpedo-boa 1) ol t be com- mistake on the part of the officer In from the coast, the water mu HOLLAND'S PROPOSED NEW SEMI-SUBMERGED . TORPEDO BOAT. paratively’ smooth and clear, the tor- command may spoil everything and pedo must be discharged with absolute doom all on board to a ith. protected by being sunk four feet under the surface of the water. The small exposed portion will be surrounded with accuracy. ‘The slightest breakdown in Z = r . Inveritor ‘Holland de 8 t such a vessel will be practically irresistible and invulnerable because she will combine all the delicate machinery, the slightest 2 1d can also be used a torpedo boat d a destroyer of torpedo boat destroy SEMI-SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT. Such a boat as thi. simply ridd into pi rapid-fi qualities of a torpedo-boat « Furth erged ar pedo-boat d and « hoat > able to used : »yer of torpedo-boat de- by only this, but it can| and the pr strike harm 4 » to do something, s will be infinitel upon the heavily armored comfortable than those thej if they could S0 s ent occupy in the torpedo-boat. el exposes whe ¥ | 2 will have a feeling of saf: which | action. do not now nd they will they will land their tor- enough to blow up the shis. | HE news which comes from New | uch a craft may be compared with York of the successful trials | automobile torpedo, one of ot | boat has set men considering L nop ooy marganoman scriously the possibility of using vaving them supplemented by direct | this terrible weapdn ®f offense in the mechanical ones under the direct con- |War which now seems inevitable. a boat will be nmnicr}tllly ir- | on the question, they always are when- le and invulnerable; will even |ayer any new instrument o os the attack of heavy ordnance, Of Fdestry a type that it will be impossible id.” uch le tive shake their heads gravely and ment will be 1000 tons; the engines = 2 W ; Will have 10,000 or 12,000 horsepower | W have here a weapon which, in d"“d'i 1 develop a speed of twenty-five |1V effect, will outrival even the torpedo. s. The armored superstructure to | And we know from sad experience what t e dark as yet as to what may or may not be accomplished by a submarine tor- |, ament will co; of four large rapid- 12 pound caliber, in el can carry, but | the behavior in real warfare of ve. ¥ 1 structure upe will be only 15 THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO-BOAT BEGINNING THE DIVE 4 LITTLE DEEPER. VTOR HOLLAND'S TWO NEW SEA FIGHTING MONSTERS, THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT AND THE s combines all the | miles under the water, to rise and sink 1 a tor- | at the will of her operators, and to dis- n also be | charge a torpedo at a target. She will f S quick-firing guns can aim prac- £ e 't up within easy | tically invulnerable, and naval science the 1 tory s hf battle has not yet devised a means of defense e head to ; oniy train their rapid-fire | against her. attacks gt giving a well-discip- | g 1 the little c against her attac that if any Spanish vess e she may, under favorable circum- | stances, Amboy, N. J., last month, and sub- 1 jected to four severe tests. While run- it S Sl R R ning full speed she was submerged by simply filling her tanks, reappearing gradually after traveli s | under water. In addition to her capa- made by the Holland submarine | city for submarine work, the Holland ing 100 pounds of guncoiton for a dis- tance of a mile. Also she is supplied : with three 18-inch Whitehead torpe- of the brain of man. . Naval experts of course are divided | does, fired from a tube under water. | Further, there is a submarine gun at the stern, designded t(l:‘ fire a }[:rojectile s d 1 3 five hundred yards through the water. tion is Introduced. The more conserva- When on the surface she is propelled 3 g 73 by gasoline engines, when below elec- ventor Holland proposes to build | dwell on.the many limitations which | tric storage batteries do the work, Hore of these all-around fighting sub- | natural law imposes on submarine nav- | izontal rudders regulate the depth to ine machines as follows: A vessel | igation; the younger and more enthu- | which the boat is sunk, but to be kept 20 ‘l""l(‘““flr f“ feet “'id;f a“él draw- | siastic members of the profession make | Under water ls)het Tu;st fbe i g 14 feet of water. ts displace- § moving. The boat is eet long by 11 light of these difficulties and claim that feet in diameter, and it is claimed that she can run for fifty miles without coming to the surface for breath. t smoke and compan- | terrible destruction can be wrought by | well; but the main question is, Will the i 150G he between 30 and 40 feet | even one torpedo or submarine mine, | conditions ffl"°“1fl’19 for the use of a long and 10 feet wide in the middle, the itter of fact, wi 3 } Isubmarine vessel ever occur in real ends being made half round. The arm. | . AS & Matte e ane alidn the | Siton e = % r at least that portion of it which is The armor will be | pedo boat. We know little enough about | looking anxiously forward to the sels | Americo-Spanish conflict as a means of . = - When light | which maneuver on the surface, and it | Solving many unsolved problems in ; : 2 el 5 S S remains to be seen what those moving | Daval construction, watches with in- G s R e no target at which an e els come within her range evenge the loss of the Maine. The Holland boat w tried at Perth 7 some distance sht on the surface. al torpedo contain- So far, the Holland boat promises That is the whole point. The world, i 111:‘- m- i::hw‘n\;‘;l \‘\‘:m‘z' in l‘h(; m}ddle‘ in in the depths will achieve. All we know | terest for the first relal trial of the boat. 3 ac W e coverec y 3 b BN v, i water, and thesuns will b0 bue'§ et | so far, Is that the Holland. hoat hag | aned sy e The enemny reor 1ions | NEW SUBMARINE BOAT HOLLAND AS SHE APPEARS ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. jabeve the water line. proved herself able to travel for several | anchor and at not too great a distance Sketched from a Photograph. ALL UNDER WATER; ONLY THE TIPS OP THE FLAGS SHOWING. COMING UP AFTER THE DIVE