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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1916.

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SUBMARINE CATCHING."

A GERMAN DISCLOSURE" OF OUR METHODS..

VISITORS AT THE HOTELS.

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it or so severely damaging is that it could no longer dive or sink to destruction. He These boats also intended to follow the course of a submarine under Mr G. E. Anderson Afr WJ. Hodgs water, to fall on it when it rises to the Mr H. Murry Bain Mr and Mrs I

Afr R L. Atkinson Mrs &E Hodging surface, shoot at it and then disappear Mr J. H. Baring Holgate In un article in the Norddeutsche with pil speed, in order to bring on Mr W. L. L. Barker Mr-FLE

reinforcements which shall be able to fr

Hollands Allgemeine Zeitung" a German engineer destroy completely the injured subs

R. A. Mr

Holman Restorand discusses the methods which we have marine. And isntly, the boat desMr R. II. Beavan Mr E

child Mr.A.Shelton Booper Mr

D. Reams Mr FH. Howard adopted to deal with tha Gornun altroyers are able to hide in the smallest. Mrs E R. Belilios Dr A. T.Knoderer

the coast to art out Mr C. D. J. Bell

harbours on

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Mr S. Longfield

Camp-

Major D. Macdonald

Dr G. W. Mackcan

LONDON,marines. After a boastful introduction

in which the writer declares that the suddenly, returning to safety with the W. Belt & British Navy was completely taken by its mark. Only small and exceedingly Mr W. MeR.

same speed if their holt failed to find Mr RJ. Birbeek.

Capt B surprise at the setivity of the German

Branch Submarices in the Chancel and the Irish rapid rea-going boats could perform these Sea, and was amazed at their appearance ready to work at a moment's notice. It Corely

tasks, and they are provided with motore Capt. I Cassel Miss EM. Mackenzie. in the Mediterranean, he proceeds to

Dr Mrs On Marriott Mr H.A. P. Conant Mr E. Maalin describe the menxutas which have been adopted to catch the E beats as follows

Me J. W. Courtney Mr Mr G. La Co

Mr H.

Maxwell Courtney

Mr N. Croucher

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All the new methods of construction were of no avail against the mysterious enemy that dealt such Titanic blows, and ingenious brains were at to work in that there was nothing left for the big war country on the submarine awatters" Jan. 28 ships but is withdraw into their harbours they were called In reality, however, Feb. 11 Gobind the minefelda. But even the only eighteen of these submarine destroy Fab. 19 mines were circumyented by our subers as ordered by the Entante Powers havs Mr CE --Mar-11

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At the same time the British invented altogether extraordinary methods for destroying the submarines, such sa the arming of merchant vessels under neutral flags, the employment of disguised fshing ressels, and other devices of the some kind contrary to the Law of Nations (air) for employing merchant abips as free booters." Whele flotillas of steam trawlers gave up the catching of fish and

sought for more valuable hosty in the

Gerinan submarine.

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EUTHYWHERE AND NOWHILE.

Mr and Mrs W.

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Wilkinson

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* We are able to state, then, that these now submarine destroyers are motor beats of racing spo, three metres in breadth and caly 8 centimetres in depth, weigh ing forty tons. They are fat-decked and low in the water, so that they are only vible when they are quite close to one. consists of three eight cylinder benzine The motive power for the three screws motor which have a collective strength of 600 to 620 barse-power, and can Mr BartoE: achieve a maximum speed of 50 to 51 Mr&Mrs H Bridge and child and are armed with light quick-firers. In their scouting expeditions the boats, as ar R. Buthan zule, use only one motor in order to save Mr and Mrs H. F. Lt. Col.&Mrs Morgan their fuel and increase the radius of their

Carmichael... Mrs Nolasco activity.

MrF. Cary Mr T. L Perkins Mr and Mrs D. C. Mr & Mrs E Ralph,

Casulli

Mr C. Skott

Theoretically speaking such a method Apparently harmless, they lay on the to be most promising. In practice, how. of warfare against anbmarisse appears to water in pairs, in small or big flotillas ever, owing to their small size the before their nets. which were in reality destroyers have proved very disappoint steel-traps stretched between two boating, Eves is a moderate scs in which for the catching of submarines, while the submarines can lie at case they can cther hosts, armed with the same not develop their high speed baause they apparatus, were ready at a signal to closere then liable to most violent motion, in on the U bent that lay between them and the sea breaks over them fere end and catch it, to some extent, alive.

aft and abait. The fire of their guns in

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between two boats and towed by trawlers. Faiicult, if it is, indeed, at all possible. just like a fishing line, with which the

Mr F. A. Hazeland Mrs P. J. Sprule One hit from the heavier guns of theirs T. JUR. Johnsor-Gen YertriaFor 3 months 3 per cent per annum submarines were to be blown up under subitarines is sufficient on the other Mr Lee Jones Mr and Mr David meet them. water if the British had the good luck to hand, to sink them or to put them out floating buoy which, like a polypus, they consume for their powerful engines,

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In comparison, however, to the trouble that was taken and the wide range of these vessels the harvest was so scanty that Great Britain had to think of other methods. And so she decided to build a special type of boat fur destroying submarines, and of these a fleet of about 130 was ordered, about 30 or 40 of which were to be given to Russia In the construction of these boats they pro ceeded on the following principles: that they should be built with such fat by Mir. Alfred Noyes, bottoms that they could not be torpedoed but that the torpedoes should pass under them harmlessly, and that the destroyers

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..

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