Show where torpedoes fail A remarkable tact about this in genious and now most accurate weapon 1 that down to the present war there bad been no instance of a ship under way being struck by a tor all its victims had been caught at anchor or were otherwise station ary and from the best information available the same thing has hap bened between cussia and japan now the question arises it the torpedo boat which has power ato catch the hare cannot cook him how 1 thor cooking t be done by the submarine which can neither see him nor catch him the design certainly Is to use the submarine against ships under way to replace the torpedo boat which cannot act in daylight and it la open question which experience alone can decide whether it will be easier tor a submarine to catch the haro by day than it has hitherto proved tor the torpedo boat to catch him by night certainly enthusiasts will bo by no means satisfied if the submariner proves capable merely of attack on ships at anchor london review |