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Show An Inglorious End. The Nordenfeldt submarine boat, launched a few years ago amid such roseate expectation of startling results, has come to a sad and inglorious end. Having stranded last year on the coast of Jutland, and been got off and repaired, re-paired, she has been lying in Copenhagen Copen-hagen roads awaiting a buyer, and at last has been purchased as old iron and broken np. Alackl alack! only yesterday yester-day that unhappy sea elephant the Great Eastern, and today this poor little water mosquito, both gone to the hammer in more ways than one. But , the sympathy and sentiment aroused in the two cases is hardly equal, and, moreover, a torpedo boat must expect ex-pect reverses. What Js the exact proportion pro-portion of these craft which come scatheless out of naval maneuvers it would be hard to say, but it cannot be very large. And if a well regulated class of torpedo boat that sails on the top of the water in a decent and reasonable fashion cannot help coming to grief What can be expected of a submarine monstrosity which is neither "fish, flesh, fowl nor good red herring?" London Broad Arrow. |