Show i BELLE ISLE TORPEDOED Old English Battleship Used to Experiment Ex-periment With in Portsmouth Ports-mouth England Portsmouth 13ng Sept Irlle 1 old battleship Belle isle was torpedoed here today and yank at her moorings For the iiuruose of he I experiment J a section had been constructed on the port side of the Belle Isle representing the side of a modern battleship Tills was llllod with an American invention which it was claimed would prevent a hip from sinking when the hull is penetrated below the water I line When the vessel was struck a large column of water onveloiKd l her She rolled heavily and thou settled down with a list lo iot Tins Hellas Isle I will be raised for further experiments It I is said that the damage to the ships hot lom is extensive |