| Show I I Hornets of the Navy In n the he War WarThe WarThe WarThe The Increase In the Popularity of Torpedo Craft i 1 1 II I nn lit several tI yards ll I nuS u ua to 10 the I e tho mho HUa HUaI tn I 1 lea ins I uS of tn craft ul 11 been beon rather ruther Un r t Ind While tho thoI I wore worl I HAW III 11 authorities aU not ot inclined to 10 prom pro lira t t them II na n class ChIllS It Is Ii a aI m l I C Ci I and torpedo tor I G 1 I I t hJ I i bun IKI I ad I io 10 tho t taa h In the Iho nasal urma 1 en tar n II t powers Interest had 01 shoes ii n ll to 10 toMS tot t fr n an the ilia t CI MS I In Ili Ih II agent Ant lit at y acs t 1 moat H expended In the tho thoI thet vM 1111 I M Ih r in monsters were wro t I pJ I r Ie put V n U II good t Performances r i in Iii un W use iloW tho the u h n art rf Asian rr r II t flail concerning the u oilY y III Ui r nW fT fi tl I S NY ot of thus ot of cra t this ill H that Hi ha Japanese no Sur ily off ocr l t hiis unsettled whether or t I ad 1 i II ft ii ha h rl f tuft nil could I hove teen been I 1 i s ity tr by t loo no 1 I 11 1 ivy Y of ot any ny other im nn nILI r I Nt hits persuaded that such In Is I II if Ir I rl n r is dv I w ad I Hi wonderful l little I I I a ii I i f 1111 Ib lulu kingdom In III IIII s IY t i in III 1111 Is IH capable of ot doing I I m I aft dt I was as Intended to toI th re rr lt I still null 11 of or course much I q ilu I tor III apparent desuetude I nr t M I boats boatH nut Hut nuta 11 1 bo humiliating i ic J a o r a II i I b u n i pled Th Tin h II INK II haR been shat I d i t i t II p nr lf rehabilitation reh I of oC the modern r f MI Id td u n Is In as 1111 u effectively Iely I 1 I te me tin the czars calms battleships 1 n II In ui I d the mho sen nett From Irum tho the thoI f t Mm ning until the tho nio niu I r I I 9 11 II ipse e malo luch IL ILI I I Lim 1 i I ih I II 1 th the I I Vj f n 1 II would 1 have reckoned r fable fiMble lIle onomy 10 ma b be bl t r a 1 i aI were pm l lu f ra u ui u a i II l air II 1 1 I u I II I mar elOV so HO arnny i I Its I Unit that It not mint lIotI 1 I 1 I ii i I n norm form of torpo torpor i 1 fI r I fir 4 II I Iy I nta y t 9 UT V T 7 1 harl Propeller 1 lel r 0 Jr NN i I Launching lO Log h g a Torpe To e 20 b Q 7 i s AI bit II tall n Sectional View oa Torpedo do warfare likely to 10 Provo prove cape espe especially chilly Although tho the ter le terrible effectiveness of o tho the torpedo ua us n naval nasal expedient In III tho the civil war w w wa won by no moans forgotten the failure of the tho n if cut to acarI In III theSpa the tho Spa war did dill much malt to 10 dl discredit this thin form Corm of oC attack Tor Jor this lollIon the tho of oC tin Hit unusual number of or those these vessels In hr Ja In Japans JaPans pans Sleet Hoot wan WOH lit at t the tho beginning IJ of oe the Will u Ii subject of ot also hud ind n fleet of about 00 of ot these boats but torpedo win Will fare CillO suns to lightly on es esteemed teemed by ly the tho lan naval author thou lIeli that most of oC thorn ulI ea worthy wort hy of no too avail Itea of or what have been heon known ns as minor muter typos types taut must bo ho under undertaken taken mend and speedily In this thiN process mho tho first item which demands consideration will bu bo tho the torpedo bout destroyer If I Ithe the tho craft devoted to torpedo are still lo to bo ho denominated ns its It II Is le evident that tile the 1111 primary mary then them must bo be given I n to 10 the destroyers As tho the matter without torpedo craft the tho battleship line may 1111 bo weakened but hut only In do de degree gree cree Without the tube base sup up 1 I hai 1 Jill t I tr r j I tl rt r t port and guidance torpedo shark attack Is al III almost most boost certain to bo be Impotent The 1111 rear reu Hon for this hits dependence In le to lie ho found In III the tact fact that the destroyer Is In a weapon oC or opportunity unit end surprise fragile In it construction poorly armed except against Ha Its fellows fallows unit and stoat moot de II In III the tho strain It puts put on the physical and anti mental stamina of oC Hi btu la crew It Is IB of acting atone alone only on I under very vory exceptional dunces and If IC attacked attached It U must mut either althar run ruil or 01 bo be gunk formerly 10 I me 11 the tho principal eta of n torpedo hURt bunt were high ni speed oe J cHI clent 9 of ot launching torpedo torpedoes anil and Mine aorta These The e li have b been en to embrace i and h l upend To o attain there tho o re n the boats hoat are lire long slender a BI as built ui 41 Ii and amid low In IntilE time tilE water On small torpedo boats boat the th tube are ore lon deck on the tore forn and aft aU line 11 no while on tho the lar lur larger larger ger tr boats they lire are placed pili cell OH an near Mar nu nn possible to the thu edge edre Modern torpedo boats are still of oC four finned torpedo boat sear en boats bOHt harbor bouts houtH Budd portable baste carried by hy Torpedo boat destroyers are to ordinary torpedo hoate the th lj 1 being In hr their larger luner lie Ms sad heavier armament they vary In III sl sire Hilt e from morn to tn 1100 tons toni The rhe torpedo boat proper carries very ry taw few and very small gun Seagoing are ale from to IAO tons ton Harbor boats boat of oC going to sex nea In good goodweather i weather are ere from thirty to tone ton Portable boats boat Ire are from five to III fifteen ton 1011 The rhe rh s eels are In somewhat sim similar tier ilar ratio the destroyer being fastest The defense against these thelo stealthily moving dangers danger consists of oC picket boiU sells note rapid firing guns gun un and anti searchlights Although It was known that It II wits was possible for tor a Ii tor torpedo torpedo craft cruft to lo Mink u n modern battleship until the In lu the time harbor of oC Port Arthur Il U wa was not nul probably probable The lime Jh accurate Knowledge fury fur furnished by h the repealed performances of or Admiral loot flout lies haM 1 In ha Inn InI haa n a I w moral effect on an tho the tin iia tin of or the world Up 1111 to 0 1903 1303 the tor torpedo torpedo fleet of nf the United Stated Stales was van fully Cully abreast within with molars modern With one oils or 01 two exception the time boat boats were went now and sal averaged much larger III than then Iline of ot the seine name In mo mot most t navies The fhe destroy dearo destroyers destroyer er flU ers were ales alo much ni oh store more heavily armed than those thoe Iho of or other oilier nation It 11 Is la a 1 fact tact however that several everd of the Jap Japanese anese destroyers destroyer built lit nt it tho time I works work In hl l tire fIre larger any an In our service Much progress bus been made In III Jahn toward the perfection of ot the detail details which contribute no 1 o 0 powerfully to the of torpedo warfare Under till thu clever touch of the foreign taught Hught Jap workmen many man Improvements have hae been developed which will not mint he be made public until the close of n this the war It Il I is III u Ii fact a also alu o that nary many Improve Improvement Improvements ment ments have been hen made the last lall few tew year In the torpedo mid amid It launching apparatus although every effort I is II made to keep all uch matter matters mattera a profound secret One of lit the mot most In Ingenious genious devices IK Is that which enables enable the time commanding officer of or H II vem l cur car tying torpedoes to to point Pint Ills his ship at al the he spot he wishes to hit and then by uy an electric firing tiring Rear gear to tn discharge dl the tho torpedoes from all 1111 the ihu tubes n ou ly and In it such a way WIY that t hll t they UIO will after striking the water turn and nd tun I un parallel to the course of ot the ship Thus with a 11 three tub lute boat for tor example he could discharge three torpedoes tor running run running ning Into a danger Mine gene aun about yards wide one omro on nil each side aide of ot the sons and the Ule third down the lime middle of oC It As A may lie Iro Inferred the possibilities of n II nhit hit lilt under such ludl circumstances are ars enor onor enormous Another proposed apparatus mi sty ll tile the nil air before It enters the engine This Is III most noces wry nary liar beta use when the he air nil airIs airIA Is IA 1 freed It expands producing a n low tow temperature that reduces reduce Its energy y Still another schema tur turbine billy bine machinery for the present reciprocating misting cating engine eng limes This would probably make mal e It possible to lo make an SOD SOO 00 run rim at the rate rale of forty knots knot an hour That fht also aillo would be a Ll great achieve achievement ment Inert Tho navy ha h Isar the honor of nf r being the tho pome or of a n torpedo g ThIll Thie boat bont wax was completed and tested In lit 1803 1601 its It Male were HO con coil convincing that all naval powers mma to 0 provide themselves with na as many ns IR be obtained and both and European r builders have havo lied had no tin lack luck of orders In tho the light of oC recent lucent observation It U Ul ItI itIs l I Is that the value of torpedo yes vew ell eels as H of practice and training cannot be ht That tho the United Hides a it 1 seaworthy fI flotilla of torpedo has hall been heen demonstrated by the Ule recent voyage or IfO to the th Philippine of several of ot these tho emit The Tho trip trill was wa mode In III about four mouths months The rho low loss lo speed peed wits was to husband the coat coal supply soul mid 1111 1 she Rita to tomake tolOa tomake make lOa e time the voyage In less rigorous for Cor the themen men It lL t Is II Indeed it n severe vere school tho the thelast tail lat p place the aoe In iii lily tho world for tor In hi the tatter mutter n of oC provision t for Cur torpedo boat Instruction the United States gov government government OV I le somewhat deficient but hut tills In is shortly to 0 bo be remedied and tho the les lell lesson son lOllS to he be taught by Uy the torpedo sere service 1 let lee will III hereafter hr form an part of ot the education II THOMAS W |
