Show SPEED OF TORPEDO BOATS depth of water has a great effect upon power needed in operation tho the recent tests ot of torpedo boats in the day ot of Danl rig germany have re hulled bulted in tho the ascertainment of some m e loo fansan facts regarding their gaviga navigation not 0 t hitherto known the par particular ticul ar object of these experiments was to ascertain the influence of tho the depth of the water on the speed of the boat it Is 13 stated butted that up to a speed of twelve knots an appreciable influence was observed but from fifteen to twenty knots the unfavorable c character har acter ot of the influence increased in proportion to the diminution of depth in shot liw water about two fathoms derp deep twice as much power was required of the tha engines to get the speed easily ea obtainable in deep water with an increase ot of speed the strange fact was sas remarked that conditions unfavorable to the boats way were no longer apparent in two fathoms but lather at a depth of four or five and better results were sere obtained in shallow water ater than in twenty fathoms in consequence ot of these observations the government naval architect herr paulus at a recent conference of marine engines engineers rs proposed to petition n the admirall admira lity ty to allow of tho the experiments being repeated considerably larger warships |