| Show ruse of a submarine sub anarine during the recent maneuvers between the submarine flotilla and the battleship battle hip squadrons squad ions of 0 the british navy some ingenious ruses were adopted by the former to mislead the latter one of the roost most successful was the building of an exact replica of the conning tower and a short length of the top of the submarine of canvas material thia this was painted the same color as the submarine and wan wais attached to the top of the the submarine then traveled toward one of the hostile vessel vessels and when within range and as conspicuously as pos sible the canvas structure was released it immediately floated to the surface of the water directly the submarine had discarded the mock structure it sunk again and completely altering its course approached the vessel from another quarter this canvas affair absing cot spich ous immediately attracted the warships attention and a severe fire was directed upon it hile this firing wat in progress the submarine arose on the opposite side of the warship u i succeeded in launching a torpedo unobserved and at close ange the ruse was therefore completely successful the possibility of catching rine boats in steel nets was shown the nets were of an improved type larger and considerably stronger thai than any previously employed for the purpose the experiment proved successful as the submarine after being caught in the net was so completely entangled that all its efforts to escape were futile |
