Show NEW TYPE OF BOAT yew york feb 23 jhc thc submarine torpedo boat protector a now typo of ewel which will shortly bo put through a series of trials for the purpose of demonstrating her capability to tho officers of the united states navy ia be ing overhauled at city island and put in condition for tho coining gerits tho protector waa built at bridgeport conn by her inventor and own cr captain simon lake the vessel h designed for harbor defense she h sixty feet ions eleven feet pram twelve feet of water weighs about tons she is built of steel and equipped with two tp enable her to travel alon the bottom ol 01 tho aoa her motive power ia electricity when submerged and when cruising awash thero are two torpedo tubes one aft and an opening in her bow will admit of a diver leaving atho boat to cut carlesi and mine connections hen builder be icca elic can troy submarine defenses in any harbor durin trial she carried n crew of eight wn and nino passengers paa A peed of twelve aneta was mado beauy ou her surface run |