British submarine M-1

Title (Dublin Core): British submarine M-1
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Submarines
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Carrying a Monster Gun Under the Sea; Caption: Now that we have peace, doubtless this submarine with a 12-inch gun is prepared to see that wee keep it
extracted text (Extract Text): THE British submarine M-1, which mounts a 12-inch 45-caliber
gun, is the most powerful undersea craft in the world, and
represents a new idea in naval warfare. |
Tt was completed in August, 1918, just before the end of the war, and
was to have been used in convoying merchant ships which might have
been attacked by enemy light cruisers. As a matter of fact, the M-1
has never been in action. |
This unusual craft is 200 feet long, and has a displacement of 2,000 tons
and a speed on the surface of about 16 knots. There is the usual recoil
arrangement made for the big gun, but despite this the submarine goes
back about ten feet in the water, from the recoil, whenever the gun is
fired.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): Interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1920-04
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 96, n. 4, 1920
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 76
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
Archived by (Dublin Core): Filippo Valle; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)