One-man submarine
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Title (Dublin Core)
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One-man submarine
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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The One-Man Submarine Is Here
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Caption 1: When she is submerged, the forward deck of the miniature submarine is entirely concealed and barely six inches of the rear portion of the boat projects above the water
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Caption 2: The one-man submarine is scarcely larger than a motorboat. It's a trim little craft above the water, with a speed of thirty knots an hour
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Caption 3: The gate in the bow of the submarine opens, the torpedo shoots out, and the gate closes. A powerful pum ejects the water that entered the torpedo-chamber e
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OUT from the fleet
darts the Sea
Hornet. It is a mere
speck, barely visible, like a small raft
moving at great speed, showing only
six inches of surface above the water.
The Hornet is a one-man submarine]
which travels at a speed of 30 knots
and carries a torpedo charged with
from 300 to 500 pounds of T.N.T. The
length of the submersible is 40 feet and
its weight is 8500 pounds. |
The crew consists of one man.
He pilots the craft and 4
directs and fires the torpedo.
In firing, the gate at the
bow is raised by means of a L |
latch controlled from the conning-
tower, thus admitting the water to the
torpedo-chamber. The mechanism of
the torpedo is started and the deadly
missile is directed upon its course.
Then the gate is closed and a powerful
pump operated to remove the water
from the compartment. Just forty-five
seconds are required
to get the submarine
ready to speed up its
engine of 200 horsepower. At 30 knots
an hour it swings back to the protec-
tion of the fleet to receive a new charge.
This interesting invention was
designed by W. B. Shearer. The minia-
ture submarine can travel on the sur-
face, and from its size might be mis-
taken for a motor-boat. Submerged,
its forward deck is entirely
concealed and barely six
inches of the rear portion of
the boat projects above the
water.
Only from the air would it
be easy to detect the Sea
Hornet going on her “lawful
occasions.”
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1920-10
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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86
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 97, n. 4, 1920
