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Identifier: submarinesmines00domv (find matches)
Title: Submarines, mines and torpedoes in the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Domville-Fife, Charles W. (Charles William), 1886-
Subjects: Submarines (Ships) Submarine warfare Submarine mines
Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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one of the ways of destroying an enemy's mine-field ; and even the strongest fleet cannot guard every portion of a long coast line with many harbours exposed *76 Mine-Laying Fleets to attack. The judicious laying of mine-fields will often prevent raids by hostile submarines and torpedo-boats;and will limit the theatre of operations,as was done by the British Navy in the southern portion of the North Sea in October, 1914. The axiom that a really strong navy needs to be strong in every branch, therefore holds good in this, asin all other respects. Mine-Laying Fleets. Great Britain. Apollo. Thetis. Andromache. Latona. Naiad. Intrepid. Iphigenia. These are all second class cruisers offrom 3,400 to 3,600 tons, built about 1891-2, which have been converted into mine-layers. They are equipped with a very large number of submarine explosive mines, which can be automatically lowered into the water as the vessels steam along. Their speed is about 15 knots, and their armament consists of four 47-inch quick-firing
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Photo: Cribb Southsea, HMS HMS Iphigenia, the mine dropping gear can be seen in the stern. H Mine-Laying Fleets *77 guns. Their complement is about 150 officers and men. Germany.Pelikan (1890). Nautilus (1906). Albatross (1907). Arkona (1903). All these vessels, with the exception of the Arkona, which was a protected cruiser, have been specially built for mine-laying work. Their displacement is about 2,000 tons. The Pelikan has a speed of 15 knots, the Albatross and Nautilus of 20 knots, and the Arkona of2\\ knots. They are all fitted with special gear for dropping the large number of mines carried, and their armament consists of from four to eight 21-pdr. quick-firing guns. Their complement is about 200 officers and men. Austria. The Austro-Hungarian Navy possesses only one regular mine-laying warship—the Chamaleon (Chameleon), which was being completed when war was declared. She is a vessel of 1,800 tons displacement, *78 Mine-Laying Fleets with a speed of 20 knots. Her mine-launching gear is of t

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  • booksubject:Submarines__Ships_
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