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BRITAINs FIRST FLYING TORPEDO BOAT. The first torpedo-carrying seaplane to be built
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BRITAINs FIRST FLYING TORPEDO BOAT. The first torpedo-carrying seaplane to be built
BRITAINs FIRST FLYING TORPEDO BOAT.
The first torpedo-carrying seaplane to be built In England carried out a demonstration flight at Brough near
Hull, recently. It is fitted with a 450 h.p. Napier Lion engine, and Is capable of a cruising speed of about 2
miles a minute. As It dives down, however, It attains a speed probably much nearer 150 miles an hour, and ItFix this text
Is then that the torpedo, slung beneath the fuselage, and discharged by tho pilot pulling a releasing lever ii
sent hurtling towards the surfaces hip. The photograph shows the seaplane with the 30cwt. torpedo in plance.
29 Oct 1925
Media ID 11028525
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