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| Picture No | 10583030 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | How submarines fire torpedoes, 1939 |
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Drawing to explain how a British submarine's twelve torpedoes are fired. Here six torpoedoes are shown in their tubes, and a further six are in storage and have, when required, to be moved up to the rear door of the tube by slinging out a running cradle. The outer (sea) doors are opened and closed by rods operated hydraulically.
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| Source | Illustrated by Chatworthy (sp?) in the Sphere, 14 October 1939 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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