Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIV, Number 26, 25 October 1939 — Believe New Type Torpedo Being Used [ARTICLE]

Believe New Type Torpedo Being Used

WABHINGTON (DP)—As a re*oH of the ainkinp of British battleship by torpedoes, naval circles speculated unofflciaHy on whether the Nazis have developed a new torpedo. The usnal types of torpedoes, naval observers pomted out, must be ftred near the sarface to obtain any degree of aceuracy. Recause of this battleships carry theīr heavjest ariaor at the waterilne with little armorpiate underoeath. Observers thought perhaps the Germans were ushvg a torpedo witlt a ninjrnetic end whieli could he flred nt great depth. Tlie magnetic attraettOD could hring the torpedo to the ship helow the \vaterline and release the explosive mechantsm.