10th Experiment.
Torpedo:—19 lbs. of dynamite, enclosed in a case similar to that used in the 9th experiment. It was placed 3·3' from No. 7 frame, 9·25' below the surface of the water.
Effect of explosion:—Hole produced in outer skin, 6·5' × 2' to 5'; inner skin only bulged and slightly cracked in two places. Above the longitudinal frame, a bulge was made in the outer skin 8' × 7', with the above-mentioned hole; below the longitudinal frame the indentation was 14' × 5' and 2·1" deep, with two horizontal cracks 10' x 13', and several inches broad.