On the submarines that are now being built cradles which hold several extra torpedoes are fitted to the decks, and in this way the number of torpedoes which can be shot is increased.


CHAPTER VI
MAKING THE SUBMARINE DEADLIER

Other Armament of the Submarine, Including a Complete Description of How the Guns Are Made, Housed, and Used


CHAPTER VI
MAKING THE SUBMARINE DEADLIER

It would naturally be supposed that a submarine carrying eight or more torpedoes is about as destructive an engine as human ingenuity could devise; but not so, for there are other munitions of warfare with which it is equipped that make it even deadlier.