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CASE 5.—PASSING BETWEEN TWO VESSELS AT ANCHOR.
CASE 6.
ATTACKING A VESSEL IN MOTION BY COMING DOWN FROM RIGHT AHEAD.
In this case, two torpedoes are launched, port and starboard, each diverging to its full extent; when passing the vessel attacked, one or the other of the tow-ropes is brought across the cut-water, and by the simultaneous motion of the two vessels in opposite directions, the torpedo is brought alongside of or under the bottom of the vessel attacked, as shown by the drawing. The torpedo vessel should keep the masts of her enemy in one until close to, when either torpedo will be used, according to the movement of the enemy. At the time of the tow-rope taking the cut-water, the brake is suddenly eased up; the tow-rope will then pass under the bottom, when, by checking the tow-rope, the torpedo will be hauled under the bottom.
Plate 9.
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CASE 6.—ATTACKING A VESSEL IN MOTION COMING DOWN FROM AHEAD.