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THE SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT
of space on board the submarines themselves preventing
the stowage of these articles there.
France, Italy and Germany all have vessels especially
fitted for this purpose. All are more or less equipped with
extravagant devices of various kinds for the purpose of
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A type of German tender and fuel ship being used as a base for submarines
in the present war
carrying out salvage operations as well, should any of the
submarines meet with serious accident causing her to sink
and be unable to rise again by her own efforts.
Indeed in France the Schneider Works went so far as to
construct a number of vessels to be employed solely in
transporting submarines. These “kangaroo” vessels were
so constructed that several of the bow plates could be
removed and the submarine floated into a circular tank
built into the hold of the vessel. After the bow plates
were replaced the water was pumped out of the tank,