Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1914 — Long Trip for Submarines. [ARTICLE]

Long Trip for Submarines.

When Jules Verne wrote “Forty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” few of his readers imagined that his weird idea would be accomplished within : their lifetime, yet two submarines :have started from Portsmouth, England, for Australia, a distance of 13,000 miles, which they will accomplish iunder their own power, created by oil- ; driven engines. They are scheduled ito reach Australia about May 18, which fallows for no loss of time from start ito finish. Each boat has oil engines of 1,600-horsepower, calculated to develop 360 revolutions per minute, and will carry 11,000 gallons of paraffin as fuel and 1,600 gallons of lubricating oil. They have as armaments four torpedo tubes, and on arrival win be fitted with wireless telegraphy. They are to be known as AEI and AE2, being of the E class. They will be escorted as tar as Singapore by his majesty’s ship Eclipse.