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'Missed!' - the Helm, the Best Weapon against Torpedoes

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This picture illustrates an incident which has frequently occurred in the patrol flotillas when destroyers have been hunting down submarines and the latter have retaliated by firing torpedoes. Clever manœuvring in combination with good gunnery is the war-ship's best protection against attack by submarine.

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The British Navy Book
By Cyril Field
Available from gutenberg.org
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