Submarine Mines
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Submarine Mines is a letter written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Times on 8 september 1914.
Submarine Mines
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir, — Is it really beyond the capacity of our marine architects to devise some sort of steel trident or fork which could be projected into the water in front of the bows of a vessel to explode a contact mine before the prow actually touched it ? I understand that a surprisingly small interval of water forms an effective buffer against the shock.
Yours faithfully,
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex, Sept. 6.
