22 AUGUST 1914, Page 25

Notes on Torpedo Work in HM. Ships. By R. P.

(John Hogg. ls. net.)—Now that the deadly torpedo is about to undergo its first practical test on an adequate scale, many civilians will be keenly interested in these notes on the elaborate training of those who are responsible for its efficiency. Further, "R. P." explains that, in a big ship, the Torpedo Lieutenant is in charge of the whole electrical instal- lation, and this is nowadays so vitally important that, "unless his department is continuously efficient, the ship can neither steam nor fight." The amount of detail described in these notes shows what a complicated and ingenious machine the battleship has become in this scientific age.