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MARCH 1930

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lIllME llN-BE llSPllliT JACK! Pictures: Ilcoonnotl Douglaa corporation

Jack is being asked to help naval sport by contributing 20p a month. For years all levels of sport III the Service have been ham ered by it cash shortage. and H boost v way of vol-

untary subscription could help d;I)= to-day running expenses enormou.sl_\' "No target ligure has been set." said Capt. Mike Freeman (Director of .\':Iv.1l P T, and Sport). "but we_are hoping for .In enthu\.IB$llL' {CS

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Modest Ztlp .I month we are .I\kIng from officers and ratings. starting from .-‘\prI'I '.. is surely extremely modest at |txl;Iv\"\prIee\." said Capt. Freeman "F.vI:n in: thine not actively or heavily" Involved in s In. there Is :I pride In seeing your Service. ‘ommand. ship or establishment well turned out and dotng well." General arm ol the xcheme Is to place the “The

finances of naval \ art on ;I lirmer basis as well as allowin -tar ors to dl\C£Hd the “poor relation" mant e which they have often had to accept in Inter-Service sport

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This remarkable sequence at pictures shows the Royal

Navy's

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Harpoon

being fired from the nuclear-powered submarine missile

H.M.S. Churchill in Ameri-

can waters.

Sub

Harpoon

"Ls tired in I canister from a submarine‘: torpedo tohe while the vessel is dived. The canister rises to the cur-lace. where it acts as a launch lot the mlsdle which. once nnched. flies low over the sea to see! out its target. During an ei ht-rnont h waters depio meat In the htlrchlil fired more than I20 capsules. Six live llrinp oi Inisiles without warheub were made against a ship target resulting In six direct hits. Since the First World War the relatively short-ran e treen the rouning torpedo has submarine‘: main armament against surface targets. Suh Harpoon. with its overthe-horiaon ca blllty. will give the Ru al avy‘s nuclearsubmarines in the powere mid-WW5 a weapon whose strike range matches their ability to detect and track a t It will complement t nuke‘: other main technical weapon. the anti-submarine homing torpedo.

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SEA HA RRIER SALUTE FOR lNVlNClBl.E When the

anti-xubmarrne atreraft earner H_M.S. invincible enters her base port for the tint time on Wednesday March I‘). It I.\ planned that five or six Sea Harrterx from YcovIlton_ and Sea Kings from H.M.S. Hermes. will overtly the Portsmouth sea front and harbour entrance In salute. Thev will be greeting the largest w;Ir.\'hIp built for the Royal Navy [or ;I quarter of .I century as she ElHl\‘t.‘\ from \-‘Icken for acceptance Into naval xcrvree The Invincible Is due to J.“ Outer Spit Buov at about will and vvil berth at South new

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where the formal but [met hand~over ccrcrnonv will take place Next morning she Is due to move Into D Lock. Where her dockrn period will Include change of both IR!/:-ton pro llers. c Invincible is due to leave for sea trials at the end of April.

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