The torpedo boat Childers, which has lately been built for the Victorian Government, underwent a trial at Portsmouth yesterday for the purpose of testing her torpedo apparatus. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 21 Dec 1883, Page 6
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