Radio: The Search for the Affray

The British Admiralty last week explained how it had finally located the hulk of the submarine Affray, which sank last April with its crew of 75 men and officers (TIME, April 30). It had not been a diver who first spotted the missing vessel, but the sharp eye of an underwater television camera, peering about the rocky bottom of the English Channel.

The discovery of the Affray was the first practical application of underwater TV by the Royal Navy. After two years of experimental tests, British scientists succeeded in mounting a TV camera in a watertight container specially welded to withstand high...

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