I'm not sure if this has been covered before, it was brought up in the Missing-Lynx forum and should be of great interest for ship modellers. Every issue is available, dating back to the 1800's...

http://books.google.com/books?id=oCkDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0_0#PPA1,M1

Browsing through Nov 1917, these articles stood out...

pgs 1, 642, 643 Fighting off submarines with armed buoys. (with detailed schematics)
pg 680 Searchlight torpedoes.
pgs 682, 683, 684 What's wrong with the submarine
pg 696 Catapulting seaplanes from u-boats

Thanks for the heads up on that one Frank. With such an archieve, one never knows what may pop up.