14-in Fiume Mark I Torpedo
The 14-in Fiume Mark I Torpedo was an early torpedo manufactured by the Whitehead & Company.
At the beginning of 1881, Portsmouth had 163 in store – a majority of the torpedoes they had – at year end, they had 156 in store. They seemed to be sending and receiving a lot of them to/from Woolwich, which was fitting them with side suspension and T Brackets.[1]
By the end of 1884, the Royal Navy had purchased 225 of them as it sought to compare Whitehead-manufactured specimens with their domestically licensed weapons built at the Royal Laboratory.[2]
These torpedoes, along with 14-in torpedoes R.L. Marks I-III and Fiume Marks I-II were deemed obsolete in 1892.[3]
An extensive report on torpedoes being adjusted at the test ranges shows they are not in use in 1896.[4]
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Mark I*
Some time before the end of 1884, 50 Mark Is had been altered to this standard and 49 more were under alteration at Fiume.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 34.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1892. p. viii.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. pp. 42-44.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.
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