Difference between revisions of "14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Created page with "The '''14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo''' was an early torpedo manufactured by the Whitehead & Co.. It was found to be greatly superior to the {{Torp|14-in|Fiume}}, but inferior ...")
 
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
[[File:ARTS1893|Plate10edit.jpg|thumb|400px|'''14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo'''{{ARTS1893|portion of Plate 10}} ]]
 
The '''14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo''' was an early torpedo manufactured by the [[Whitehead & Co.]].
 
The '''14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo''' was an early torpedo manufactured by the [[Whitehead & Co.]].
  
−
It was found to be greatly superior to the {{Torp|14-in|Fiume}}, but inferior to the current R.G.F. torpedoes overall in that although it had a 100 pound warhead as opposed to 90 pounds, it was ran slower and was not as quick at recovering from a dive.{{ARTS1983|p. 36}}
+
It was found to be greatly superior to the {{Torp|14-in Fiume Mark IV}}, but inferior to the current R.G.F. Mark IX torpedoes overall in that although it had a 100 pound warhead as opposed to 90 pounds, it was ran slower and was not as quick at recovering from a dive.{{ARTS1893|p. 36}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 19:27, 20 November 2013

File:ARTS1893
14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo[1]

The 14-in Fiume Mark V Torpedo was an early torpedo manufactured by the Whitehead & Co..

It was found to be greatly superior to the 14-in Fiume Mark IV torpedo, but inferior to the current R.G.F. Mark IX torpedoes overall in that although it had a 100 pound warhead as opposed to 90 pounds, it was ran slower and was not as quick at recovering from a dive.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1893. portion of Plate 10.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1893. p. 36.

Bibliography

See Also

Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=14-in_Fiume_Mark_V_Torpedo&oldid=78408"