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==Development and History==
==Development and History==
Its design is covered in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898''.{{ARTS1898|pp. 20-22, Plates 8, 9}}


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The design was submitted and agreed to after changes were applied in December 1891.  An overarching goal of the design was to incorporate lessons taken from manufacture of the new 178-in models.  The body shape was the same as in the [[14-in R.G.F. Mark VIII Torpedo|Mark VIII model]], but the tail fins were to be like those of the new 18-in long R.G.F. model which could better pass through nets.  Overall, its design was described as being different in 10 points from the Mark VIII's, and a pound lighter when charged (705 versus 706 pounds).{{ARTS1892|pp. 20-21}}
The Admiralty stressed there was no hurry to have this new torpedo, as the coming year's small order could just be more of the Mark VIII design.  They also asked that the idea of enlarging the warhead by fitting a bluffer head be considered, as these were proving the better shape anyway.  It was understood that this might increase weight to about 750 pounds.{{ARTS1892|p. 22}} 
They provided sketches of a model with these features with a warhead of 112 pounds.  Order and manufacture of two articles was made in 1892.{{ARTS1892|pp. 20-24}}
At the end of 1895, they were just ready to come into service. 
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===Particulars===
===Particulars===
The final design is laid out in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898''.{{ARTS1898|pp. 19-20}}
The final design is laid out in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898''.{{{ARTS1898|pp. 20-22, Plates 8, 9}}
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The diameter was precisely 14 inches, but the spec allowed 14.015 inches, uncharged, as a maximum.  It carried a charge of 79 pounds dry guncotton, 90 when wetted.   
The diameter was precisely 14 inches, but the spec allowed 14.015 inches, uncharged, as a maximum.  It carried a charge of 79 pounds dry guncotton, 90 when wetted.   

Revision as of 19:09, 25 November 2012

The 14-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo was a torpedo manufactured by Whitehead & Co. at their Weymouth works.

It was introduced into production for the Royal Navy in 1898.[1]

It and the 14-in R.G.F. Mark X and a portion of the 18-in R.G.F. Mark IV Torpedoes ordered in 1898 would be among the first to employ gyroscopes.

Development and History

Particulars

The final design is laid out in the Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898.{[2] [TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]

Manufacture and Use

1898

100 are ordered and are under manufacture at Whitehead, Weymouth.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. pp. vi-vii.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. pp. 20-22, Plates 8, 9.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 19.

Bibliography

See Also

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