14-in Mark VIII Torpedo (UK)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe 14-in R.L. Mark VIII Torpedo was an early British torpedo manufactured first by the Royal Laboratory and later at the Royal Gun Factory when control of the Torpedo Factory at Woolwich was transferred. These torpedoes were now to be stamped "R.G.F" in lieu of "R.L.".[1]
A gap in our primary source materials makes the genesis of the type difficult to state exactly, but it appears that a total 320 of them (called "Leeds torpedoes") had been ordered in 1888-9 and 1889-90 and been adjusted and accepted.[2] 294 of the newest had been adjusted in 1890 and averaged 26.0 knots in 57 degree water, requiring on average 18 runs to be accepted.[3]
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