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Whitehead torpedo was the
first self-propelled or "locomotive"
torpedo ever developed. It was
perfected in 1866 by
British engineer Robert Whitehead from...
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Whitehead Torpedo Works was a
company established in the 19th
century by
Robert Whitehead that
developed the
Whitehead torpedo. It grew from its initial...
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Turtle or
Torpedo." This
usage likely inspired Robert Fulton's use of the term to
describe his
stationary mines, and
later Robert Whitehead's naming of...
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enemy ships with
explosive spar
torpedoes.
Later evolutions launched variants of self-propelled
Whitehead torpedoes.
These were ins****
craft created...
- the
Whitehead Torpedo Works was
purchased by
Giuseppe Orlando in 1924, one of the
owners of the
Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando of Livorno.
Whitehead Torpedo...
- self-propelled
naval torpedo. He was born in Bolton, England, the son of
James Whitehead, a cotton-bleacher, and his wife
Ellen Whitehead née Swift. He trained...
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shortly after the
invention of the
locomotive Whitehead torpedo in the 1860s. The
development of the
torpedo gave rise to the
Jeune École doctrine, which...
- The
Whitehead Mark 1
torpedo was the
first Whitehead torpedo adopted by the
United States Navy for use in an anti-surface ship role
after the E. W. Bliss...
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later known as
Berliner Maschinenbau,
based on the
Whitehead design.
Unlike the
Whitehead torpedo,
which was
manufactured out of steel, the Schwartzkopff...
- use 21-inch
torpedoes. The
British 18-inch
torpedoes were 17.72
inches (45.0 cm) in diameter,
beginning with the "Fiume"
Whitehead torpedo of 1890. First...
