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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...
- 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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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...
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effective self-propelled
torpedo,
invented by
Robert Whitehead in 1866.
Whitehead Torpedo Works, the world's
oldest torpedo manufacturer,
presently a...
- of the
Order of
Franz Joseph, was the son of
Robert Whitehead, the
eponym of the
Whitehead torpedo. Her mother, an
amateur architect and pianist, was a...
- 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...
- by a
pendulum as in the 'secret'
pioneered by
Robert Whitehead. The
Howell was the
first torpedo to use the
gyroscope effect,
which Howell patented. When...
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Capability (ADCAP)
variant are
American heavyweight submarine-launched
torpedoes. They were
designed to sink deep-diving nuclear-powered
submarines and...
- The
Whitehead Mark 5
torpedo was a
Whitehead torpedo adopted by the
United States Navy for use in an anti-surface ship role in 1910. The Mark 5 was the...
