- Torpedo - Wikipedia
In 1866, Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo, the first modern torpedo French and German inventions followed closely, and the term torpedo came to describe self-propelled projectiles that traveled under or on water
- Torpedo | Naval Weapon, Submarine Warfare History | Britannica
Torpedo, cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater missile, launched from a submarine, surface vessel, or airplane and designed for exploding upon contact with the hulls of surface vessels and submarines
- The Remarkable Story of a Howell Torpedo - U. S. Naval Undersea Museum
The Howell torpedo was the first self-propelled torpedo developed by the United States and used in service in the U S Navy It was invented by Lt Cmdr John Howell in the 1870s and 1880s, after English engineer Robert Whitehead debuted the world’s first successful torpedo in 1866
- TORPEDO Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Torpedo comes to English by way of Latin torpēdō, which has two quite different meanings It refers to a state of inertness, sluggishness, or lethargy, and it refers to a creature also known as the electric ray
- Torpedoes - Naval Encyclopedia
Robert Whitehead’s Invention: The modern torpedo was pioneered by Robert Whitehead, an English engineer In 1866, he developed the first self-propelled torpedo in Fiume (modern-day Rijeka, Croatia) This torpedo could travel underwater, maintaining a set depth and course toward its target
- Navy’s Use of Torpedoes - NHHC
Torpedo development was minimal during World War I The Mk 7 was the first steam-driven torpedo that could be fired from both destroyers and submarines The post-World War I pre- World War II
- A Brief History of U. S. Navy Torpedo Development - Part 1
The development of Torpedo Mk 38, a 21-inch diameter, submarine-launched, antisurface ship torpedo with electric propulsion (primary battery) and active passive acoustic homing, had been planned for the post-World War II era, but was deferred pending the outcome of Torpedo Mk 37 development
- List of torpedoes by name - Wikipedia
Morison, Samuel Eliot History of United States Naval Operations in World War Two 1984 edition, Volume 3 Little, Brown, and Company Kurak, Steve (September 1966) "The U S Navy's Torpedo Inventory" US Naval Institute Proceedings United States Naval Institute Proceedings "Torpedo History" Geoff Kirby (1972) Categories: Torpedoes Lists of
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