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Torpedo Manual for HM Fleet 1909, Volume III

Torpedo Manual for His Majesty's Fleet

Volume III

Whitehead Torpedoes, Air Compressors, Net Defence and Obstructions

1909

 

Repository
Document ID
Pages
Dimensions
Plates
ADM 186/365
392 including index

15cm x 24cm
76

My copy of this document is a black and white photocopy of an original (copy No. 1833) at TNA.  I'm sure many of the plates are in color, but I do not have the benefit of seeing it. 

The table of contents for this are exceedingly detailed, and I am starting off by merely including the chapter titles.  The TOC includes a finer breakdown by sections, and covers 8 pages if you would like to order it.

The opening page advises that Volume III. should be used with:  Handbook for 14-inch Mark VIII, Handbook for 18-inch Fiume Mark II, Handbook for R.G.F. Torpedoes, Handbook for 18-inch Fiume Mark III-III**, and 14-inch Weymouth I, and the Handbook for Heater Torpedoes.

GENERAL CONTENTS

 
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
Page
Page
Original idea of a torpedo
1
Development of the Whitehead torpedo
5
The gyroscope
6
Submerged tube
6
First above-water tube
6

Introduction of torpedo

boats

7
 

Cases in which a torpedo has been

used in war :--

Russo-Turkish War
7
Chilian Civil War
7
Brazilian Civil War
8
China-Japanese War
8
Russian-Japanese War
9
 
CHAPTER I. --  General Description of a Torpedo
CHAPTER II. --  Pistols, Primers, Pioneers, War, Exercise and Collision Heads
CHAPTER III. -- Air Vessels
CHAPTER IV. --  The Balance Chamber
CHAPTER V. --  Servo-Motors and their Connections to the Horizontal Rudders
CHAPTER VI. --  Horizontal Rudder Adjustments
CHAPTER VII. --  Controlling Gear
CHAPTER VIII. --  Air Leads, and the Valves through which Air Passes on its way to the Engines
CHAPTER IX. -- Counters, Valve Group, and Sinking Gears
CHAPTER X. --  Cold Engines and Propeller Shafting
CHAPTER XI. --  Afterbodies, Tails, and Propellers
CHAPTER XII. --  General Information of Various Types of Torpedoes
CHAPTER XIII. --  Parting Torpedoes
CHAPTER XIV. --  Maintenance, Repair, Stowage, and Transport of Torpedoes
CHAPTER XV. --  The Gyroscope
CHAPTER XVI. --  Above-Water Torpedo Tubes and Dropping Gear
CHAPTER XVII. --  Submerged Torpedo Tubes
CHAPTER XVIII. --  Air Service
CHAPTER XIX. -- Running of Torpedoes
CHAPTER XX. --  The Director
CHAPTER XXI. -- Net Defence, Booms and Obsrtuctions

LIST OF PLATES

I.
  
Outlines of different pattern pistols
II.
  
Submerged fire pistol
III.
   Above-water pistol
IV.
   Mark III. screwed plug for primer
V.
   Special guard for stowing pistols in T.B.D
VI.
  
Pistol safety chocks for right-ahead fire
VII.
  
Pistol safety chocks for Holland boats
VIII.
  
War-head for R.G.F. 14-inch Mark XI.
IX.
  
Steel collision head
X.
   Copper collision head
XI.
   Discs employed with collision heads
XII.
   Apparatus for testing H.V. springs, R.G.F.
XIII.
   Apparatus for testing H.V. springs, Fiume
XIV.
   R.G.F. servo-motor
XV.
   Patching an afterbody
XVI.
   Patching a balance chamber
XVII.
   Method of securing S.L. and H.B's
XVIII.
   New pattern stowage
XIX.
   Gyroscope
XX.
   Gyroscope
XXI.
   Gyroscope (reference)
XXII.
   Spring frame
XXIII.
   Gyroscope reducer and strainer
XXIV.
   Firing arrangement for gyroscope
XXV.
   Balancer
XXVI.
   Method of adjustment of gyroscope
XXVII.
   Mark V. D. 2 above-water tube
XXVIII.
   Mark VII. B. above-water tube
XXIX.
   Mark VII. B. tube how built up
XXX.
   Universal tripper, 18-inch
XXXI.
   Universal tripper, 14-inch
XXXII.
   Side stop
XXXIII.
   Firing valve, above-water tube
XXXIV.
   Powder impulse door
XXXV.
   Circuits for above-water tube
XXXVI.
   Light pattern above-water tube
XXXVII.
   Dropping gear
XXXVIII.
   Chamfering of H.B. and rear studs
XXXIX.
   Fore end of broadside submerged tube
XL.
   Aft end of broadside submerged tube
XLI.
   Details of broadside submerged tube
XLII.
   Tripper box of 14-inch submerged tube
XLIII.
   Tripper box of 18-inch submerged tube
XLIV.
   Details of broadside submerged tube
XLV.
   Details of broadside submerged tube
XLVI.
   Hydro-pneumatic system
XLVII.
   Mechanical method of running in bar
XLVIII.
   Bar working motor
XLIX.
   "B" design of submerged tubes
L.
   "B" design of submerged tubes
LI.
   "B" design of submerged tubes
LII.
   "B" design side stop and spring catch
LIII.
   Diagram of circuit for bar
LIV.
   Diagram of circuit for bar ring main
LV.
   Method of running in bar
LVI.
   General Engine Company's automatic separator
LVII.
   General Engine Company's automatic separator
LVIII.
   Bellis & Co.'s automatic separator
LIX.
   Brotherhood's automatic separator
LX.
   Inclined reservoir
LXI.
   High pressure reservoir
LXII.
   High pressure connecting piece
LXIII.
   Principle of director
LXIV.
   Pattern 2006 director
LXV.
   Night sights for directors
LXVI.
   Errors in speed and course of enemy
LXVII.
   Distance a torpedo can be fired from a ship under weigh
LXVIII.
   Time a torpedo boat is under fire
LXIX.
   Night sights for fore bridge firing
LXX.
   Middle boom
LXXI.
   After boom
LXXII.
   Topping lifts
LXXIII.
   Plan of boom and topping lift
LXXIV.
   Method of securing nets
LXXV.
   Method of furling nets
LXXVI.
   Method of suspending nets

Notes