14-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo
The 14-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo was a torpedo manufactured by Whitehead & Company at their Weymouth works.
It was introduced into production for the Royal Navy in 1898.[1]
It and the 14-in R.G.F. Mark X and a portion of the 18-in Mark IV torpedoes ordered in 1898 would be among the first to employ gyroscopes.
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Development and History
Mark I
The final design is laid out in the Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898.[2] It had superiour performance to the 14-in Mark IX torpedo: 30 (rather than 27.5 knots) to 600 yards, and 29 knots to 750 yards. Total length 14 feet, 11.56 inches, and a total weight with pistol and no air of 706 pounds. Air vessel 5.25 cubic feet. Specified to 29 knots at 600 yards and 27.5 knots to 750 yards.
Manufacture and Use
1898
100 are ordered and are under manufacture at Whitehead, Weymouth.[3]
1916
In 1916, it was decided that the warhead of 14-inch torpedoes should be filled with Amatol. The Weymouth Mark Is were to have 110 pounds of this explosive.[4]
1918
25 of 246 remaining torpedoes were broken up in 1918.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. pp. vi-vii.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. pp. 20-22, Plates 8, 9.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 19.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 47.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 10. (G. 8472/18).
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