21-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo

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21-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo (top)[1]

The 21-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo was a heater torpedo built by Whitehead. Two experimental torpedoes were ordered in 1907-08 and tested in 1908,[2] but no further orders were made.[3]

Development and History

The two experimental torpedoes were the only ones manufactured, and had been broken up by late 1914.[4]

Mark I

Its overall length including 4.5-in long pistol was 17 feet, 10.5 inches (see Plate).[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. Plate 13.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. p. 7.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. p. 10.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. p. 10.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. p. 18.

Bibliography

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