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[[File:ARTS1909Plate2.jpg|thumb|600px|'''Short 18-in Torpedoes, 1890'''{{ARTS1909|Plate 2}}]]
[[File:ARTS1909Plate2.jpg|thumb|600px|'''18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Heater Torpedo (top)'''{{ARTS1909|Plate 2}}]]
[[File:ARTS1908Plate11.jpg|thumb|600px|'''18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* H.'''{{ARTS1908|Plate 11}}]]
[[File:ARTS1908Plate11.jpg|thumb|600px|'''18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* H.'''{{ARTS1908|Plate 11}}]]
The '''18-in R.G.F. Mark VI Torpedo''' was a British torpedo developed at the [[Royal Gun Factory]] in 1904.{{ARTS1904|p. vi}}
The '''18-in R.G.F. Mark VI Torpedo''' was a British torpedo developed at the [[Royal Gun Factory]] in 1904.{{ARTS1904|p. vi}}

Revision as of 18:14, 27 November 2012

18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Heater Torpedo (top)[1]
18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* H.[2]

The 18-in R.G.F. Mark VI Torpedo was a British torpedo developed at the Royal Gun Factory in 1904.[3]

Development and History

A single one was built in 1904. It was one foot longer than the Mark V* and could take 2000 psi. Anticipated speeds were 27 knots for 2,000 yards or 23.75 knots for 3,000 yards.[4]

Orders and production followed.

Particulars

Mark VI

The first order was made in the 1906-07 programme, for 31 Hook Bracket torpedoes.[5]

Mark VI*

The first order was made in the 1906-07 programme, for 336 Side Lug torpedoes, some of them set for S.R. and some for L.R..[6]

In 1907-08, seven H.B. and 74 S.L. torpedoes were ordered.[7]

Come 1908, they were being converted to use heaters. That year, 17 H.B. models were to converted, and 12 of the S.L. torpedoes had been done.[8]

By the 1908-09, Mark VII variants were being ordered for production.

Mark VI* H.

Its overall length including 4.5-in long pistol was 17 feet, 7.44 inches (see Plate).[9]

Mark VI**

In 1909-10, 53 Hook Bracket models were converted to heaters, becoming Mark VI** H. H.B.s.[10]

Footnotes

  1. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Plate 2.
  2. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. Plate 11.
  3. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. p. vi.
  4. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1904. p. vi.
  5. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906. p. 8.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1906. p. 8.
  7. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907. p. 8.
  8. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. p. 7.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. p. 18.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. p. 7.

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