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The 14-in R.L. Mark II Torpedo (or 14-in R.L. II) was an early British torpedo manufactured by the Royal Laboratory.

A total of 131 were manufactured between 1879 and 1882 at which time production switched over to the Mark III torpedo.[1]

These torpedoes, along with 14-in torpedoes R.L. Marks I-III and Fiume Marks I-II were deemed obsolete in 1892.[2]

An extensive report on torpedoes being adjusted at the test ranges shows they are not in use in 1896.[3]

Mark II*

25 of these were apparently made by altering Mark II torpedoes, some time before the end of 1884.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1892. p. viii.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. pp. 42-44.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.

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