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The '''14-in Fiume Mark I Torpedo''' was an early torpedo manufactured by the [[Whitehead & Co.]].
The '''14-in Fiume Mark I Torpedo''' was an early torpedo manufactured by the [[Whitehead & Company]].
 
At the beginning of 1881, Portsmouth had 163 in store – a majority of the torpedoes they had – at year end, they had 156 in store.  They seemed to be sending and receiving a lot of them to/from Woolwich, which was fitting them with side suspension and T Brackets.{{ARTS1881|p. 34}}


By the end of 1884, the [[Royal Navy]] had purchased 225 of them as it sought to compare Whitehead-manufactured specimens with their domestically licensed weapons built at the [[Royal Laboratory]].{{ARTS1884|p. 47}}
By the end of 1884, the [[Royal Navy]] had purchased 225 of them as it sought to compare Whitehead-manufactured specimens with their domestically licensed weapons built at the [[Royal Laboratory]].{{ARTS1884|p. 47}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:04, 7 April 2018

The 14-in Fiume Mark I Torpedo was an early torpedo manufactured by the Whitehead & Company.

At the beginning of 1881, Portsmouth had 163 in store – a majority of the torpedoes they had – at year end, they had 156 in store. They seemed to be sending and receiving a lot of them to/from Woolwich, which was fitting them with side suspension and T Brackets.[1]

By the end of 1884, the Royal Navy had purchased 225 of them as it sought to compare Whitehead-manufactured specimens with their domestically licensed weapons built at the Royal Laboratory.[2]

These torpedoes, along with 14-in torpedoes R.L. Marks I-III and Fiume Marks I-II were deemed obsolete in 1892.[3]

An extensive report on torpedoes being adjusted at the test ranges shows they are not in use in 1896.[4]

Mark I*

Some time before the end of 1884, 50 Mark Is had been altered to this standard and 49 more were under alteration at Fiume.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1892. p. viii.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. pp. 42-44.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.

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