14-in Torpedo Dropping Gear (UK)
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14-in Mark II Torpedo Dropping Gear was an assembly for dropping torpedoes into the water abreast a small vessel.
The torpedo would start when it was released.
It weighed just 380 pounds. In 1909 it was being used only in boats 45 feet or longer, and those 40 foot boats previously fitted with it were having it removed when it became defective.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Torpedo Manual, Vol. III, 1909. pp. 233.
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