14-in Fiume Mark II Torpedo

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

At the start of 1881, Portsmouth had 24 in store. They ended the year with 9.[1]

By the end of 1884, the Royal Navy had purchased 25 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 the Fiume Mark I 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]

Manufacture and Use

1918

All 203 remaining torpedoes were ordered broken up in 1918.[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, 1918. p. 10. (G. 8472/18).

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