14-in Mark II Torpedo (UK)

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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]

At the end of 1884, the Royal Navy tore down a 14-in Fiume Mark II torpedo in England and found its engine had 17% more power than the Brotherhood engine in the R.L. Mark II. However, in short 250 yard tests limited by a canal, the Fiume torpedo was 0.9 knots slower than the Mark II.[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 II*

25 of these were apparently made by altering Mark II torpedoes, some time before the end of 1884.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1884. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. pp27-8.
  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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