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  • 14-in V D2 A.W. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    ...ll><sub>2</sub></small></small> Above-Water Tube''' was a single revolving tube used by the [[Apollo Class Cruiser (1890)|''Apollo'' class cruisers]].
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  • 14-in VII B A.W. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    The '''14-in VII.<small>B</small> Above-Water Tube''' was a single revolving tube used by the [[Barham Class Cruiser (1889)|''Barham'' class cruisers]].
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  • 14-in VII B D.R. A.W. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    [[File:UKTorpM1909IIIPlate29.jpg|thumb|600px|'''Tube sections'''{{UKTorpM1909III|Plate 29}}]] ...by the [[Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat (1888)|''Sharpshooter'' class torpedo gunboats]].
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  • 21-in Short A.W. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    The '''21-in Short Above-Water Tube''' was a single revolving tube used by the [[Beagle Class Destroyer (1909)|''Beagle'' class destroyers]]. ...door. A powder impulse was employed. It was like the 18-in light pattern tube, except it had a swing door. It weighed 3,140 pounds.{{UKAddenda1911TorpM1
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  • 21-in Long A.W. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    The '''21-in Long Above-Water Tube''' was a single revolving tube first used by the [[Acorn Class Destroyer (1910)|''Acorn'' class destroyers ...door. A powder impulse was employed. It was like the 18-in light pattern tube, except it had a swing door. It had a hand brake and locking pawl. It wei
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  • 18-in Light Pattern A.W. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    ...nd used by contemporary destroyers and scouts, such as the [[Cricket Class Torpedo Boat (1906)|''Cricket'' class T.B.s.]].{{UKTorpM1909III|pp. 233}} ...no training gear, allowing a light roller path to replace the racer. Its tube was in 2 rather than 3 sections (lengthwise), to eliminate one heavy flange
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  • 21-in T.R. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    [[File:ARTS1917Plate23.jpg|thumb|512px|'''21-in T.R. Torpedo Tube'''{{ARTS1917|Plate23}}<br>Notice the locking levers for the access doors]] ...'''21-in T.R. Torpedo Mountings''' were the [[Royal Navy]]'s first triple torpedo mountings, and employed in [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" Class destroyer
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  • 21-in D.R. Torpedo Tube (UK)
    [[File:ARTS1913Plate15.jpg|thumb|512px|'''21-in D.R. Torpedo Mounting Mark II'''{{ARTS1913|Plate15}}<br>First used in 1913's ''Arethusa' The '''21-in D.R. Torpedo Tube''' was the [[Royal Navy]]'s first dual torpedo mounting, and was employed in destroyers and light cruisers designed shortl
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  • Bellerophon Class Battleship (1907)
    ...-division was improved to decrease the possibility of sinking from mine or torpedo attack. Unlike ''Dreadnought'' the ''Bellerophon'' class were given two tr ...forward, depressed 1 degree and angled 15 degrees before the beam, axis of tube 11 foot 6.625 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the de
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  • St. Vincent Class Battleship (1908)
    * two forward, depressed 2 degrees and angled directly abeam, axis of tube 12 foot 4.625 inches below load water line and 1 foot 10 inches above the d * one in the stern, depressed 1 degree; axis of tube 8 feet 6 inches below load water line and 1 foot 9 inches above the deck.
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  • Colossus Class Battleship (1910)
    * three 21-in submerged tubes:<ref>''Addenda (1911) to Torpedo Manual, Vol. III., 1909'', p. 155.</ref> ...feet, 7.4375 inches below load waterline, depressed 2 degrees with axis of tube 1 foot 7.5625 inches above the deck.
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  • Orion Class Battleship (1910)
    The ships had three 21-in submerged torpedo tubes. ''Orion'''s broadside tubes were angled at 90 degrees, and the othe ...d WL and axis 1 foot, 8.625 inches above the deck.<ref>''Addenda (1911) to Torpedo Manual, Vol. III., 1909'', p. 155.</ref>
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  • King George V Class Battleship (1911)
    * Torpedo Control Tower: 6 inches, 3 inch roof ...erline with the tube axis 2 feet, 1.1875 inches above the deck. The stern tube was depressed 1 degree and was 8.5 feet below load WL with its axis 1 foot,
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  • Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship (1913)
    * Torpedo control tower: 15ft [[F.T. 24]] on [[M.Q. 10]] * a 3331 at each tube to a 3331 with 2465 at the T.C.T.
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  • Revenge Class Battleship (1914)
    ...n of the fire control outfits of these ships in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915''. By 1918, two additional 9-foot instruments were also to be provided for torpedo control. On ''Ramillies'', these were situated on each side of the lower s
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  • Invincible Class Battlecruiser (1907)
    [[File:ARTS1913Plate53.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Systems'''{{ARTS1913|Plate 53}}]] The ships had five submerged 18-in torpedo tubes:{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}}
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  • Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser (1909)
    ...[[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI* Torpedo|Mark VI* H.]] or [[18-in R.G.F. Mark VI** Torpedo|Mark VI** H.]].{{ARTS1909|pp. 13-4}} ...ot rangefinder on an open mounting was to be added specifically to augment torpedo control.{{ARTS1917|p. 198. (C.I.O. 481/17)}}
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  • Lion Class Battlecruiser (1910)
    ...submerged broadside tubes forward depressed 2 degrees with the axis of the tube 1 foot 9 inches above the deck.{{UKAddenda1911TorpM1909III|p. 155}} ==Torpedo Control==
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  • H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)
    ...em and the weapons proved to have little effectiveness at the ranges where torpedo attack became deeply worrying. ...forward, depressed 1 degree and angled 15 degrees before the beam, axis of tube 11 foot 2 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck.
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  • H.M.S. Neptune (1909)
    Three 18-in submerged tubes:<ref>''Addenda (1911) to Torpedo Manual, Vol. III., 1909'', p. 155.</ref> ...d, 12 feet 4.625 inches below load water line depressed 2 degrees, axis of tube 1 foot 10 inches above the deck
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  • H.M.S. Benbow (1913)
    ...firing practice exercise on 1 July, 1918, ''Benbow'' reloaded a submerged tube in a one minute, and fired the second shot after a further delay of one min ...competitive firing trials as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, her forward torpedo flat fired at intervals of 135, 70, 65 and 96 seconds, and the aft flat at
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  • H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)
    ...petitive firing trials as part of the [[Mediterranean Fleet]], her forward torpedo flat fired at intervals of 62, 70, 93 and 132 seconds, and the aft flat at ...ired the second shot after a further delay of six seconds. With the other tube, she took two minutes fifteen seconds to reload and 45 further seconds to f
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  • H.M.S. Royal Sovereign (1915)
    ...fired the second shot after a further delay of twenty seconds. The second tube failed to reload due to a misunderstood order.{{ARTS1918|pp. 266-7}}
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  • Royal Sovereign Class Battleship (1891)
    * one above water fixed tube astern, horizontal, with a 3-in armoured shutter. ...d broadside forward, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam; axis of tube was 11 foot 9 inches below load water line and 2 foot 3.5 inches above the
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  • Majestic Class Battleship (1894)
    ...them) for exercise, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam, axis of tube 11 foot 5 inches below load water line and 2 foot 3 inches above the deck. ...rcise, depressed 1 degree and angled at 20 degrees abaft the beam; axis of tube 11 foot 8 inches below load water line and 2 foot 4 inches above the deck.
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  • H.M.S. Majestic (1895)
    She completed her two days torpedo trials at Spithead on the evening of 24 September, 1895. Firing from a sta ...while operating with the Channel Fleet, she suffered a fracture of the "A" tube near the muzzle in two of her Mark VIII 12-in guns. This mishap prompted a
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  • Canopus Class Battleship (1897)
    * two forward, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam, axis of tube 10 foot 11 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck. ...aft, depressed 1 degree and angled at 22.5 degrees abaft the beam; axis of tube 10 foot 4 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck.
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  • Formidable Class Battleship (1898)
    * two forward, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam, axis of tube 10 foot 8 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck. ...ees abaft the beam (an earlier source says 25{{ARTS1898|p. 598}}); axis of tube 10 foot 8 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck.
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  • H.M.S. Formidable (1898)
    ...er a list of 20 degrees. 45&nbsp;minutes later she was struck by a second torpedo. The pinnace and launch along with two other boats (one of which capsized ...submerged tubes could be fired four times sequentially, starting with the tube loaded and the bar out, the ship's crew was able to do this in one minute,
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  • London Class Battleship (1899)
    * two forward, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam, axis of tube 10 foot 8 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck. ...o aft, depressed 1 degree and angled at 20 degrees abaft the beam; axis of tube 10 foot 8 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck.
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  • Duncan Class Battleship (1901)
    ...forward, depressed 1 degree and angled 10 degrees before the beam, axis of tube 11 foot 3.5 inches below load water line and 2 foot 3 inches above the deck ...o aft, depressed 1 degree and angled at 25 degrees abaft the beam; axis of tube 11 foot 3 inches below load water line and 2 foot 3 inches above the deck.
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  • Triumph Class Battleship (1903)
    ...merged 18-in tubes forward, undepressed and angled directly abeam; axis of tube 10 feet 6 inches below load water line and 3 feet above the deck.{{UKTorpM1 ===Torpedo Control===
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  • King Edward VII Class Battleship (1903)
    ...to remove all of them, but this would have left the ships too weak against torpedo craft or in low visibility. Eventually, it was decided to remove the ten c ...em and the weapons proved to have little effectiveness at the ranges where torpedo attack became deeply worrying.
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  • Lord Nelson Class Battleship (1906)
    ...em and the weapons proved to have little effectiveness at the ranges where torpedo attack became deeply worrying. ...forward, depressed 1 degree and angled 10 degrees before the beam, axis of tube 11 feet below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the deck.
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  • H.M.S. Agincourt (1913)
    ...s soon as possible and proceed to the vicinity of Loch Ewe for gunnery and torpedo practice.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations - Narrative of Events." Jellicoe Pap [[File:ARTS1914Plate20.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Elswick 21-in side-loading tube'''{{ARTS1914|Plate 20}}]]
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  • H.M.S. Canada (1913)
    [[File:ARTS1914Plate20.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Elswick 21-in side-loading tube'''{{ARTS1914|Plate 20}}]] Her tubes fired a unique type of torpedo, a [[21-in Mark II*** Torpedo (UK)|21-in Mark II*** V.B.]], which seemed to cause her to miss out on an "
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  • H.M.S. Eagle (1918)
    ==Planned Torpedo Armament== [[File:ARTS1918Plate133.jpg|thumb|400px|Planned Torpedo Control Installation{{ARTS1918|Plate 133}}]]
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  • H.M.S. Erin (1913)
    [[File:ARTS1914Plate20.jpg|thumb|400px|'''Elswick 21-in side-loading tube'''{{ARTS1914|Plate 20}}]] ...eymouth torpedoes in England were purchased: ten [[21-in Weymouth Mark II Torpedo]]es intended for Japan were given to ''Erin'', but her Elswick type submerg
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  • U.S.S. Indiana (1893)
    ...for six 18-in torpedo tubes, ''Indiana'' was only outfitted with four. The torpedo tubes fired [[Whitehead & Company|Whitehead]] torpedoes and were mounted on An armoured tube 7 inches thick with an inside diameter of 12 inches extended from the conni
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  • Challenger Class Cruiser (1902)
    ...d on the broadside forward, depressed 3 degrees and bearing abeam; axis of tube was 6 foot 6 inches below load water line and 1 feet 8 inches above deck.{{
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  • Torpedo Attack Table
    ...Torpedo Attack Table''' was a [[Torpedo Control]] teaching aid to practice torpedo attacks. [[File:ARTS1915Plate9.jpg|thumb|200px| '''Torpedo Attack Trainer'''{{ARTS1915|Plate 9}}<br>Early design sketch ]]
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  • Torpedo Director Pattern 2391
    ...pg|thumb|400px| A [[Pattern]] 2391 director<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909'', p. 23.</ref>]] ...I* heater torpedo (35 knots to 4,000 yards)<ref>''The Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909'', p. 23.</ref>]]
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  • H.M.S. Renown (1895)
    * one stern above water tube ...dside tubes forward, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam; axis of tube was 10 foot 7 inches below load water line and 2 foot 5 inches above the de
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  • Centurion Class Battleship (1892)
    * one above water fixed tube astern, horizontal. ...d broadside forward, depressed 1 degree and angled directly abeam; axis of tube was 9 foot 5 inches below load water line and 2 foot 4 inches above the dec
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  • William Henry May
    ...ed to the steam frigate ''Inconstant'', on 24 August, 1880. May served as Torpedo Lieutenant. Two weeks later ''Inconstant'' became flagship of a Detached S ...d Baronet|Arthur Wilson]] of ''Vernon'' in evaluating a new Fiume Mark III torpedo against the service's R.L. torpedoes Marks I and II, carrying out these tes
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  • Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet
    ...tee appointed to examine the capabilities of the Whitehead, or locomotive, torpedo in 1870. He then served afloat for six years, during which time his profes ...,{{NLJul78|p. 249}} a hulk in Portsmouth harbour recently established as a torpedo school. For the next three years Wilson devoted his great talent and energ
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  • Torpedo Director Pattern 3340
    ...ol1916Plate6.jpg|thumb|300px|Pattern 3340 Elevation View<ref>''Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916'', Plate 6.</ref>]] ...Control1916Plate5.jpg|thumb|300px|Pattern 3340 Plan View<ref>''Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916'', Plate 5.</ref>]]
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  • H.M.S. Tiger at the Battle of Jutland
    * Torpedo officer: Lt. Comr. [[Walter Neville Lapage|W. N. Lapage]] ...w, and one of our torpedo boat destroyers appeared to "loaf" up to her and torpedo her—our destroyer appeared to be half-disabled herself too (this was the
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  • H.M.S. Marlborough at the Battle of Jutland
    ...ed by witnesses about 1,000 yards on the starboard beam. No track of this torpedo was observed, though looked for by several observers immediately after the At 7.10 p.m. fired a torpedo at a disabled German ship with three funnels. This may have been the same
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  • Salvage of H.M.S. Vanguard
    ...sed by the forward movement of the ship which would jam the torpedo in the tube. One of these ramps were salvaged later by my colleague, some seven tons of ...e about to be redeemed, not without consequences! Enclosed photograph of a torpedo ramp. Note the last picture of the double-acting pump still had cordite att
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  • Enemy Inclination Indicator
    ...ly use but one eyepiece, however, and observe the model through a separate tube. The size of the model was such that it was hoped that it would appear the ...design did not make these alterations simple to effect. [[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|''Vernon'']] recommended a redesign before manufacturing a
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  • The British Navy
    her guns and fired a torpedo from her submarine tube and opened fire on the "Alcantara." The torpedo
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  • H.M.S. Warspite at the Battle of Jutland
    An escort of torpedo boats and destroyers was sent, but just as the first two were sighted at 11 ...a large piece 2' 6" deep and extending round half the circumference of the tube was broken out, as shown in the illustrations.[See here.]
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  • Additional Report of B.C.F. Gunnery Committee
    Some ships complain of interference from torpedo destroyers' smoke, and this raises the question as to whether the position ...ch a position they are advantageously placed for delivering and countering torpedo craft attacks, and smoke interference will be reduced.
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  • Duke of Edinburgh Class Cruiser (1904)
    The ships had three submerged 18-in torpedo tubes:{{UKTorpM1909III|p. 265}} ...on broadside forward, depressed three degrees and bearing abeam; axis of tube was 8 foot 3 inches below load water line and 1 feet 6 inches above deck.
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  • India Office Class Torpedo Boat (1887)
    ...st-class boats for the Royal Indian Marine based on the [[125 Footer Class Torpedo Boat (1885)|125 Footer class]] of two years previous, but by 1892, these ha Five 14-in torpedo tubes. Two 1-in twin-barrelled Nordenfeld guns. An alternative armament p
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  • Admiral Class Battleship (1882)
    Five tubes, one forward and four beam. The forward torpedo tube was above water. The aft tubes were angled fully 70 degrees abaft the beam ...t slow to moderate speeds offered, in effect, an extended ram and the only torpedo fire into undisturbed water. The ''Admiral'' class was noted as being keen
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  • Devonshire Class Cruiser (1903)
    ...oadside tubes forward, depressed three degrees and bearing abeam; axis of tube was 7 foot 6 inches below load water line and 1 feet 6 inches above deck.{{ ===Torpedo Control===
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