21-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo
From The Dreadnought Project
21-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo (top)[1]
The 21-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo was a heater torpedo built by Whitehead. Two experimental torpedoes were ordered in 1907-08 and tested in 1908,[2] but no further orders were made.[3]
Development and History
The two experimental torpedoes were the only ones manufactured, and had been broken up by late 1914.[4]
Mark I
Its overall length including 4.5-in long pistol was 17 feet, 10.5 inches (see Plate).[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. Plate 13.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. p. 7.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. p. 10.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1908. p. 18.
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