Trafalgar Class Battleship (1887): Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 20:33, 15 August 2012
Torpedoes
Both ships, along with Anson lost torpedoes fired from their above-water stem tubes on a single day on 20 November 1895. The issue arose when the mouths of these tubes became submerged above certain speeds, prompting a cessation of practice and a review of whether these tubes should be used in practice, action, or simply abolished. The consensus was that battleships did not require these tubes, but "cruizers" and torpedo boats might yet. The thinking was that these ships were not strong enough for safely ramming, and the bow tubes, when fired at slow to moderate speeds offered, in effect, an extended ram and the only torpedo fire into undisturbed water.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896, pp. 34-6.
Bibliography
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