Home›Naval Vessels And Torpedoes›Country of OriginBrowse ByCountry of OriginFactsCountry of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1866 1Country of OriginFilter Results14 entriesWeapon ClassAllGuided Missile (8)Howitzer / Artillery (5)Shield / Armor (1)Submarine / Naval Vessel (7)Tank / Armored Vehicle (1)Torpedo (2)Warship / Naval Vessel (5)Weapon FamilyAllAircraft Carriers (4)Battleships and Ironclads (4)Cruisers and Destroyers (1)Naval Guns (5)Submarines (3)Torpedoes (12)Introduced EraAll1866 (1)1885 (1)1894 (1)1899 (1)1900 (1)1920 (1)1925 (1)1928 (1)1931 (1)1933 (1)1936 (1)1938 (3)1940 (2)1941 (1)1942 (1)1943 (1)1955 (1)1956 (1)1963 (1)1972 (1)1975 (1)1976 (3)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (1)1980 (1)1983 (1)1986 (2)1991 (1)1992 (2)1995 (1)2001 (1)2004 (3)2005 (1)2016 (1)2017 (2)2018 (2)2022 (1)ManufacturerAllAerojet (1)Alliant Techsystems (1)Armstrong Whitworth (1)Atlas Elektronik (2)BAE Systems (1)Bharat Dynamics Limited (1)Honeywell (1)Honeywell International Inc. (1)Hotchkiss et Cie (1)KBP Instrument Design Bureau (2)Leonardo S.p.A. (1)Martin Marietta (1)Naval Group (2)Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park (1)Naval Undersea Warfare Center (1)Newport News Shipbuilding (1)Raytheon (1)Royal Arsenal (1)Saab Dynamics (1)Tactical Missiles Corporation (1)Thales Group (2)Vickers (1)William Beardmore and Company (1)OperatorAllArgentine Armed Forces (1)Australian Defence Force (1)Bundeswehr (1)Canadian Armed Forces (1)Finnish Defence Forces (1)French Armed Forces (2)Imperial Japanese Navy (2)Indian Navy (1)Israeli Defense Forces (1)People's Liberation Army (1)Royal Air Force (1)Royal Navy (2)Russian Navy (2)Soviet Armed Forces (2)Spanish Armed Forces (2)Swedish Navy (1)Turkish Armed Forces (2)United States Armed Forces (1)United States Navy (2)Wehrmacht (1)CaliberAll120mm (1)127mm (1)174.8mm (1)203mm (1)20mm (1)30mm (3)356mm (1)380mm (1)4.5-inch (1)406mm (1)460mm (1)533 mm (1)57mm (1)610mm (1)76.2mm (1)9.2-inch (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (10)Retired (9)Wars Used InAll2026 Iran War (1)Cold War (1)Falklands War (2)Gulf War (1)Iran-Iraq War (1)Korean War (2)Kosovo War (1)Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (2)Syrian Civil War (1)Vietnam War (1)Winter War (1)World War I (1)World War II (6)Area (sq km)All242,500 (1)302,069 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)450,295 (1)632,702.3 (1)676,615 (1)3,287,263 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)17,075,400 (1)22,402,200 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll1918 (1)1945 (1)1991 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (3)One-Party (1)Republic (5)Income GroupAllHigh (8)Lower-Middle (1)Upper-Middle (1)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1523 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1868 (1)1871 (1)1922 (1)1947 (2)1949 (2)1991 (1)LandlockedAllNo (10)PopulationAll10,610,485 (1)52,800,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)122,587,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)293,047,571 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14Austria-HungaryCountry of Origin1 entryChinaCountry of Origin1 entryEmpire of JapanCountry of Origin2 entriesFranceCountry of Origin4 entriesGerman ReichCountry of Origin3 entriesGermanyCountry of Origin2 entriesIndiaCountry of Origin1 entryItalyCountry of Origin1 entryJapanCountry of Origin1 entryRussiaCountry of Origin2 entriesSoviet UnionCountry of Origin4 entriesSwedenCountry of Origin1 entryUnited KingdomCountry of Origin7 entriesUnited StatesCountry of Origin20 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Torpedotier 2WikipediaTorpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo sectionQuote, Torpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo sectionIn 1866, Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo, the first modern torpedo.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.