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Whitehead Torpedo

Naval Vessels And Torpedoes

The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled, or locomotive, torpedo, perfected in 1866 by British engineer Robert Whitehead from an earlier design by Austro-Hungarian naval officer Giovanni Luppis. Driven by a three-cylinder compressed-air engine, it gave torpedo boats and submarines a practical weapon against surface warships, seeing combat from the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 to 1878 through its last recorded use in April 1940 at the Battle of Drobak Sound in Norway.

Facts
Weapon Class
Torpedo 1
Introduced Year
1866 1
Introduced Year
1894 2
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
Connections

Operated By

United States Navy, Armed Forces and Units
Source Whitehead torpedo, Wikipedia

Used In

Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, Wars
Source Whitehead torpedo, Wikipedia
World War II, Wars
Source Whitehead torpedo, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

Royal Arsenal

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: Whitehead Torpedo
Sources
1. Whitehead torpedo, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed.
  • Lead paragraph, second sentence
    It was perfected in 1866 by British engineer Robert Whitehead from a rough design conceived by Giovanni Luppis of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Fiume.
  • Infobox: service
    1894-1922 (Mk1 and Mk2) 1898-1940 (Mk3) 1910-1922 (Mk5) with United States Navy
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Operated By: United States Navy, Article text
    Many naval services procured the Whitehead torpedo during the 1870s, including the US Navy.
  • Used In: Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, Infobox: wars
    Russo-Turkish War Chilean Civil War of 1891 World War II
  • Used In: World War II, Infobox: wars
    Russo-Turkish War Chilean Civil War of 1891 World War II
  • In Group: Torpedoes, Infobox: type
    Anti-surface ship torpedo
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2. Wikidata: Whitehead Torpedo
Wikidata Q4461275, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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