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2. Torpedo - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Navy introduced the Brotherhood wet heater engine in 1907 with the 18 in. Mk. VII & VII* which greatly increased the speed and/or range over compressed air engines and wet heater type engines became the standard in many major navies up to and during the Second World War. The first modern-day torpedo launching station in Rijeka, 2020

3. Robert Whitehead - Wikipedia

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   Even the extremely reduced post-Civil War United States Navy was involved in torpedo development; and established a Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1870. The first vessel sunk by self-propelled torpedoes was the Turkish steamer Intibah , on 16 January 1878, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 .

4. Mark 14 torpedo - Wikipedia

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   A Mark 14 torpedo on display at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco A Mark 14 torpedo on display in Cleveland, near USS Cod. The Mark 14 torpedo was the United States Navy's standard submarine-launched anti-ship torpedo of World War II. This weapon was plagued with many problems which crippled its performance early in the war.

5. List of torpedoes by name - Wikipedia

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   Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Titans. (1995) Simon and Schuster, NY, NY. ISBN 0684801965.; Morison, Samuel Eliot.History of United States Naval Operations in World War ...

6. G7a torpedo - Wikipedia

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   German G7a(TI) torpedo at the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum in Oslo. The G7a(TI) was the standard issue Kriegsmarine torpedo introduced to service in 1934. It was a steam-powered design, using a wet heater engine burning decaline, with a range of 7,500 metres (24,600 ft) at 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) speed.

7. Torpedo heater - Wikipedia

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