Published Resources Details Journal Article

Title
Royal Naval Exhibition No IV
In
The Engineer
Imprint
vol. 71, 22 May 1891, p. 401
Description

Accession No.227

Abstract

The Whitehead torpedo exhibit at the Royal Naval Exhibition of 1891 had generated considerable interest. A range of torpedoes were on display including the first pattern used by the Royal Navy, this had a speed of 9 knots, and a charge of 90 pounds of explosive (unspecified), the Woolwich 14 inch Mark VIII with a speed of 27 knots and a charge of over 60 pounds of gun-cotton, and Robert Whitehead's 18 inch torpedo which had eclipsed all previous patterns, with a speed of 28.5 knots and a charge of nearly 200 pounds of gun-cotton.