Invention The Ramus Torpedo

Summary

The Ramus Torpedo was designed by the English cleric Charles Meade Ramus M.A. (1824-1895), as an explosives carrying, surface skimming, rocket propelled, hydroplane. However the torpedo never got beyond the experimental model stage.

Published resources

Books

  • Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Rockets and torpedoes', The Times, 7 January 1874, p. 5. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby