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The '''14-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo''' was a torpedo manufactured by [[Whitehead & Co.]] at their Weymouth works.
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The '''14-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo''' was a torpedo manufactured by [[Whitehead & Company]] at their Weymouth works.
  
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It was introduced into service with the [[Royal Navy]] in 1898.{{ARTS1898|pp. vi-vii}}
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It was introduced into production for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1898.{{ARTS1898|pp. vi-vii}}
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It and the [[14-in Mark X Torpedo (UK)|14-in R.G.F. Mark X]] and a portion of the {{Torp|18-in Mark IV|UK}}es ordered in 1898 would be among the first to employ gyroscopes.
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==Development and History==
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==Mark I==
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The final design is laid out in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898''.{{ARTS1898|pp. 20-22, Plates 8, 9}}
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It had superiour performance to the {{Torp|14-in Mark IX|UK}}:  30 (rather than 27.5 knots) to 600 yards, and 29 knots to 750 yards.
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Total length 14 feet, 11.56 inches, and a total weight with pistol and no air of 706 pounds.  Air vessel 5.25 cubic feet.  Specified to 29 knots at 600 yards and 27.5 knots to 750 yards.
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==Manufacture and Use==
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===1898===
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100 are ordered and are under manufacture at Whitehead, Weymouth.{{ARTS1898|p. 19}}
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===1916===
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In 1916, it was decided that the warhead of 14-inch torpedoes should be filled with Amatol.  The Weymouth Mark Is were to have 110 pounds of this explosive.{{ARTS1916|p. 47}}
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===1918===
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25 of 246 remaining torpedoes were broken up in 1918.{{ARTS1918|p. 10. (G. 8472/18)}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:04, 7 April 2018

The 14-in Weymouth Mark I Torpedo was a torpedo manufactured by Whitehead & Company at their Weymouth works.

It was introduced into production for the Royal Navy in 1898.[1]

It and the 14-in R.G.F. Mark X and a portion of the 18-in Mark IV torpedoes ordered in 1898 would be among the first to employ gyroscopes.

Development and History

Mark I

The final design is laid out in the Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898.[2] It had superiour performance to the 14-in Mark IX torpedo: 30 (rather than 27.5 knots) to 600 yards, and 29 knots to 750 yards. Total length 14 feet, 11.56 inches, and a total weight with pistol and no air of 706 pounds. Air vessel 5.25 cubic feet. Specified to 29 knots at 600 yards and 27.5 knots to 750 yards.

Manufacture and Use

1898

100 are ordered and are under manufacture at Whitehead, Weymouth.[3]

1916

In 1916, it was decided that the warhead of 14-inch torpedoes should be filled with Amatol. The Weymouth Mark Is were to have 110 pounds of this explosive.[4]

1918

25 of 246 remaining torpedoes were broken up in 1918.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. pp. vi-vii.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. pp. 20-22, Plates 8, 9.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1898. p. 19.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 47.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 10. (G. 8472/18).

Bibliography

See Also

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