Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo
system
platform
The Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo was the first Whitehead torpedo adopted by the United States Navy for use in an anti-surface ship role after the E. W. Bliss Company of Brooklyn, New York secured manufacturing rights in 1892. The US Navy made an initial acquisition of 100 Mark 1s, which, by the time they entered American service, were faster, had longer range and carried a larger warhead than Robert Whitehead's earlier models.[2]
Characteristics
The Mark 1 was ordinarily assembled into three sections: the warhead, the air flask and the after-body. The warhead's charge of dry guncotton weighed 98 3/4 pounds plus 20% water. The Mark 1 was what was known as a "cold-running" torpedo.[1] The three-cylinder reciprocating engine ran on cold, compressed air which was stored in the air flask, which had a capacity of 7.154 cubic feet at 1350 pounds per square inch. The after-body carried the engine and the tail, which contained the propellers.[6]
The Mark 1 guidance component included the Pendulum-and-hydrostat control device which was called the "Whitehead Secret". This version of the Whitehead torpedo lacked the gyroscope gear designed by Ludwig Obry, which was incorporated in a later Whitehead model, the Mark 3.
The Mark 1 was launched from battleships and torpedo boats.
See also
References
- ^ "Chronology: Torpedo in Word and Picture". Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "United States of America Torpedoes Pre-World War II". Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ Silverstone, Paul (2006). The New Navy, 1883-1922. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. xxiii. ISBN 0-415-97871-8.
- ^ a b c d e f The Whitehead Torpedo. Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy. 1898.
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- Howell Mark 1 torpedo
- Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo
- Whitehead Mark 1B torpedo
- Whitehead Mark 2 torpedo
- Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo
- Whitehead Mark 3 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 1 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 2 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 4 torpedo
- Whitehead Mark 5 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 6 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo
- Short Mark 7 torpedo
- Bliss–Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo
- Bliss-Leavitt Mark 9 torpedo
- Mark 10 torpedo
- Mark 11 torpedo
- Mark 12 torpedo
- Mark 13 torpedo
- Mark 14 torpedo
- Mark 15 torpedo
- Mark 16 torpedo
- Mark 17 torpedo
- Mark 18 torpedo
- Mark 19 torpedo
- Mark 20 torpedo
- Mark 21 Mod 0 torpedo
- Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo
- Mark 22 torpedo
- Mark 23 torpedo
- Mark 24 mine
- Mark 25 torpedo
- Mark 26 torpedo
- Mark 27 torpedo
- Mark 28 torpedo
- Mark 29 torpedo
- Mark 30 torpedo mine
- Mark 31 torpedo