Torpedo Collection (page 7)

WW1 - HMS E13 British submarine - Aground and attacked
WW1 - HMS E13 was a British E class submarine. Due to a compass failure, it ran aground on the Danish Island of Saltholm in the Oresund

Sunbeam Bomber built for the RNAS, this single seat torpedo bomber flew in late 1917 but proved a failure

Short Admiralty Type 310 torpedo bomber seaplane
Short Admiralty Type 310 two-seater torpedo bomber seaplane, first flown in July 1916. Seen here is serial no. N1303, the 14th Type 310 to be built. Date: circa 1916-1917

Short N1B Shirl single seat torpedo bomber first flown in May 1918 Production of 100 cancelled at wars end

Short N1B Shirl with long range fuel tank in place of torpedo

Fiesler Fi 167A -intended as a carrier -going torpedo bomber With no carrier, available, only 14 were built, 9 being sold to Croatia in September 1944

CANT Z 506 - used by the Italians as a torpedo bomber, it is unusual to see one in ambulance livery

Bristol 152 Beaufort torpedo bomber used by Coastal Command

Bristol 164 Brigand TF1 first flown in December 1944 as a torpedo bomber, but too late for wartime service

Blackburn GP three-seater torpedo bomber seaplane
Blackburn GP three-seater long range patrol and torpedo bomber seaplane, of which only two were built, the first being completed in July 1916 (serial no. 1415, seen here). Date: circa 1916-1917

Blackburn Blackburd single seat torpedo bomber, first flown at the end of May 1918. Three were built in the flight trial phase, but production did not go ahead. Seen here is the first one, serial no

Torpedo, Torpedo torpedo, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Captain Loxley of battleship Formidable & his dog Bruce
Portrait of Captain Loxley, in command of the battleship Formidable which was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915. Also included is a picture of his terrier dog Bruce who reportedly stayed with his

1921 Delage DE Torpedo Vintage Car, England. Date: 1920s

HMS Vulcan and C-class submarines, Newport, Fife
HMS Vulcan, a British torpedo boat depot ship converted to a submarine tender, seen here with C-class submarines C21, C26, C27, etc, at Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland. Date: circa 1910

Four French torpedo boats in Cherbourg Harbour, France. Date: 1910s

Torpedo Boat & Scouts entering into Portsmouth Harbour. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Sketch cover, Captain Loxleys faithful dog, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Bruce, the faithful Irish terrier belonging to Captain Noel Loxley of H.M.S Formidable

Cunard Liner Lusitania 1915
The Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed by German submarine off the south coast of Ireland on 7th May 1915, and sank within half an hour, of the 1, 906 persons on board, only 708 were saved

The Lusitania struck by a torpedo
A page from the Illustrated London News showing three sketches of a series of five by Oliver Bernard, a scenic artist at the Covent Garden Opera, who was on board the Lusitania, and survived

Russo-German naval action in the Baltic, WW1
Russo-German naval action in the Baltic during the First World War which led to the destruction of a German destroyer and mine layer and the torpedoing of a German pre-dreadnought battleship

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

Destroyer at target practice by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week: a British destroyer at target practice, with marksmen firing torpedoes. 1912

Mines and torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Navy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;

Zeppelins aerial torpedo by G. H. Davis
The Zeppelins aerial torpedo: the appearance of the new missile. Top left: the launching cradle, showing firing pistol. Top right: the aerial torpedo with its turbine at rear end

Naval losses in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The naval losses in the North Sea, all on the same day. (1) The Aboukir, struck by a German torpedo. (2) The Hogue, struck and sunk while trying to help the Aboukir

Naval engagement off Heligoland by G. H. Davis
The smart naval engagement off Heligoland: the destruction of German light cruisers and torpedo boats, shown in a series of drawings made from sketches by an eye witness. 1

Naval manoeuvres of 1913 by G. H. Davis
The naval manoeuvres of 1913. Torpedo versus gun -- the vulnerability of the battleship and the destroyer. Date: 1913

Hong Kong Torpedo
A torpedo being fished out of the water in Hong Kong Harbour after being fired during defence practice exercises. Date: February 1940

Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis
The deadliest weapon in naval warfare during the Second World War: the torpedos intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing. Date: 1942

Motor torpedo boats v. E-boats by G. H. Davis
British motor torpedo boats versus German E-boats: British and German mosquito (miniature) craft which wage incessant warfare during the Second World War. Date: 1942

First torpedo air attack by G. H. Davis
The Second World Wars first aircraft torpedo attack: a German destroyer hit. Torpedo-carrying aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm attacks a German destroyer off Trondheim. 11 April 1940

Warship with guided missiles by G. H. Davis
The shape of ships to come: a warship armed with guided missiles and protected against radioactivity. An artists impression of a battleship of the future

New device for torpedoed tankers by G. H. Davis
Saved by compressed air: a new device for torpedoed tankers. How tankers holed by U-boat torpedoes during the Second World War can remain afloat by using compressed air. Date: 1943

Air attack and defence at sea by G. H. Davis
Methods of air attack and defence at sea explained: showing how the Navy has countered the bomber. The main forms of air attack on warships: height-bombing and dive-bombing

Torpedo boat, torpedo, and crew of HMS Adventure, WW1
A torpedo boat, a torpedo being fired and disappearing into the water, and the crew of HMS Adventure with a torpedo on deck, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Naval strength of Argentine Republic by G. H. Davis
Naval strength of the Argentine Republic. Showing a range of ships, including gunboats, destroyers and torpedo craft. Date: 1913

Menace of the U-boat by G. H. Davis
The deadly menace of the U-boat: the power and possibilities of Germanys underwater wolves. Some details of the operational methods of enemy submarines working in the Atlantic shipping lanes during

British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface
Diagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)

Acoustic torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Off the secret list: torpedoes which hunt their prey by ear, and leave no telltale bubble track. Explanatory drawings showing how electric

British destroyers by G. H. Davis
The destroyer grows up: from TBD (torpedo boat destroyer) to almost light cruiser. The origins of the destroyer: from the 84.5 foot torpedo boat of 1876 to the Navys newest, the 2610-ton decoy

Torpedoes from the air at Taranto by G. H. Davis
Torpedoes from the air: the technique of torpedo-plane attack, which caused havoc to Italys fleet at Taranto during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Poster, Red Cross hospital ship, WW1
First World War poster: What a Red Rag is to a Bull, the Red Cross is to the Hun. Showing a German U-boat torpedoing a clearly marked British hospital ship

Tactics in a torpedo action by G. H. Davis
What happens inside a British submarine when she sights enermy vessels and attacks with torpedoes. 1943

Submarine HMS C32 launching torpedo, WW1
A submarine, the British HMS C32, sinks below the surface of the sea to launch a deadly torpedo, which leaves a visible track as it speeds towards its target. Date: 1914

Torpedo workshops at Gosport

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Torpedo Boat Squadron returns to base having engaged the enemy. Date: circa 1904

Christmas Greetings from The Australian Airforce. An RAF Hawk is flying in with a large bomb to take out a Japanese submarine, which is spouting curses via its periscope! Date: 1942

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