Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo

Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo
Whitehead torpedo mechanism, published 1891
TypeAnti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Place of originAustria-Hungary
Service history
In service189?–1922[1]
Used byUnited States Navy[2]
Production history
DesignerRobert Whitehead
Designed1893[1]
ManufacturerTorpedofabrik Whitehead & Co.[3]
E. W. Bliss Company
Specifications
Mass1232 pounds[1]
Length197 inches (5.0 meters)[1]
Diameter17.7 inches (45 centimeters)[1]

Effective firing range1500 yards[1]
Warheadwet guncotton[1]
Warhead weight132 pounds[1]
Detonation
mechanism
War Nose Mk 1 contact exploder[1]

Engine3-cylinder reciprocating
Maximum speed 28.5 knots[1]
Guidance
system
depth control[1]
Launch
platform
battleships and torpedo boats[1]

The Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo, also designated Torpedo Type C[4] was a 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.[2] It was probably based on the Whitehead Mark 1B, rather than a modification of the Whitehead Mark 2.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Torpedo History: Whitehead Torpedo Mk1". Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Artifact Spotlight: Whitehead torpedo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Chronology: Torpedo in Word and Picture". Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  4. ^ Silverstone, Paul (2006). The New Navy, 1883–1922. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. xxiii. ISBN 0-415-97871-8.