Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo | |
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Type | Anti-surface ship torpedo[1] |
Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
Service history | |
In service | 189?–1922[1] |
Used by | United States Navy[2] |
Production history | |
Designer | Robert Whitehead |
Designed | 1893[1] |
Manufacturer | Torpedofabrik Whitehead & Co.[3] E. W. Bliss Company |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1232 pounds[1] |
Length | 197 inches (5.0 meters)[1] |
Diameter | 17.7 inches (45 centimeters)[1] |
Effective firing range | 1500 yards[1] |
Warhead | wet guncotton[1] |
Warhead weight | 132 pounds[1] |
Detonation mechanism | War Nose Mk 1 contact exploder[1] |
Engine | 3-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]