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Re: THE SUBMARINE, 1776–1918
Posted by:
ROBERT M.
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Date: September 22, 2004 05:51AM
Mike Y:
The first torpedo was constructed by Ivan Lupis Vukic in the19th century in Rijeka, where its production had started in 1866 in the Whitehead factory.
He was a retired Croatian naval engineer who served in the Austro-Hungarian navy. The design was presented to emperor Franz Joseph in the port city of Rijeka in 1860. Robert Whitehead,
an English engineer/entrepreneur, was working in theTrieste port
on Navy projects, so in 1864 Lupis made a contract with him in order to perfect the invention. This resulted in Minenschiff, the first
self-propelling torpedo, officially presented to the imperial naval
commisssion on december 21. 1966.
After the government decided to, invest in the invention, Whitehead started the first torpedo factory in Rijeka. In 1870, they
improved the devices to travel up to 1,000 yards (914 m) at a speed of up to six knots, and bu 1881 the factory was exporting its
torpedoes to ten other countries. Thje torpedo was powered by
compressed air and had an explosive charge of gloxyline or gun-cotton. Whitehead went on to develop more efficient devices,
demonstrating torpedoes capable of 18 knots (1876), 24 knots
(1886 and finally 30 knots (1890).
In 1877 the British Admiralty paid him15,000 pounds for certain of his developments and he opened a new factory near Portland
Harbor in 1891. The largest Whitehead torpedo was 19 feet (58m) long, 18 inches (457 mm) in diameter and hulled in polished steel or phosphor-bronze, the explosive charge was up to 200 lb (90 kg) of gun-cotton. The air was compressed to around 1.300 lb/in
(9 MPa) and drove two propellors through a three-cylinder Brotherhood engine. Considerable effort was taken in trying to
ensure the torpedo self-regulated its course and depth.
Source:
[www.all-science-fair-projects.com]-
encyclopedia/Torpedo
Regards,
ROBERT M.
The first torpedo was constructed by Ivan Lupis Vukic in the19th century in Rijeka, where its production had started in 1866 in the Whitehead factory.
He was a retired Croatian naval engineer who served in the Austro-Hungarian navy. The design was presented to emperor Franz Joseph in the port city of Rijeka in 1860. Robert Whitehead,
an English engineer/entrepreneur, was working in theTrieste port
on Navy projects, so in 1864 Lupis made a contract with him in order to perfect the invention. This resulted in Minenschiff, the first
self-propelling torpedo, officially presented to the imperial naval
commisssion on december 21. 1966.
After the government decided to, invest in the invention, Whitehead started the first torpedo factory in Rijeka. In 1870, they
improved the devices to travel up to 1,000 yards (914 m) at a speed of up to six knots, and bu 1881 the factory was exporting its
torpedoes to ten other countries. Thje torpedo was powered by
compressed air and had an explosive charge of gloxyline or gun-cotton. Whitehead went on to develop more efficient devices,
demonstrating torpedoes capable of 18 knots (1876), 24 knots
(1886 and finally 30 knots (1890).
In 1877 the British Admiralty paid him15,000 pounds for certain of his developments and he opened a new factory near Portland
Harbor in 1891. The largest Whitehead torpedo was 19 feet (58m) long, 18 inches (457 mm) in diameter and hulled in polished steel or phosphor-bronze, the explosive charge was up to 200 lb (90 kg) of gun-cotton. The air was compressed to around 1.300 lb/in
(9 MPa) and drove two propellors through a three-cylinder Brotherhood engine. Considerable effort was taken in trying to
ensure the torpedo self-regulated its course and depth.
Source:
[www.all-science-fair-projects.com]-
encyclopedia/Torpedo
Regards,
ROBERT M.
| Subject | Written By | Posted |
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THE SUBMARINE, 1776–1918
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Mike Y. | 08/27/2004 06:20PM |
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Re: THE SUBMARINE, 1776–1918
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ROBERT M. | 09/22/2004 05:51AM |