Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo explained

Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo
Origin:Austria-Hungary
Type:Anti-surface ship torpedo[1]
Is Ranged:yes
Is Explosive:yes
Is Missile:yes
Service:189?–1922
Used By:United States Navy[2]
Designer:Robert Whitehead
Manufacturer:Torpedofabrik Whitehead & Co.[3]
E. W. Bliss Company
Design Date:1893
Weight:1232 pounds
Length:197 inches (5.0 meters)
Diameter:17.7 inches (45 centimeters)
Range:1500 yards
Filling:wet guncotton
Filling Weight:132 pounds
Detonation:War Nose Mk 1 contact exploder
Engine:3-cylinder reciprocating
Speed:28.5 knots
Guidance:depth control
Launch Platform:battleships and torpedo boats

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]

Characteristics

The Type C was ordinarily assembled into three sections: the warhead, the air flask and the after-body. The warhead's charge of wet guncotton weighed 132 pounds. The Type C 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 at 1500 pounds per square inch. The after-body carried the engine and the tail, which contained the propellers.[5]

The Type C 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 another Whitehead model, the Mark 3.

The Mark 2 Type C was launched from battleships and torpedo boats.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Torpedo History: Whitehead Torpedo Mk1 . 8 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Artifact Spotlight: Whitehead torpedo. 8 June 2013. 12 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130512032155/http://navalunderseamuseum.org/media/6c06204b6731dd48ffff8336ffffe906.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Chronology: Torpedo in Word and Picture . 2013-06-08 . 6 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140406180154/http://www.muzej-rijeka.hr/torpedo/en/chronology.html . dead .
  4. Book: Silverstone, Paul . The New Navy, 1883-1922 . Taylor & Francis Group . 2006 . xxiii . 0-415-97871-8.
  5. Book: The Whitehead Torpedo . . 1898 .