British 24.5-inch torpedo

Torpedo
Maximum speed 30 knots (56 km/h) - 35 knots (65 km/h)
Launch
platform
Nelson-class battleships

The 24.5" Mark I torpedo was a British torpedo carried only on Nelson-class battleships. This was the type of torpedo that HMS Rodney fired at the German battleship Bismarck, "the only known occasion that a battleship fired torpedoes at an enemy battleship."[1]

This torpedo design was the inspiration for the Japanese Type 93 'Long Lance' torpedoes.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "British Torpedoes Pre-WWII". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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Royal Navy torpedoes
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See also: Brennan torpedo