The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or locomotive torpedo ever developed. It was perfected in 1866 by Robert Whitehead from a design conceived by Giovanni Luppis of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Many naval services procured the Whitehead torpedo during the 1870s including the US Navy.
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weight (kg)
383292.0
diameter (km)
17700.0
origin
Austria-Hungary
type
Anti-surface warfare
used in war
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), Chilean Civil War of 1891
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