Whitehead Torpedo Works was a company established in the 19th century by Robert Whitehead that developed the Whitehead torpedo. It grew from its initial...

Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed. It was perfected in 1866 by British engineer Robert Whitehead from...

the Whitehead Torpedo Works was purchased by Giuseppe Orlando in 1924, one of the owners of the Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando of Livorno. Whitehead Torpedo...

outside the entrance to the battery. The torpedoes were delivered in 1900 from the Whitehead Torpedo Works in Fiume, then part of Austria-Hungary. On...

was reformed as Whitehead Torpedo Works a few years later, and by 1881 it was exporting torpedoes to ten other countries. The torpedo was powered by compressed...

Naval Torpedo Factory, Greenock, Scotland with additional torpedo experimentation being undertaken by a private contractor, the Whitehead Torpedo Works based...

to visit the Whitehead Torpedo Works at Fiume and afterwards was placed in charge of the German torpedo section, later renamed the Torpedo Inspectorate...

Robert Whitehead, working on a design by Giovanni Luppis, perfected what came to be known as the Whitehead torpedo. Whitehead's Fiume torpedo works then...

major industry in the area was Whitehead Torpedo Works, which has now closed. As the major employer in the village, Whitehead's funded the building of two...

experiments involving the type. After having ordered the first 50 torpedoes from Whitehead Torpedo Works, on 10 August 1940, the first aircraft landed at T5 airfield...

designed and successfully tested the world's first torpedo. In addition to the Whitehead Torpedo Works, which opened in 1874, the oil refinery (1882) and...

establishment of Whitehead Torpedo Works at Wyke Regis in 1891. A purpose-built pier projecting into the harbour from the factory was used for torpedo testing...

when the Whitehead Torpedo Works was purchased by Giuseppe Orlando, one of the owners of the Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando of Livorno. Whitehead Moto Fides...

demolished in December 1971. Robert Whitehead's Torpedo Works, a factory built in 1891 to manufacture torpedoes, was once situated on the Wyke Regis...

Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland, an 1895 prototype Whitehead torpedo loading into USS Adder A-2 USS Adder USS Moccasin A-4 torpedo room USS Shark...

and the Whitehead Torpedo Works, where his contribution was crucial as he financed Robert Whitehead's efforts in producing a viable torpedo. In 1885...

guard railway tunnels and bridges, the waterworks at Upwey, the Whitehead Torpedo Works at Smallmouth, the naval oil tanks at Portland Harbour, the approaches...

growing population, particularly following the establishment of the Whitehead Torpedo Works in 1891, which resulted in an influx of new workers to the area...

naval delegation went to the Whitehead Torpedo Works at Weymouth to study and buy a regular version of the Whitehead torpedo. While there, they believed...

Ministry of Aircraft Production. William Richard Ashmeade, Works Manager, Whitehead Torpedo Works, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Alfred Charles Ashton, Head, Patents...

Tony DiGiulian. "British Torpedoes post World War II". Post-WWII Whitehead Torpedo and Engineering Works Torpedoes Robert Whitehead - A Brief History...

the war, he moved to Southern England and was employed at the Whitehead Torpedo Works in Weymouth, Dorset. He played in the Garrison League throughout...

Fiume.[citation needed] 1873 – Railway begins operating. 1875 – Whitehead Torpedo Works in operation. 1877 – Port built. 1890 - Population: 30,337. 1891...

war's end. The company built some ocean liners too. In 1915, the Whitehead Torpedo Works established a submarine subsidiary, the Ungarische Unterseebotsbau...

The first seagoing vessel designed to launch the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo was the 33-ton HMS Lightning in 1876. She was armed with two drop...

financed 41-foot (12 m) sea sled capable of carrying a single 18-inch Whitehead Mark 5 torpedo. In February 1915, this Hickman sea sled demonstrated 35 kn (65 km/h;...

propelled themselves. One such weapon called the Whitehead torpedo after its inventor, caused the word "torpedo" to apply to self-propelled underwater missiles...

in response to torpedo boats that had been developing from 1865, especially after the development of the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo. During the Spanish–American...

in San Francisco, California. The Holland Torpedo Boat Company of New York City contracted Union Iron Works to build the two Plunger-class submarines...

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