Tests with Lay torpedo complete failed according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1887-1888 no. 2

An item reported that at Brightlingsea in the presence of a British commission consisted of army officers again the Lay torpedo was tested resulting in a complete failure.(1)

Note

1. A 18” torpedo developed by the US naval officer John.L. Lay (14 January 1852 Buffalo). Manufactured at the torpedo test station at Rhode Island, USA. Driven by a gas engine using compressed carbon dioxide and steered via electromagnetic relays on the rudder receiving impulses.