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Sunday 18 December 2016

Whitehead torpedoes improved according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1901-1902 no. 10

An item referred to the magazine Engineering reporting that Messrs. Horges and Jones at Fiume, Hungary [Rijeka, Croatia] patented their improvement of the Whitehead torpedo. It became possible to close the air stream to the floating compartment. Furthermore would the torpedo sink if the course regulator not or worse functioned.