As a result of an order of the minister for navy dated 26 October 1886 no. 68 were with a merchant steamship two so-called fish torpedoes and a torpedo man 1st class sent to the Dutch East Indies to obtain more information about the quality of a trimmed torpedo after a period being exposed to a tropical climate. Purpose was to investigate if it was possible and desirable to trim the fish torpedoes in the Netherlands and then sent to the Dutch East Indies. In September 1887 were the torpedoes transported back to the Netherlands for further research.
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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1886-1887.
Source
Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1886-1887.
