Torpedo Collection

HMS Tipperary, British destroyer leader, WW1
HMS Tipperary, British Faulknor-class torpedo boat destroyer leader, launched 1915, served briefly during the First World War, sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Date: 1915-1916

Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber; Second World War, 1941
Painting showing a Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bomber-reconnaissance airplane flying over a British destroyer (bottom centre) and the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious (back right), 1941

Members of the Torpedo Football Team at Reading with their wives and children. Bottom row (left to right): Mick Hill (24) with daughter Nicola (2), Graham Haddrell (22), Kenny NIce (24)

Bristol 156 Beaufighter -flown by Coastal Command with torpedo and rocket projectile armament The type proved lethally effective against enemy shipping

Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section

HMS Lion hit, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the British battlecruiser HMS Lion being hit on the Q turret

RAF Bristol Beaufighter; Second World War, 1943
Photograph of a British Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bomber aircraft of Coastal Command, with torpedo slung beneath the fuselage, 1943

Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamship
Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Swordfish Torpedo-bombers on board HMS Victorious, Second
Photograph showing Fleet Air Arm Swordfish torpedo-bombers gathered on the stern of the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Victorious, during the Second World War, 1941

Renault Torpedo Sport
The chauffeur of a Renault 40cv Torpedo Sport waits while two lady passengers get in. Or is one lady seeing the other off ? Who can say ?

Short seaplane Type 184 in flight, WW1
A British Short seaplane Type 184 in flight during the First World War. It was a two-seater reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. 1915-1918

WW1 - The torpedoing of the RMS Falaba, 28th March 1915
WW1 - A view from on board the RMS Falaba, showing the German U-Boat U-28 alongside it. The liner tried its best to escape, but the British steamship was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine

Growth of the submarine by G. H. Davis
The growth of the submarine from 1901 to 1912. In chronological order, they are: 1901-2 Holland Class, 1903-5 A Class, 1904-6 B Class, 1906-9 C Class, 1911 D Class and 1912 E Class

WW1 poster, Join the Navy, the Service for Fighting Men. Date: circa 1917

Lamp post made from German torpedo, Gibraltar
Lamp post made from a German torpedo, at a Royal Navy camp in Gibraltar. Date: circa 1920s

Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD758, Bahrain
Built as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD758 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing Date: 1956

Three point turns by W H Robinson
No need for three point turns, with this double torpedo model with revolving body for obviating the difficult of turning the car in narrow lanes. 1919

The Capture of the Vulcania; Second World War, 1943
Illustration showing a German motor torpedo boat capturing the Italian passenger-liner Vulcania in the Adriatic sea during 1943

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

Alfred Fernandez Yarrow
Sir ALFRED FERNANDEZ YARROW Inventor and manufacturer, noted for torpedo boats

Take Up the Sword of Justice, 1915 (poster, recruiting
5929345 Take Up the Sword of Justice, 1915 (poster, recruiting, colour chromolithograph) by Partridge, Bernard (1861-1945) (after); National Army Museum

Submarines against the Japanese, 1944
A double page spread in The Sphere, 1944, entitled " Submarines against the Japs: British underwater craft operating in the Far East." On the left hand page

Music cover, The Torpedo Galop, by Charles d Albert, based on music from Edmond Audrans comic opera, Olivette. 1880

WW1 - Lifebelted passengers - Torpedoing of RMS Falaba
WW1 - Aboard the RMS Falaba on 28th March 1915, the photographer captures a moment showing passengers putting on their life-belts

Swordfish torpedo-bombers on HMS Battler; Second World War
Photograph showing Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers on the flight deck of HMS Battler, a British escort carrier, 1943. Date: 1943

British Sub Rammed
An Italian torpedo boat heroically rams and sinks a British submarine

Albemarle and Sassacus
In the North Carolina sounds, Confederate ram Albemarle rules the waves : she survives ramming by the Sassacus but will be sunk by a torpedo attack later in the year

Illustration depicting the first trial of a torpedo fired by the Nautilus submarine; 1905
5311470 Illustration depicting the first trial of a torpedo fired by the Nautilus submarine; 1905. It destroyed the Danish ship 'Dorothee' provided by the British Admiralty, in Walmer Bay

HMS 'Edinburgh' on anti-torpedo exercise, c.1887 (oil on canvas)
7337796 HMS 'Edinburgh' on anti-torpedo exercise, c.1887 (oil on canvas) by Martino, Eduardo de (1838-1912); 52x91.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Torpedo launcher on a mobile mount, developed by the French engineer Gustave Canet (1846-1913)
6867176 Torpedo launcher on a mobile mount, developed by the French engineer Gustave Canet (1846-1913). From Bibliotheque Des Merveilles

France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Malo: the port, three torpedo wharf in front of the casino
LUX4775042 France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Malo: the port, three torpedo wharf in front of the casino, 1890 - warship registration: 210; (add.info.: France, Brittany)

Lance Torpille - French marine series, drawing by P. Jazet, chromo., 1885
LSE4080652 Lance Torpille - French marine series, drawing by P. Jazet, chromo., 1885; (add.info.: Lance Torpille - French marine series, drawing by P)

Tunisia, Sfax: Walk aboard a torpedo. The 328 with his crew on deck, 1900 - The torpedo 328
LUX4765816 Tunisia, Sfax: Walk aboard a torpedo. The 328 with his crew on deck, 1900 - The torpedo 328; (add.info.: Tunisia, Sfax: Walk aboard a torpedo)

Japanese torpedo boats making attack
2604119 Japanese torpedo boats making attack; (add.info.: Russo - Japanese War 1904 - 1905: Opening of hostilities. Japanese torpedo boats making surprise attack on Port Arthur, 8 February 1904)

French Navy: Porte - Torpedo - dess. by P. Jazet, 1885
LSE4080628 French Navy: Porte - Torpedo - dess. by P. Jazet, 1885; (add.info.: French Navy: Porte - Torpedo - dess. by P. Jazet, 1885); Photo © Leonard de Selva.

Jacobi wet torpedoes showing, A: conical sheet metal casings,K: firing devices, T: junction of two jacobis
6867174 Jacobi wet torpedoes showing, A: conical sheet metal casings,K: firing devices, T: junction of two jacobis, X: anchor stones. Moritz Hermann (Boris Semyonovich) von Jacobi, 1801-1874

Engraving depicting torpedo boats up on the deck of the HMS Heda, a Royal navy torpedo depot shop, 19th century
5308814 Engraving depicting torpedo boats up on the deck of the HMS Heda, a Royal navy torpedo depot shop, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting torpedo boats up on the deck of the HMS Heda)

Engraving depicting an experiment involving white-head torpedoes, 19th century
5308716 Engraving depicting an experiment involving white-head torpedoes, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an experiment involving white-head torpedoes)

Medal commemorating the torpedoing of the liner 'Lusitania', May 7, 1915 (bronze medal)
MMM5470281 Medal commemorating the torpedoing of the liner 'Lusitania', May 7, 1915 (bronze medal) by Goetz, Karl (1875-1950); National Maritime Museum, London

Attack of a torpedo - Serie marine francaise, drawing by P. Jazet, chromo., 1885
LSE4080636 Attack of a torpedo - Serie marine francaise, drawing by P. Jazet, chromo., 1885; (add.info.: Attack of a torpedo - Serie marine francaise, drawing by P)

Tunisia, Sfax: Walk aboard the torpedo. When a torpedo encounters another torpedo with sailors on deck, 1900
LUX4765834 Tunisia, Sfax: Walk aboard the torpedo. When a torpedo encounters another torpedo with sailors on deck, 1900; (add.info.: Tunisia, Sfax: Walk aboard the torpedo)

Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3
FLO4569156 Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Reconnaissance of an enemy submarine by an aeroplane (colour litho)
8663912 Reconnaissance of an enemy submarine by an aeroplane (colour litho) by Bohrdt, Hans (1857-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reconnaissance of an enemy submarine by an aeroplane)

Robert Whithead, inventor of the Whitehead Torpedo (b/w photo)
8655625 Robert Whithead, inventor of the Whitehead Torpedo (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Whithead (1823-1905)

Human invention anticipated: The electric battery (engraving)
8657896 Human invention anticipated: The electric battery (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The electric battery)

Medal commemorating the torpedoing of the liner 'Lusitania', May 7, 1915, near the Irish coast
MMM5470254 Medal commemorating the torpedoing of the liner 'Lusitania', May 7, 1915, near the Irish coast, 1915 (bronze medal) by Goetz, Karl (1875-1950); National Maritime Museum, London

Submarine, c1905 (watercolour)
2450322 Submarine, c1905 (watercolour) by Stower, Willy (1864-1931); (add.info.: Transport. Marine. A submarine attacks a battleship. Watercolour by Willy Stower, Germany, ca 1905.); Photo © CCI.

Submarine, c1905 (watercolour)
2450321 Submarine, c1905 (watercolour) by Stower, Willy (1864-1931); (add.info.: Marine. A submarine attacks a battleship (sectional view)

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"From the treacherous waters of WW1 to the heroic battles of WW2, the torpedo has left its mark in history. The HMS Tipperary, a British destroyer leader, valiantly sailed through perilous seas during World War In 1941, the Fairey Swordfish Torpedo-Bomber took flight and became a symbol of bravery in the Second World War. Coastal Command relied on the Bristol 156 Beaufighter to defend against enemy attacks. Meanwhile, tragedy struck with the loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis, reminding us of the sacrifices made for our freedom. Beyond warfare, torpedoes brought joy and camaraderie as seen with members of the Torpedo Football Team at Reading enjoying time with their loved ones. However, not all encounters were celebratory; HMS Lion was hit during Battle of Jutland in WW1. During WWII's darkest days in 1943, RAF Bristol Beaufighters soared through skies as formidable defenders. The revolutionary steam turbine-powered steamship Turbinia showcased technological advancements that propelled naval warfare forward. The Swordfish Torpedo-bombers aboard HMS Victorious proved instrumental in turning tides during crucial moments in World War II. On land too, automobiles like Renault Torpedo Sport played their part amidst chaos and destruction. In times when patriotism ran high, a powerful poster urging men to 'Join the Navy' emerged around 1917 - an iconic reminder that service awaited those brave enough to answer its call. Even aviation embraced torpedoes as Short seaplane Type 184 gracefully glided through skies during WWI - showcasing innovation beyond traditional naval vessels. " Note.