Yarrow and Hedley Torpedo Steam Launch, 1875
Engraving of a torpedo steam launch built by Messrs. Yarrow and Hedley of Poplar, London, for the Argentinian Navy, February 1875. This launch, 55 foot in length and 7 foot beam, was designed to attack larger vessels, under cover of darkness, with its torpedo on a pole
Picture No
10216642
Media ID
46022390
Size
7354px x 3287px
(1.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Graphic. 1875. right side page 184
Date
1875
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