Picture No | 10216642 |
Date | 1875 |
Description | Yarrow and Hedley Torpedo Steam Launch, 1875. |
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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.
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Source | The Graphic. 1875. right side page 184. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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