Category. | Data. |
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Type | Conventional WW2 torpedo. |
Nationality | British\Dutch. |
Made in | 1930 (for the Royal Navy) and 1943 for the Dutch version. |
Retired | 1962 (Royal Netherlands Navy). |
Designer | N\A British organisation. |
Manufacturer | N\A British organisation. |
Variants | 1, the British version. |
Diameter | 53,3 cm (21 inch). |
Speed | 40 knots. |
Warhead | 365 kg of N\A. |
Operational range | 15000 m @ 40 knots and 17000 m @ 35 knots. |
Guidance system | N\A, but probably akin to aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era. |
Launch platform | Destroyers, submarines and coastal batteries on Curaçao. Curaçao's supply of 17.7 inch ones were accidentally dumped outside Willemstad in 1944 or 1945. |
Weight. | 1725 kg. |
Sources. | http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Torpedoes.html and http://diodon349.com/Torpedoman/TM_Stuff/torpedoes_of_the_royal_netherlands_navy.htm. |
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