Torpedo Collection

British torpedo after practice run, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
British torpedo after practice run, between c1915 and c1920. British sailors hoisting a spent torpedo on board a British torpedo boat destroyer after a practice run.

Life in the trenches in Champagne; A torpedo explodes at some distance... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Life in the trenches in Champagne; A torpedo explodes at some distance, shaking the parapets, mowing down everything around with its splinters, 1917

A torpedoing immediately avenged; The "Chateaurenault" hit by a torpedo'.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
A torpedoing immediately avenged; The "Chateaurenault" hit by a torpedo, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

A torpedoing immediately avenged; The commander of UC-38, seated in the middle... 1917. Creator: Unknown
A torpedoing immediately avenged; The commander of UC-38, seated in the middle, with five of his men, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris

A torpedoing immediately avenged; Prisoners of the UC-38 aboard transport... 1917. Creator: Unknown
A torpedoing immediately avenged; Prisoners of the UC-38 aboard transport taking them back to France, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris

A torpedoing immediately avenged; On December 14, 1917, in the Ionian Sea... 1917. Creator: Unknown
A torpedoing immediately avenged; On December 14, 1917, in the Ionian Sea, the "Chateaurenault" sank by the bow, at 9 o'clock in the morning

At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

At sea; Amid the lifeboatds, rafts and swimmers, a French gunboat arrives... 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Amid the lifeboatds, rafts and swimmers, a French gunboat arrives to collect the shipwreck survivors of the "Sontay", 1917

At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passenger... 1917
At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passengers board into lifeboats. The "Sontay" was going from Marseille to Salonika

A bord des sous-marins allemands; Embarquement de mines et torpilles avant le depart pour... 1918. Creator: Unknown
A bord des sous-marins allemands; Embarquement de mines et torpilles avant le depart pour une expedition, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

U.S.S. New York, torpedo tube, between 1893 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. New York, torpedo tube, between 1893 and 1901

U.S.S. Massachusetts, torpedo tube, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, torpedo tube, between 1896 and 1901

U.S.S. Maine, torpedo tube, (1896?). Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Maine, torpedo tube, (1896?)

U.S.S. Maine, torpedo tube, (1896?). Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Maine, torpedo tube, (1896?)

Destroyer, torpedo tube, between 1882 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Destroyer, torpedo tube, between 1882 and 1901

Destroyer between decks, between 1882 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Destroyer between decks, between 1882 and 1901

Destroyer, between 1882 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Destroyer, between 1882 and 1901

Target Practice - Torpedoes, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Target Practice - Torpedoes, 1913

Target Practice - Torpedo, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Target Practice - Torpedo, 1913

Target Practice - Hauling Torpedoes On Board, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Target Practice - Hauling Torpedoes On Board, 1913

La flotte Francaise en orient; Une torpille repechee est rentree par un sabord, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La flotte Francaise en orient; Une torpille repechee est rentree par un sabord, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

La flotte Francaise en orient; Repechage de torpilles apres un exercice de lancement, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La flotte Francaise en orient; Repechage de torpilles apres un exercice de lancement, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

'The Naval Manoeuvres - Torpedo Drill on board an Ironclad: Ready !, 1891. Creator: Charles Joseph Staniland
'The Naval Manoeuvres - Torpedo Drill on board an Ironclad: Ready !, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Confederate Torpedoes Taken from James River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Confederate Torpedoes Taken from James River, 1864. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Captain Zalinski, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

David Against Goliath: British Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Makes an End of German Battleship, 1916. HMS Spitfire in action at the Battle of Jutland, May 31st, 1916

The Fairey Albacore, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Fairey Albacore, 1941. British single-engine torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation, used during the Second World War

Torpedo Entering the Water, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Torpedo Entering the Water, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919. From " The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. X, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight

Chariot manned torpedo, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Chariot manned torpedo, World War II, 1945. The Human Torpedo. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]

Hoisting a Chariot manned torpedo on board a ship, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Hoisting a Chariot manned torpedo on board a ship, World War II, 1945. A human torpedo is hoisted inboard. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]

Torpedo tubes of a British submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Torpedo tubes of a British submarine, World War II, 1945. The Business End of a submarine - the tubes from which her torpedoes are fired by compressed air. From " His Majestys Submarines"

Naval Albacores were part of the striking force, c1942-1943, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Naval Albacores were part of the striking force operating from Maltas cratered airfield. In the convoy action shortly to be described, they scored torpedo hits on a cruiser and two destroyers

An aircraft which could carry torpedoes over many hundreds of miles, c1942-1943, (1945)
An aircraft which could carry torpedoes over many hundreds of miles would greatly increase out power of hitting Rommels supplies at sea, c1942-1943, (1945). From " R.A.F

The sinking of the Lusitania, 7 May 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

Examining a Torpedo, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

The Majestic sinking after being torpedoed by an enemy submarine, 1915. HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy

Cleaning and adjusting torpedoes, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of the Navy for Boys and Girls, by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

The deadly effect of a torpedo, c1917 (1919). Artist: FC Coleman
The deadly effect of a torpedo, c1917 (1919). From The Wonder Book of the Navy for Boys and Girls, by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus, 1896. Artist: W Gregory
Torpedo instruction on board HMS Theseus, 1896. Four sailors with a Whitehead torpedo. The Theseus was a cruiser launched in 1892

Seaman Torpedoman, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Seaman Torpedoman, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Leading Torpedoman, 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Leading Torpedoman, 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

Hoisting a torpedo, HMS Courageous, 1937. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937

Lieutenant Cushings attack on the Albemarle, c1880
Lieutenant William B Cushings attack on the Albemarle, 1864 (c1880). The Albemarle was a Confederate ironclad warship that operated in the coastal waters of North Carolina during the American Civil

The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg
The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale

The sinking of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Oliver Bernard
The sinking of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale

The moment a torpedo from German submarine U-20 hit the RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Oliver Bernard
The moment a torpedo from German submarine U-20 hit the RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed

Attempts at Rescue, 1901. The Drama of Russia, Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 27th January 1901

French torpedo boats hunting porpoises, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th February 1903

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