Biographical entry McEvoy, Captain C.A.

Occupation
Inventor

Summary

Captain C.A. McEvoy was an engineer and Confederate naval captain.

He patented several devices and systems to improve existing mine designs, including detonation and safety devices. He also patented improvements on the existing spar type torpedo and in the 1870s developed his own type of 'drifting' torpedo. The drifting torpedo was not propelled or controlled but rather had a lot in common with the mine.

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Published resources

Books

  • Sleeman, Charles William, Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare: The Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare, Griffin & Co., Portsmouth, 1880. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Telephonic Torpedoes', Engineering, vol. 26, 9 August 1878, p. 114. Details
  • 'Telephonic Torpedoes', Engineering, vol. 26, 16 August 1878, p. 139. Details
  • 'Abstracts of specifications published during the week ending August 6, 1881: 5514 Torpedoes: C A McEvoy, London', Engineering, vol. 32, 12 August 1881, p. 176. Details
  • 'McEvoy's Electric Submarine Detector', Engineering, vol. 34, 18 August 1882, pp. 154-156. Details
  • 'A submarine mine detector', Engineering, vol. 34, 21 July 1882, p. 65. Details
  • 'McEvoy's Torpedo System', Engineering, vol. 35, 11 May 1883, pp. 433-434. Details
  • 'McEvoy's Torpedo System', Engineering, vol. 35, 11 May 1883, pp. 433-434. Details
  • McEvoy, C. A., 'Extract of Patent: Torpedoes', Engineering, vol. 38, 25 July 1884, p. 96. Details
  • McEvoy, C. A., 'Abstract of Patent: Torpedoes', Engineering (London), vol. 37, 30 May 1884, p. 494. Details
  • McEvoy, C. A., 'Extract of Patent: Torpedoes', Engineering, vol. 38, 25 July 1884, p. 96. Details
  • McEvoy, C. A., 'Abstract of Patent: Torpedoes or Submarine Mines', Engineering (London), vol. 39, 2 January 1885, p. 23. Details
  • McEvoy, C. A., 'Abstract of Patent: Conveying and Launching Torpedoes', Engineering, vol. 40, 28 August 1885, p. 216. Details

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