Invention The Berdan Torpedo (c. 1885 - )
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- c. 1885
Summary
The Berdan Torpedo was designed by Hiram Berdan.
It was a remote-controlled double attack torpedo, which could be operated from a ship or the shore. The Berdan torpedo system was in fact two torpedoes connected by a tow line. The first torpedo was engineered to hit and duck under torpedo nets, leaving the second, towed by the first, a cleared path to the target.
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Published resources
Books
- Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004. Details
- Marcot, R. M., Hiram Berdan Military Commander and Firearms Inventor, Northwood Heritage Press, Irvine, California, 1989, 308-315 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- 'The Berdan Torpedo System', Engineering, vol. 45, 3 February 1888, pp. 125-126. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Latest Intelligence-Turkey', The Times, 13 June 1882, p. 7. Details
- 'Latest Intelligence-Turkey', The Times, 20 April 1882, p. 5. Details
- 'The Berdan Torpedo: Its design and works', The New York Times, 1885. Also available at http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0D15FB3E5B10738DDDAD0994D1405B8584F0D3. Details
- Pasha, Hobart, 'To the Editor of The Times', The Times, 27 December 1882, p. 5. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004; Marcot, R. M., Hiram Berdan Military Commander and Firearms Inventor, Northwood Heritage Press, Irvine, California, 1989, 308-315 pp.
Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby