Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare / Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare

A comprehensive technical and historical survey of submarine warfare, starting with early developments and progressing through mechanical and electrical defensive mines, their fuzes, mooring, cabling, and firing systems. It examines circuit closers, observation and testing methods, and procedures for clearing passages, then surveys offensive devices such as drifting, towing, locomotive and spar torpedoes and spar charges. Chapters describe torpedo vessels and boats, accounts of operations and experiments, properties and tests of explosives, and the use of electricity, supported by diagrams and plates illustrating equipment and procedures.