Torpedoes were widely used in WWI, its self-propelled design developed to the point of tactical advantage in the late 1800's - early 1900's.
You must be kidding me....Its over like $999999999999 E.World war Balkan wars or world war 1? Just ww 1
The deadliest torpedo of WWII was the oxygen fuelled Japanese Long Lance torpedo.
it sunk by a torpedo from U-20, a submarine
Germany
Patrol Torpedo Boat
They were intended to protect the battleships and cruisers from attack by enemy torpedo boats. After the war torpedo boats became less of a threat, but destroyers were retained to protect the larger warships against two new threats; enemy aircraft and submarines.
My grandfather said in 1942 the cost was $100,000 each. Because of the cost, they would recover torpedo's that were test fired.
US Higgins and Elco were the largest builders.
During WWI, Germany had the biggest fleet of submarines and it was known and feared for its sneaky torpedo attacks on enemy ships.
Torpedo, Tank, Territory, Terrain.
His patrol torpedo boat was called PT 109.
Wiped out the IJN's cream of the crop in Torpedo Bomber, Dive Bomber, and fighter aircrewmen.