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British 24.5 inch torpedo

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Type
  
Torpedo

In service
  
1925

Designed
  
1923

Place of origin
  
United Kingdom

Used by
  
Royal Navy

British 24.5 inch torpedo

Weight
  
5,700 pounds (2,600 kg)

The 24.5" Mark I torpedo was a British torpedo carried only on Nelson-class battleships. This was the type of torpedo that HMS Rodney fired at the German battleship Bismarck, "the only known occasion that a battleship fired torpedoes at an enemy battleship."

This torpedo design was the inspiration for the Japanese Type 93 'Long Lance' torpedoes.

References

British 24.5 inch torpedo Wikipedia