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These rare photographs on board
Battleships and Cruisers of Queen Victoria's navy in 1896 -1899. show sailors
involved in the often arduous tasks involved with the preparation, firing,
and defence against torpedoes. |
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Torpedo Net Drill: "Out Nets" (1901)
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Torpedo Net Drill: Rolling up Nets (1901)
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One of the most arduous
exercises which a bluejacket had to perform was that which follows on
the order being given "Out Net Defence", or more briefly
"Out Nets". The practice meant the shifting of steel wire
nets, each of which weighed about 400 lbs, from where they were stowed
on deck, generally around the barbettes and amidships, to the sides of
the vessel where the net sections were connected with each other, mesh
by mesh, furled in one continuous length and attached to booms. Each
section of net was about 15 ft x 20ft, so that a number of them were
required to provide defence of the ship. Net defence was only used when
the ship was at anchor.
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Recovering a Torpedo After Torpedo Practice |
Torpedo Tube Closed |
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here for photographs of HMS Curlew during torpedo practice
1920. |
Bringing in torpedoes. A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
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A destroyer fires a torpedo
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
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