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The first torpedo. Robert Whitehead (right) and his son (left) with a battered test torpedo in Fiume, Austria-Hungary c.1875. Whitehead's initial torpedo experiments were conducted with the help of his 12-year-old son, John, and a workman, Annibale Ploech.
Aug 2, 2023 · Robert Whitehead is a celebrated South African actor who played Barker Haines on Isidingo. He has also starred in several movies and drama series, and is involved in production and directing.
Robert Whitehead was a British engineer who invented the modern torpedo. In 1856, after serving an apprenticeship in Manchester and working in Marseille, Milan, and Trieste, he organized, with local capital, a marine-engineering works, Stabilimento Tecnico Fiumano, in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia).
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The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed. [a] It was perfected in 1866 by British engineer Robert Whitehead from a rough design conceived by Giovanni Luppis of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Fiume. [7]
Learn how Robert Whitehead (1823–1905) developed the first practical self-propelled torpedo with compressed air propulsion and sold it to navies around the world. Discover his partnership with Giovanni Luppis, his rivalry with France and Britain, and his legacy in the U.S. Navy.
Nov 5, 2019 · Robert Whitehead, who won a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, passed away at 86. He was known for his commitment to serious dramas by Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, and others.
British engineer Robert Whitehead invented and patented the first self-propelled torpedo that was proven to be effective in combat, known as the Whitehead Torpedo. At the age of 14 Robert Whitehead was apprenticed to his uncle, an engineer at Messrs. Richard Ormerod in Manchester.
