It's a really clever design, especially that gyroscopic 'impulse' mechanism, but it was never used in battle. The competing Whitehead torpedo, which had an onb

It's a really clever design, especially that gyroscopic 'impulse' mechanism, but it was never used in battle. The competing Whitehead torpedo, which had an onboard engine, was the one that navies adopted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo#Invention_of_the_modern_torpedo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo#Invention_of_the_moder...