MAKE A MEME View Large Image Spring (boat, 1875).jpg en The first Swedish torpedo boat Minbåt Spring arriving in Stockholm 1875 on board the freighter S S Atlanta It was built by Thornycroft in Chiswick and the picture shows the peculiar rudder/screw arrangement that ...
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Keywords: Spring (boat, 1875).jpg en The first Swedish torpedo boat Minbåt Spring arriving in Stockholm 1875 on board the freighter S S Atlanta It was built by Thornycroft in Chiswick and the picture shows the peculiar rudder/screw arrangement that marred the early boats from that yard A more conventional setup was installed in 1879 The boat was originally fitted out with towed torpedoes and then spar torpedoes but in 1885 it became a true torpedo boat being equipped with two 35 cm torpedo frames Scanned from old book author 1875 Spring boat 1875 PD-old-70-1923
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