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Royal Gun Factory Mark V torpedo (1910)
Scale: Unknown. Model of an 18 inch Royal Gun Factory Mark V torpedo (1910) mounted on its loading carriage, both of which have several moving parts and the whole of which is mounted on a section of wooden deck. The nose of the torpedo is copper coloured and a small screw is fixed to it. The transporting carriage is constructed from angled metal, the inside faces of which have been painted red. The model is mounted on a wooden baseboard. A copper plaque fixed to the baseboard is inscribed "Torpedo 18 in R.G.F. MK.V.1910."
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Object Details
| ID: | SLR2961 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Ordnance model; Torpedo model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | 1910; Unknown |
| People: | Imperial Chinese Naval Commission |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Phipps Hornby Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall model and base: 140 x 525 x 210 mm |