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Siluro A100 450 x 5.25, Testa carica

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Bjorn

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Picked up this small plaque a week ago, to my understanding it related to a Italian torpedo.
I cant find much information seeking online, does anyone have any information or know anything else about this A100 torped or where this plaque could have been mounted I would greatly appreciate it

The modell Torpedo is a typ 41 Swedish torpedo

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Cheers!
 
The Siluro A100/450x5,25 was a Regia marina torpedo for submarines, introduced in 1914, made by the Ernesto Breda Company.
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Another slightly shorter version the Siluro A100/450/5 W MAS was introduced in 1923 (though its manual is dated 1928) for rapid torpedo boats (MAS) and had a speed of 44kn and a range of 2.000m. It was made by Whitehead.
 
Dreamk said:
The Siluro A100/450x5,25 was a Regia marina torpedo for submarines, introduced in 1914, made by the Ernesto Breda Company.

Another slightly shorter version the Siluro A100/450/5 W MAS was introduced in 1923 (though its manual is dated 1928) for rapid torpedo boats (MAS) and had a speed of 44kn and a range of 2.000m. It was made by Whitehead.
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Thank you for the information
 
Now that's a nice plaque!

The A 100/450 x 5.25 was a Whitehead torpedo design, built under licence in 1913-1914. It incorporated a heater system (hot air as oppose to the earlier cold air driven torpedoes) and was adopted for limited runs - i.e. 1000 /2000 meters, depending on the PSI. These were found to be suitable for both torpedo boats and submarines. The "A" denotes all steel construction (as oppose to phosphor bronze), the 450mm is the diameter (i.e. 18") and the 5.25 was the length in metres.
Cheers
 
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Dronic69 said:
Now that's a nice plaque!

The A 100/450 x 5.25 was a Whitehead torpedo design, built under licence in 1913-1914. It incorporated a heater system (hot air as oppose to the earlier cold air driven torpedoes) and was adopted for limited runs - i.e. 1000 /2000 meters, depending on the PSI. These were found to be suitable for both torpedo boats and submarines. The "A" denotes all steel construction (as oppose to phosphor bronze), the 450mm is the diameter (i.e. 18") and the 5.25 was the length in metres.
Cheers
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Great information, thank you very much
 
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