Torpedo pistol

[BMG50]

Were there different shear pins of different materials, just wondering if different countries had different specs on pistols or they found that a harder pin could result in misfires lead being one. Would love to get a safety pin for it. Are there any more pictures info on these pistols and the torpedoes they were fitted to.

 

[Dronic69]

According to this in-depth technical description, the Whitehead War Nose Mk 1 had a lead shear pin : (Post #1, The Engineer P1 & P2)

https://www.bocn.co.uk/threads/the-...gineer-publication-in-1891.89665/#post-248707

They probably experimented with different metal composition for the shear pin strength to meet the min. force requirement - perhaps found lead commercially more viable to use and cheaper?

 

[Dronic69]

Were there different shear pins of different materials, just wondering if different countries had different specs on pistols or they found that a harder pin could result in misfires lead being one. Would love to get a safety pin for it. Are there any more pictures info on these pistols and the torpedoes they were fitted to.

Yes - for example, Whitehead provided "modified" designs for the Imperial Russian Navy, which were then built under licence in Russia - why I'm not sure?
(That's a topic of a future post)

 

[BMG50]

Thanks Drew

 

[Dronic69]

Were there different shear pins of different materials, just wondering if different countries had different specs on pistols or they found that a harder pin could result in misfires lead being one. Would love to get a safety pin for it. Are there any more pictures info on these pistols and the torpedoes they were fitted to.

Interesting, according to the pistol descriptions (p48 - p56) in the French Torpedo Manual 1909 (credit to SGDBDR), it makes references to both lead & "red copper" shear pins:

French Navy Manual about torpedoes from 1909

Hi, Here is a link to my latest scan job : "Manuel du marin torpilleur, deuxième partie, Torpilles" from 1909 (~350MB) https://www.mediafire.com/file/lm414mo72z7z25c/MNAT-5160-2.pdf/file Enjoy, S.

www.bocn.co.uk

Model 1887 > lead (p.51)
Model 1904 /1906 > red copper (p.53)

Cheers
D

 

[William49]

WOWWWWW! Das ist eine wirklich schöne Pistole. Schön!

Jason

 

[Natter]

From the records in regards to the 6-torpedo order referred to earlier: