Robert Whitehead
English engineer (1823-1905) · United Kingdom · Scientists · Died at 82
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Something wrong?Robert Whitehead was an English engineer who was most famous for developing the first effective self-propelled naval torpedo.
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Whitehead Torpedo and Ship-factory in Fiume, 1910
Robert Whitehead (right) and his son (left) with a battered test torpedo in Fiume, Austria-Hungary c.1875
Chilean torpedo gunboat Almirante Lynch
Frigate Blanco Encalada
Chinese battleship Dingyuan
The grave of Robert Whitehead at St Nicholas' Church, Worth, West Sussex, England, pictured in 2013
The clock tower commemorating Walter Whitehead in Bury. The torpedo in the foreground commemorates his relative, Robert.Family
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Lived 1823 to 1905 · aged 82
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