Blowing up of H.M.S. Terpsichore during torpedo experiments, Chatham, Kent, 1865, artist's impression

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Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/29/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 7, 2015.

Depicted ContentChatham, Kent

Depicted ContentAt a southern England naval base, American inventors demonstrate their "torpedoes" to the Royal Navy

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Experiments with torpedo shells at Chatham, England - Blowing up of the Terpsichore by a 75-pounder.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, November 18, 1865, 132.

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