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Old 07-05-20, 10:13 AM   #1455
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Originally Posted by propbeanie View Post
A steam boiler makes more sense. Targeting was probably done from the platform above and between, or the one abaft... I do see what appears to be viewing slots in the shield though. It also looks like a rung ladder on the side, with a hatch up top...
Torpedoes were launched individually by the ignition of a charge of black powder from an impulse cartridge inserted into the firing mechanism.

check this out.
http://www.destroyers.org/ordnance-a...torp-tubes.htm
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