現存する世界最古の魚雷艇は何
The first warship of any kind to carry self-propelled torpedoes was HMS "Vesuvius" of 1873. The first seagoing vessel "designed" to fire the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo was . The boat was built by John Thornycroft at Church Wharf in Chiswick for the Royal Navy. It entered service in 1876 and was armed with self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes.
As originally built, "Lightning" had two drop collars to launch torpedoes; these were replaced in 1879 by a single torpedo tube in the bow. She carried also two reload torpedoes amidships. She was later renamed "Torpedo Boat No. 1". The French Navy followed suit in 1878 with "Torpilleur No 1", launched in 1878 though she had been ordered in 1875.
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