18-inch Mark 30 torpedo

July 2020 Mark 30 torpedo 18 inch Mk 30 Torpedo.jpg 300 A Mark 30 torpedo at the Royal Air Force Museum London in Hendon United Kingdom Homing torpedo Harding Richard The Royal Navy 1930-2000: Innovation And Defense 2005 Psychology Press 9780714657103 https://books.google.com/books?id=bw46M1qI9gMC&pg=PA283 yes yes yes 1954-1970 British Torpedoes Since World War II http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTBR_PostWWII.htm 21 June 2013 Royal Navy Royal Air Force 1950 1200 Mark 30 Mod 1 torpedo 20 inches 2500 yards Electric 25 knots Aircraft thumb|Mark 30 torpedo on display at DCAE Cosford The Mark 30 torpedo was a British 18-inch air dropped anti-submarine passive acoustic homing torpedo. The torpedo was air dropped from the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod and Avro Shackleton aircraft. The Mark 30, also referred to by its project name as Dealer B, was an eight-fin passive homing torpedo using conventional propellers. Issued in June 1954, Mark 30 production saw approximately 1,200 being built. It served in both the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force until 1975. Development on a variant, the Mark 30 Mod 1, was cancelled in 1955 after the Royal Navy decided to purchase the American Mark 43 torpedo as a replacement. References Category:Aerial torpedoes Category:Torpedoes of the United Kingdom