DescriptionHarvey's Torpedo - Illustrated Times 1870.jpg
English: Harvey's Torpedo. Illustration for The Illustrated Times, 5 March 1870.
Top: Harvey's new diverging sea torpedo.
Bottom: Experiments at Portsmouth with Harvey's torpedo. Showing the Royal Sovereign unable to avoid an attack by the tug Camel armed with two of Harvey's torpedos.
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Front page illustrations of Harvey's Torpedo, in action at Portsmouth. The Illustrated Times, 5 March 1870.