Torpedo Service

Royal Netherlands Navy Torpedo Service
Marine Torpedodienst
Founded16 May 1875; 151 years ago (1875-05-16)[1]
Country Netherlands
BranchRoyal Netherlands Navy
Part ofMinistry of Defence

The Royal Netherlands Navy Torpedo Service (Dutch: Marine Torpedodienst[2]) was a department within the Royal Netherlands Navy that was responsible for dealing with torpedoes and (until 1907, when the Mine Service split off from it) mines. It was established on 16 May 1875 and had at its peak 1,000 personnel.[1][2] This dropped to 500 after the Second World War and in 1978, when the last mechanical torpedo (the Mark 8) in use by the Dutch Navy was phased out and replaced by electric torpedoes, the Service was disestablished.[3]

History

The Royal Netherlands Navy Torpedo Service was founded on 16 May 1875, with workshops being established at Den Helder, Amsterdam and Hellevoetsluis.[1][4] Initially the torpedo service was mainly focused on spar torpedoes.[4] It was involved in the construction and maintenance of spar torpedo boats, while the service also helped with equipping other Dutch naval ships with these kind of torpedoes.[4] However, as a result of the increasing developments of countermeasures against spar torpedoes, the torpedo service started shifting its focus from 1885 on wards towards the self-propelled torpedo.[1][4]

Around 1907 the torpedo service was also tasked with disabling fished, drifted and swept up mines.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Woudstra (1982), p. 24.
  2. ^ a b Evert Brouwer (11 June 2025). "Torpedo 150 jaar jong". Alle Hens (in Dutch).
  3. ^ Mohrmann, J. M. (2000). Marine-Torpedodienst 1875-2000 (in Dutch). ISBN 90-6707-517-5.
  4. ^ a b c d Raven (1988), p. 70.
  5. ^ "Opzet Marine Torpedodienst in Hellevoetsluis". Vesting Belangen Voorne (in Dutch).

Bibliography

  • Raven, G.J.A., ed. (1988). De kroon op het anker: 175 jaar Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw. ISBN 90-6707-200-1.
  • Woudstra, F.G.A. (1982). Onze Koninklijke Marine (in Dutch). Alkmaar: De Alk. ISBN 90-6013-915-1.

Further reading

"Een torpedo-directie" (PDF). Militaire Spectator. Vol. 56, no. 3. 1887. pp. 197–205.

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