I found this torpedo next to the entrance to the torpedo battery at Oscarsborg Fortress ( the entrance is to the left ), and I was wondering what kind of torpedo it was and if it was of the same kind used to sink Blücher in 1940. Does anybody know?
The much maligned wikipedia has this to say Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsborg_festning
I've looked for info when this was posted and found something about Whitehead torpedoes... http://www.admiral-hipper-class.dk/blue ... today.html So my best guess is that this is a Whitehead (named after his builder Robert Whitehead) torpedo but wich mark or type? http://www.weymouthdiving.co.uk/torpedoes.htm
It could very well be a Whitehead. It could be a locally produced version as well, Norway produced torpedoes which I think are based on the Whitehead. The coastal fortresses did also receive British torpedoes, of a type I don't know, right after WWII, which were operative well into the 80's. Blücher was most likely sunk by a Whitehead torpedo, but it seems likely based on the information I have gathered so far that the torpedo in the picture could be of the unknown British kind.
