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Whitehead Torpedo Works
Whitehead Torpedo Works was a company established in the 19th century by Robert Whitehead (engineer), Robert Whitehead that developed the Whitehead torpedo. It grew from its initial location at Fiume to Wyke Regis and to Livorno, but the former two plants closed by the end of World War II. The Italian branch maintained the name Whitehead for a long time into the late 20th century, and still exists as Leonardo Sistemi di Difesa . History Robert Whitehead (engineer), Robert Whitehead worked for a metal foundry in the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia), and became its manager in 1856, and changed its name to ''Stabilimento Tecnico di Fiume'' (STF). STF produced marine steam boilers and engines, including for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The invention of the self-propelled torpedo happened at that company, but it was not profitable and the company went bankrupt in 1873. The Whitehead company, Torpedo-Fabrik von Robert Whitehead, was founded in 1875 and would produce for the first tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Whitehead (engineer)
Robert Whitehead (3 January 1823 – 14 November 1905) was an English engineer who was most famous for developing the first effective self-propelled naval torpedo. Early life He was born in Bolton, England, the son of James Whitehead, a cotton-bleacher, and his wife Ellen Whitehead née Swift. He trained as an engineer and draughtsman, and attended the Mechanics' Institute, Manchester. His first professional employment was at a shipyard in Toulon, France, for Philip Taylor & Sons, and then as a consultant engineer in Milan, Italy. He then moved to Trieste, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast of Austrian Empire, Austria. Whitehead's work in Trieste was noticed by the owners of ''Fonderia Metalli'', a metal foundry in the nearby city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia). In 1856, Whitehead became manager of the company, and changed its name to ''Stabilimento Tecnico di Fiume'' (STF). STF produced marine steam boilers and engines, which were the most modern products of that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-XXII (Austria-Hungary)
SM ''U-22'' or ''U-XXII'' was a or U-boat built for and operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy ( or ) during the First World War. The design for ''U-22'' was based on submarines of the Royal Danish Navy's ''Havmanden'' class (three of which had been built in Austria-Hungary), and was largely obsolete by the beginning of the war. ''U-22'' was just over long and was armed with two bow torpedo tubes, a deck gun, and a machine gun. The submarine was laid down in mid 1915 and launched in January 1917. The still unfinished U-boat sank in the harbor at Fiume in June but was raised, repaired, and relaunched in October. After her commissioning in November, ''U-22'' patrolled off the Po River estuary and, later, in the northern Adriatic out of Trieste. After undergoing months of repairs for her failed electric motor in mid 1918, ''U-22'' returned to duty and patrolled off the Montenegrin coast out of Cattaro in August. At Cattaro at the end of World War I, ''U-22'' was ceded to France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Establishments In Austria-Hungary
Events January * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera. * January 12 – Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3. He succeeds his cousin, the Tongzhi Emperor, who had no sons of his own. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * January 24 – Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral ''Danse macabre'' receives its première. February * February 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Lácar – Carlist commander Torcuato Mendíri secures a brilliant victory, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companies Based In Tuscany
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether natural, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals. Over time, companies have evolved to have the following features: "separate legal personality, limited liability, transferable shares, investor ownership, and a managerial hierarchy". The company, as an entity, was created by the state which granted the privilege of incorporation. Companies take various forms, such as: * voluntary associations, which may include nonprofit organizations * business entities, whose aim is to generate sales, revenue, and profit * financial entities and banks * programs or educational institutions A company can be created as a legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or fail to discharge their duties according to the publicly declared incorporation pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitehead Moto Fides
Leonardo Sistemi di Difesa is an Italian defense company which is part of the Leonardo conglomerate. The company specializes in the manufacture of naval weapon systems. The plant based in Livorno came about when the Whitehead Torpedo Works was purchased by Giuseppe Orlando in 1924, one of the owners of the ''Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando'' of Livorno. Whitehead Torpedo established the ''Società Moto Fides'' that initially produced motorcycles but changed the production to that of torpedoes. History During the Second World War, Italy possessed three torpedo factories. These were the ''Silurificio Whitehead'' located in Fiume, the oldest torpedo factory in the world, founded 1875 as '' Torpedo-Fabrik von Robert Whitehead'' and renamed in 1924 after the Italian annexation; ''Silurificio Italiano'' located in Baia (present-day Bacoli), near Naples, a Whitehead subsidiary founded 1914 as ''Società Anonima Italiana Whitehead'', renamed 1915; and ''Silurificio Moto Fides'' (also kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronounced , "Leghorn" in the Oxford Dictionaries Online. or ). During the Italian Renaissance, Renaissance, Livorno was designed as an "ideal town". Developing considerably from the second half of the 16th century by the will of the House of Medici, Livorno was an important free port. Its intense commercial activity was largely dominated by foreign traders. Also the seat of consulates and shipping companies, it became the main port-city of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The high status of a multiethnic and multicultural Livorno lasted until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando
Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando (Orlando Brothers Shipyard) is a historical Italian shipyard in Livorno. History It was founded by Luigi Orlando and his brothers Giuseppe, Paolo and Salvatore who moved to Livorno from Genoa where in 1858 they had the management of Gio. Ansaldo & C., Ansaldo which produced marine machines and cannons, in 1861 they directed the factory to the construction of ships. Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando Luigi Orlando on 31 August 1865 signed a thirty years concession for the buildings and the area of the former ''Lazzaretto di San Rocco'' (Saint Roch lazaret) which was transformed in an arsenal by Tommaso Mati in 1852. The shipyard entered into works the following year, and on July 29, 1867, the first ship was launched, the Ironclad warship, ironclad for the ''Regia Marina''. The shipyard developed and built the gunboats ''Alfredo Cappellini'' (1868) and ''Faa di Bruno'' (1869) for the ''Regia Marina'' and on March 17, 1883 the most difficult launch wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Rome (1924)
The Treaty of Rome was agreed on 27 January 1924, when Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes agreed that Fiume would be annexed to Italy as the Province of Fiume, and the town of Sušak would be part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Fiume and Sušak would have a joint administration of the port facilities. Both towns are now in the city of Rijeka, Croatia. Background After Fiume was under Gabriele D'Annunzio's Italian Regency of Carnaro, the Treaty of Rapallo (1920) created the independent Free State of Fiume, which was immediately recognised by other states, including the United States, France and the United Kingdom. The state survived only one year ''de facto'' and four years ''de jure''. The joint administration of the port was never created. On 24 April 1921, the first general elections for its parliament occurred, and it elected President Riccardo Zanella, the leader of the Autonomist Fiuman Movement. On 3 March 1922, a movement directed by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyke Regis
Wyke Regis is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth, in south Dorset, England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach. Wyke is south of the county town, Dorchester. The village has a population of around 5,500. History All Saints' Church in the village is known to have been frequented by King George III during his summer visits to Weymouth between 1790 and 1805. The church was the main place of worship for Weymouth citizens until the first sizeable church was built in the main part of the town in the 19th century. The victims of the wrecks of the East Indiaman ship ''Earl of Abergavenny'', including its captain John Wordsworth, brother of poet William Wordsworth, are buried in the churchyard, as are bodies recovered from ''Alexander''. Construction of the church started around 1451; it took four years to build and was dedicated on 19 October 1455. The church is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-XXIII (Austria-Hungary)
SM ''U-23'' or ''U-XXIII'' was a or U-boat built for and operated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy ( or ) during the First World War. The design for ''U-23'' was based on that of the submarines of the Royal Danish Navy's Havmanden class submarine (1911), ''Havmanden'' class (which had been designed by Whitehead & Co. in Fiume), and was largely obsolete by the beginning of the war. ''U-23'' was just over long and was armed with two bow torpedo tubes, a deck gun, and a machine gun. In February 1918, ''U-23'' was sunk with all hands by the Italian torpedo boat ''Airone'' while attempting an attack on the Italian transport . ''U-23'' had no wartime successes. Design and construction When it became apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Navy that the First World War would not be a short one,Halpern, p. 382. they moved to bolster their U-boat fleet by seizing the plans for the Danish Havmanden class submarine (1911), ''Havmanden'' class submarines, which had been designed by Whitehead & Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
