| Type 95 torpedo | |
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.jpg) Type 95 torpedo display atYamato Museum. | |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1935 |
| Specifications | |
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| Length | 281 inches (7.1 m) |
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TheType 95 torpedo was atorpedo used by submarines of theImperial Japanese Navy duringWorld War II.
The Type 95 was based on theType 93 torpedo (Long Lance[1]); its mod 1 had a smaller 405 kg (893 lb) and mod 2 had a larger 550 kg (1,210 lb) warhead size than the Type 93's 490 kg (1,080 lb). The Type 95 was similar to theU.S. Navy's contemporaryMark 16hydrogen peroxide torpedo, which had a shorter range, slightly lower top speed and a larger and nearly twice as powerful warhead at 580 kg filled with TORPEX or HBX/HBX-3 explosive. It was intended to be fired from a standard 533 mm (21.0 in)torpedo tube of a submergedsubmarine.
The range of the Type 95 was (for the mod 1) 9,000 m (9,800 yd) at 49–51 kn (91–94 km/h; 56–59 mph), or 12,000 m (13,000 yd) at 45–47 kn (83–87 km/h; 52–54 mph),[2][3]which was about three times the range of theU.S. NavyMark 14 with the same speed at 45 to 47 knots.
The Type 95 was the fastest torpedo in common use by any navy during World War II. Its warhead size was the largest of any submarine torpedo, and second only to the Type 93 used by Japanese surface ships. Its engine was akerosene-oxygenwet-heater rather than thecompressed air used by most torpedo types at the time.
