The Drzewiecki drop collar was an external torpedo launching system most commonly used by the French and Imperial Russian Navies in the first two decades of the 20th century. It was designed by Stefan
Empty drop collars on the Russian submarine Akula, 1909
The Bars-class submarine Lvitsa showing four of her eight drop collars loaded with torpedoes, about 1916–1917
Stefan Drzewiecki was a Polish scientist, journalist, engineer, constructor and inventor, known for designing and constructing the world's first electric-powered submarine. He worked mainly in France
Drzewiecki drop collar
…torpedo launching system most commonly used by the French and Imperial Russian Navies in the first two decades of the 20th century. It was designed by Stefan Drzewiecki, a Polish engineer and inventor. He designed and built the first submarine in the world with electric battery-powered propulsion (1881). Generally, the…
Stefan Dzhevetsky with St. George's Cross
Drzewiecki-designed submarine built in 1881 and now in the Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg
Illustration of Drzewiecki's submarine from Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890—1907).