HMS Pathfinder (1904)
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HMS Pathfinder was the lead ship of her class of two British scout cruisers, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo fired by submarine. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birk
HMS Pathfinder
The loss of HMS Pathfinder
USS Housatonic (1861)
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USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England.
HMS Pathfinder (1904)
…two British scout cruisers, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo fired by submarine (the American Civil War sloop-of-war USS Housatonic had been sunk by a spar torpedo). She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, launched on 16 July 1904, and commissioned on 18 July 1905. She was…
USS Housatonic (1862–1864). Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902
Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo; sketch by war artist William Waud (1864)