The Thornycroft Torpedo Boat Museum

The first current torpedo boat changed into built for the British navy in 1877 with the aid of the shipyards of Sir John Isaac Thornycroft 1843-1928. Torpedo boats have been adopted with the aid of most of the arena's major navies, but as they elevated in length the destroyer changed into evolved as an powerful defense against them. They faded in significance after the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-five. Housed within the historic powder mag constructing 1874 at Magazine Bay, Lyttelton, this museum generally famous the remains of Thornycroft Torpedo Boat No. 168. A 36 minute documentary movie is proven on request.

The film relates the history of torpedo boats in popular with unique regard to No.168. It presentations historic pix of the vessel, her crews, and sports and indicates photos of ways the spar operated. The 1999 recovery of the Torpedo boat and its next recuperation in addition to the general records of Magazine Bay as a miliary reserve also are protected. As properly as the partly re-constructed bow and stern of the Lyttelton torpedo boat, the museum features a scale model of the vessel and an example of the engine that when powered it; in pristine running order acquired from one of its lengthy scrapped sister ships.