Vosper 73' Type II - Motor Torpedo Boat - 18" Torpedo and Torpedo Tube

This scan is from the Book "Allied Coastal Forces of World War II"  by John Lambert and Al Ross, page 210.

There is a very similar drawing on page 86 of the book " British Naval Weapons of World War II - The John Lambert Collection - Volume III - Coastal Forces Weapons" by Norman Friedman.

If you click here or on the picture above you will get a larger version.

The bottom detail in this image (just above the page number) shows a slightly different setup with the explosion vessel (16) and shows a shrouded control panel (18), it also shows a ring of bolt heads where the explosion vessel joins the tube wall.

Above is a photo of my 18" torpedo body and the Vosper 18" torpedo tube, the tube has a threaded inlet to suit a compressed air fitting and the torpedo body is a snug fit within the tube.

I guess I will need to work on a new version printed circuit board, to fit this torpedo, as my existing versions are for the 21 or 22.5" torpedoes. I need to make a steerable torpedo at some point, I need to make them come back!