A cased gyroscope for directing a torpedo, produced by Whitehead & Co of Fiume, dated 1910.

No: 5748.

M/93A. (Swedish Navy marking).

Patented in 1894 by Ludwig Obry of Trieste.

Height: 27 cm.

Width: 19 cm.

Depth: 22 cm.

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For comparable Whitehead gyroscopes see:

Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport.

Canadian War Museum, Ottawa.

Robert Whitehead / Whitehead & Co, In1866 Robert Whitehead developed the first automobile or self-propelled torpedo whilst working as manager of the Fonderia Metalli situated in Fiume (Rijeka), today in Croatia. He thus introduced the world to a weapon that almost changed the course of history during both World Wars. In 1875, Whitehead formed the company Torpedo-Fabrik von Robert Whitehead – later Whitehead & Co. When Whitehead retired, the Whitehead family sold the company to Vickers and Armstrong-Whitworth in 1906.