Torpedo Service

Royal Netherlands Navy Torpedo Service
Marine Torpedodienst
Founded16 May 1875 (1875-05-16)
Country Netherlands
BranchRoyal Netherlands Navy
Part ofMinistry of Defence

The Royal Netherlands Navy Torpedo Service (Dutch: Marine Torpedodienst) was a department within the Royal Netherlands Navy that was responsible for dealing with torpedoes and (until 1907, when the Mine Service split off from it) mines. It was established on 16 May 1875 and had at its peak 1,000 personnel. This dropped to 500 after the Second World War and in 1978, when the last mechanical torpedo (the Mark 8) in use by the Dutch Navy was phased out and replaced by electric torpedoes, the Service was disestablished.

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