Ivan Lupis-Vukić, umirovljeni mornarički inženjer, konstruirao je prototip za prvi torpedo. Nacrt je predstavljen caru Franji Josipu u Rijeci 1860. 1864. god ugovorio je s Robertom Whiteheadom usavršavanje tog izuma u Trstu. Rezultat je bio Minenschiff, prvi torpedo na vlastiti pogon, službeno predstavljen carskom mornaričkoj komisiji 21. prosinca 1866.

Quick Summary not found for this subjectRijeka in 1860. Robert Whitehead, an English engineer/entrepreneur, was working in the Quick Facts about: Trieste
Quick Summary not found for this subjectTrieste port on navy projects, so in 1864 Lupis made a contract with him in order to perfect the invention. This resulted in Minenschiff, the first self-propelling torpedo, officially presented to the imperial naval commission on December 21, 1866.

After the government decided to invest in the invention, Whitehead started the first torpedo factory in Quick Facts about: Rijeka
Quick Summary not found for this subjectRijeka. In 1870, they improved the devices to travel up to 1,000 yards (914 m) at a speed of up to six knots, and by 1881 the factory was exporting its torpedoes to ten other countries. The torpedo was powered by compressed air and had an explosive charge of gloxyline or gun-cotton. Whitehead went on to develop more efficient devices, demonstrating torpedoes capable of 18 knots (1876), 24 knots (1886) and finally 30 knots (1890).

In 1877 the British Quick Facts about: Admiralty
The department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)Admiralty paid him Ł15,000 for certain of his developments and he opened a new factory near Quick Facts about: Portland harbour
Quick Summary not found for this subjectPortland harbour in 1891. The largest Whitehead torpedo was 19 feet (5.8 m) long, 18 inches (457 mm) in diameter and hulled in polished steel or phosphor-bronze, the explosive charge was up to 200 lb (90 kg) of gun-cotton. The air was compressed to around 1,300 lb/in2 (9 MPa) and drove two propellers through a three cylinder Brotherhood engine. Considerable effort was taken in trying to ensure the torpedo self-regulated its course and depth.

Blanco Encalada was the first ship sunk in a military action by a self-propelled torpedo, during the Quick Facts about: Chile
A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coastChilean civil war on April 23, 1891. During this time, the Quick Facts about: torpedo boat
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Quick Summary not found for this subjectJohn Ericsson gained recognition for its efficiency, and the first torpedo boat Quick Facts about: destroyer
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A small vessel for travel on waterboat and later demonstrated the feasibility of radio-guided torpedoes to the Quick Facts about: United States
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