| | | | Oct. 27, | Federals. | Boat torpedo attack on the| Near |The only Federal torpedo success 1864. | | Confederate ironclad | Plymouth, | during the war. The boat was | | _Albemarle_. | America. | armed with the Wood and Lay | | | | disconnecting spar torpedo. The | | | | ship was sunk. | | | | Dec. 9, |Confederates.| Loss of the Federal | Roanoke |The latter vessel was proceeding 1864. | | steamers _Otsego_ and | River. | to the assistance of the former. | | _Bazeby_. | | Both were totally destroyed. | | | | 1864. | M. A. Nobel.| Introduction of dynamite. | .. |A modified form of the explosive | | | | nitro-glycerine. | | | | 1864. | Captain |First series of experiments| Fiume, |The idea of such a weapon | Lupuis and | with the fish torpedo. | Austria. | previously known, but not acted | Mr. | | | on. | Whitehead. | | | | | | | Jan. 15, |Confederates.|Loss of the Federal monitor|Charleston. |Completely destroyed by a barrel 1865. | | _Patapsco_. | | torpedo, sinking in a few | | | | minutes. Sixty-two officers and | | | | men drowned. | | | | March 1, | " |Loss of the Federal steamer|Near |The place where this catastrophe 1865. | | _Harvest Moon_. | Georgetown.| occurred had been previously | | | | swept for torpedoes. | | | | March 30 | " | Loss of two Federal |Mobile Bay. |These losses occurred in the to April,| | monitors, and three | | final attack on Mobile, at the 19 1865.| | gunboats. | | close of the war. | | | | Sept. 2, |Paraguayans. | Loss of the Brazilian war |Currupaity, |Completely destroyed by a 1866. | | steamer _Rio Janeiro_. | Paraguay. | stationary torpedo at the