| | | | bombardment of Currupaity by the | | | | Brazilian fleet. | | | | 1874. | England. | Adoption of the electric | | | | light in the Navy. | | | | | | May 29, | English. | Torpedo attack by H.M.S. | .. |This is the first Whitehead fish 1877. | | _Shah_ on the Peruvian | | torpedo ever fired against an | | ironclad _Huascar_. | | hostile ship. It failed, owing | | | | to the _Huascar_ being at too | | | | great a distance. | | | | May 12, | Russians. |Russian torpedo boat attack| Batoum. |Failed. A Turkish ship was struck 1877. | | on several Turkish ships.| | by a towing torpedo, but it | | | | failed to explode. | | | | May 26, | " | Russian torpedo boat | Matchines, |Successful. A Turkish monitor, 1877. | | attack on the Turkish | River | _Duba Saife_, was sunk. | | ships _Fettu Islam_, | Danube. | | | _Duba Saife_, and _Kilidj| | | | Ali_. | | | | | | June 9, | " | Russian torpedo boat | Sulina, |Failed. The Russian torpedo boat 1877. | | attack on the Turkish | mouth of | No. 1 was sunk, and her | | ironclads _Feteh Bulend_,| the | commander, Lieutenant Poutschin, | | _Moocardemikhair_, and | Danube. | with his crew, taken prisoner. | | _Idglalieh_. | | The attack was made by six | | | | boats. | | | | June 20, | " | Turkish monitor attacked |Rutschuk, on|Failed. The officer in command of 1877. | | by the Russian spar | the Danube.| the boat being severely wounded, | | torpedo boat_Choutka_. | | and the torpedo wires cut. This | | | | attack was made in the daytime. | | | |