merrimac s hull. how it would be possible in 1862, i don t know. you have basically a motor attached to this little torpedo where it would drill itself into its enemy and the explosion, of course, would destroy it. there is also what i call the flying torpedo. you fire the cannon ball over the merrimac with just enough powder to skim the roof. that would pull the torpedo through the air right up to the merrimac s hull and once again you could destroy her that way. even from the interior department shall the census bureau, you have joseph kennedy writing in with several beautiful illustrations that the monitor needs to tow a torpedo and release it at some point in the channel and as the merrimac comes down, it would sail over this torpedo and the monitor again would discharge it from a safe distance. there is also the idea of having a torpedo on chains. you have two tugs chained together. the torpedos are in the middle. when the merrimac came down again, these two tugs would s
1862, i don t know. you have basically a motor attached to this little torpedo where it would drill itself into its enemy and the explosion, of course, would destroy it. there is also what i call the flying torpedo. you fire the cannon ball over the merrimac with just enough powder to skim the roof. that would pull the torpedo through the air right up to the merrimac s hull and once again you could destroy her that way. even from the interior department shall the census bureau, you have joseph kennedy writing in with several beautiful illustrations that the monitor needs to tow a torpedo and release it at some point in the channel and as the merrimac comes down, it would sail over this torpedo and the monitor again would discharge it from a safe distance. there is also the idea of having a torpedo on chains. you have two tugs chained together. the torpedos are in the middle. when the merrimac came down again, these two tugs would sail in the opposite direction and create a gi