WWI Torpedo bombing

[Vonrd]

Someone asked last night if torpedo bombing was a thing in WWI. 

On 12 August 1915, a Royal Naval Air Service Short 184 floatplane torpedo bomber sank a Turkish merchantman in the Sea of Marmara. It was operating from HMS Ben-my-Chree, a seaplane carrier converted from a ferry. Fitted with an aircraft hangar, Ben-my-Chree was used to carry up to six biplanes with their wings folded back to reduce carrying space.

This was the first ship sunk by air-launched torpedo. Five days later, another ship supplying Turkish forces in the Gallipoli campaign against British, Australian and New Zealand troops was also sunk.

Production of the Short 184 continued until after the Armistice of 11 November 1918, with a total of 936 built by several manufacturers. It served in eight navies, including the Imperial Japanese Navy, which built them under licence.^[7]

[Lee]

A good reference on German aerial torpedo operations in WWI is:

https://www.amazon.com/Torpedo-Los-German-Imperial-Torpedo-Flieger/dp/1953201172/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q3JV7MZABT64&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ymNUNO-QL1k3qTEnlYrMzvuDkWq9WTB52nb-yo_XTH4.0aRZMf0btkm-YfIdPS2R5ysCRIG-3lhmz0WhCUksONI&dib_tag=se&keywords=aeronaut+books+torpedo+los&qid=1747773369&s=books&sprefix=aeronaut+books+torpedo+los%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1