World's First Torpedo - Rijeka Launch Ramp - One take #Croatia vlog
Check out this amazing old launch ramp in the city of Rijeka, Croatia. This is the place where the world's first torpedo was produced and launched.
Black and white photo of torpedo launch, courtesy of Rijeka Tourist Board
RIJEKA - Croatia Travel Guide | Around The World
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,624 inhabitants (2011). The metropolitan area, which includes adjacent towns and municipalities, has a population of more than 240,000.
Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially among Italy, Hungary (serving as the Kingdom of Hungary's largest and most important port), and Croatia, changing hands and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the overwhelming majority of its citizens (82.52%) are Croats, along with small numbers of Bosniaks, Italians and Serbs.
Rijeka is the main city of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards 3. Maj and Viktor Lenac Shipyard) and maritime transport. Rijeka hosts the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc, first built in 1765, as well as the University of Rijeka, founded in 1973 but with roots dating back to 1632 School of Theology.
Linguistically, apart from Croatian, the population also uses its own unique dialect of the Venetian language, Fiumano, with an estimated 20,000 speakers among the autochthonous Croats and various minorities. Historically Fiumano served as a lingua franca for the many ethnicities inhabiting the multiethnic port-town. In 2016, Rijeka was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2020, alongside Galway, Republic of Ireland.
Tvornica Torpedo (the Torpedo factory). The first European prototypes of a self-propelled torpedo, created by Giovanni Luppis, a retired naval engineer from Rijeka. The remains of this factory still exist, including a well-preserved launch ramp used for testing self-propelled torpedoes on which in 1866 the first torpedo was tested.
The Croatian National Theatre building. Officially opened in October 1885, the grand theatre building includes work by the famous Venetian sculptor August Benvenuti and ceiling artist Franz Matsch, who collaborated with Ernst and Gustav Klimt.
Svetište Majke Božje Trsatske – the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Trsat. Built 135 m (443 ft) above sea level on the Trsat hill during the late Middle Ages, it represents the Guardian of Travellers, especially seamen, who bring offerings to her so she will guard them or help them in time of trouble or illness. It is home to the Gothic sculpture of the Madonna of Slunj and to works by the Baroque painter C. Tasce.
Trsat Castle, a 13th-century fortress, which offers magnificent vistas from its bastions and ramparts, looking down the Rječina river valley to the docks and the Kvarner Gulf.
Petar Kružić staircase (or Trsat stairway), which links downtown Rijeka to Trsat. The stairway consists of 561 stone steps and was built for the pilgrims as the way to reach the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Trsat.
Old gate or Roman arch. At first it was thought that this was a Roman Triumphal Arch built by the Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus but later it was discovered to be just a portal to the pretorium, the army command in late antiquity.
Rijeka Cathedral, dedicated to St. Vitus.
Palace Modello designed by Buro Fellner & Helmer and built in 1885.
Stadion Kantrida, regarded by many as one of the most iconic and beautiful football stadiums in the world.
First Torpedo Factory In The World - Rijeka - Fiume
After the Austrian government decided to invest in the invention, Whitehead started the first torpedo factory in Fiume. In 1870, he improved the devices to travel up to approximately 1,000 yd (910 m) at a speed of up to 6 kn (11 km/h), and by 1881 the factory was exporting torpedoes to ten other countries.
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Lansirna rampa torpeda,Rijeka/Torpedoes launch station Yuneec Q500 4K
Old torpedoes lanuch station. First ever torpedo was built in Rijeka - Croatia.
Historic vehicle Torpedo V4 - first start
Nový motor kladl tak velký odpor, že k prvním startům musel být použit rozběhový přípravek.
The new engine made such an resistance, that was necessary to use external engine to make Torpedo's engine ran.
Croatia 2015/ GoPro hero 4
A short video from my trip to Croatia
Rijeka | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Rijeka
00:02:07 1 Name
00:02:50 2 Geography
00:04:07 3 History
00:04:15 3.1 Ancient and Medieval times
00:06:42 3.2 Under Habsburg sovereignty
00:11:12 3.3 The Fiume Question and the Italian-Yugoslav dispute
00:12:45 3.4 The Regency of Carnaro
00:15:08 3.5 The Free State of Fiume
00:16:59 3.6 The territory of Fiume part of the Kingdom of Italy
00:18:09 3.7 During World War II and the German Operational Zone
00:22:02 3.8 Aftermath of World War II and Rijeka part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
00:27:37 4 Rijeka's International Carnival
00:29:34 5 Demographics
00:31:17 6 Panoramas
00:31:32 7 Notable people from Rijeka
00:36:47 8 Main sights
00:38:48 9 Climate
00:40:10 10 Transport
00:43:13 11 Sports
00:45:31 12 International relations
00:45:41 12.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
00:45:53 13 In popular culture
00:47:09 14 See also
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Rijeka (Croatian pronunciation: [rijěːka] (listen); Italian: Fiume, [ˈfjuːme]; Slovene: Reka; German: Sankt Veit am Flaum) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,624 inhabitants.
Historically, because of its strategic position and its excellent deep-water port, the city was fiercely contested, especially among Italy, Hungary (serving as the Kingdom of Hungary's largest and most important port), and Croatia, changing hands and demographics many times over centuries. According to the 2011 census data, the overwhelming majority of its citizens (94.52%) are Croats, along with small numbers of Bosniaks, Italians and Serbs. The city has a strong local sense of identity and the autochthonous inhabitants of Rijeka are referred to as Fiumans.
Rijeka is the main city of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The city's economy largely depends on shipbuilding (shipyards 3. Maj and Viktor Lenac Shipyard) and maritime transport. Rijeka hosts the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc, first built in 1765, as well as the University of Rijeka, founded in 1973 but with roots dating back to 1632 School of Theology.Apart from Croatian and Italian, linguistically the city is home to its own unique dialect of the Venetian language, Fiuman, with an estimated 20,000 speakers among the autochthonous Italians, Croats and other minorities. Historically Fiuman served as the main lingua franca between the many ethnicities inhabiting the multiethnic port-town. In certain suburbs of the modern extended municipality the autochthonous population still speaks the Chakavian tongue, a dialect of the Croatian language.
In 2016, Rijeka was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2020, alongside Galway, Republic of Ireland.
359 Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo 1900