From their Conception during
WW1 depth charges evolved to become
the fundamental weapon
of anti-submarine warfare
during
the Second World War.
The Museum of Royal
Naval Firepower announced
that an archive of papers
and letters revealing the man
responsible for
inventing depth charges has
been unearthed ..
The Museum
have
Documentation showing
that depth charges,
were first designed
and developed by
Portsmouth-based
Royal Navy inventor,
Herbert Taylor.
Staff at the
museum made
the discovery while
carrying out an audit
of the collection’s archives,
Until now It had been overlooked
how or where depth
charges were developed
,It has come
to light that the man
responsible for their
design was a frenetic
inventor who until now
has remained largely unknown
outside of the world of
underwater weapons.”
The Royal Navy
called Herbert Taylor
out of retirement in 1939
the archive also reveals
an intriguing legal battle
that took place between
the inventor and the
United States Government
over the rights to his designs.
Depth charges were
a successful device which
attracted the
attention of the
United States who
requested full working drawings
of the devices in March 1917.
It seems that amidst
the confusion of a
world war and in the
face of the terror
posed by German
U-Boats, the usual
protocol on rights to
intellectual property
were cast aside.
Despite being developed
by Herbert Taylor,
the depth charge was
patented in the US
by Commander Fullinwider
of the US Bureau of
Naval Ordnance and
US Navy engineer Minkler.
Herbert Taylor’s creative
mind has left a
considerable legacy to
the Royal Navy. .
The urgency of
war negated
delays which would
otherwise have occurred
from negotiation and
to effect complete
co-operation with the
United States.”
“The American Government
appears to have used
this procedure to avoid
paying any fees to
the British inventor.”
The issue of the design
of weaponry has always
been a grey area during
wartime, often resulting
in arms being developed
by one side and then used
on them by the other.
“It’s very interesting
this whole idea of how
weapons and parts of
weapons are designed,
patented and often
used by an enemy during
a war and then afterwards
someone then tries to
claim for damages.”
While the result of
Taylor’s struggle to
receive international credit
and remuneration for
his invention is unknown,
it did not stop him from
working tirelessly on
designs of other weapons.
Among the other devices
he invented are the depth
charge pistol, Chariots,
‘X’ craft, demolitions
and other weapons which
have been and are still
in use with the Royal Navy.
Taylor’s creative mind
was so important to the
Navy that he was called
out of retirement to join
the Admiralty design team
in 1939 and continued to
design and develop weapons
throughout WWII.
RZM CODES CHART
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Company Name |
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M9/1 |
F. W. Assmann & Söhne, Lüdenscheid |
M9/2 |
Rud. Mayer, Pforzheim |
M9/3 |
L. Chr. Lauer, Nürnberg |
M9/4 |
Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen |
M9/5 |
Fugen Schmidhäussler, Pforzheim |
M9/6 |
Julius Dinnebier Nachf., Lüdenscheid |
M9/7 |
Foerster & Barth, Pforzheim |
M9/8 |
Christian Thomas Dicke, Lüdenscheid |
M9/9 |
Ferdinand Wagner, Pforzheim |
M9/10 |
Robert Hauschild, Pforzheim |
M9/11 |
Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen |
M9/12 |
C. Baimberger, Nürnberg |
M9/13 |
Gustav Hahl, Pforzheim |
M9/14 |
M. Kutsch, Attendorn |
M9/15 |
Otto Schickle, Pforzheim |
M9/16 |
Berg & Nolte AG, Lüdenscheid |
M9/17 |
Friedrich Keck, Pforzheim |
M9/18 |
Karl Wild, Hamburg |
M9/19 |
Ernst Schneider, Lüdenscheid |
M9/20 |
“Walgo”. Inh. Goseberg, Kierspe |
M9/21 |
Glaser & Sohn, Dresden |
M9/22 |
Dr. Franke & Co., KG., Lridenscheid |
M9/23 |
Ossenberg & Co., Dahle und Altena |
M9/24 |
Wilhelm Schroder & Co., Lüdenscheid |
M9/25 |
Richard Sieper & Söhne, Lüdenscheid |
M9/26 |
Hessische Fahnenfabrik Georg Schubkegel, Darmstadt |
M9/27 |
Bockle & Co., Geringswalde |
M9/28 |
Ferdinand Hoffstätter, Bonn |
M9/29 |
Rud Wachtler & Lange. Mittweida |
M9/30 |
Bernhard Haarmann, Lüdenscheid |
M9/31 |
Biedermann & Co., Obercassel |
M9/32 |
G. Danner, Muhihausen |
M9/33 |
Karl Hensler, Pforzheim |
M9/34 |
Werner Linker, Duisburg-Hochfeld |
M9/35 |
Gebrüder Gloerfeld KG, Lüdenscheid |
M9/36 |
Philipp und Gustav Fest, Hanau |
M9/37 |
Carl Winkler, Hanau |
M9/38 |
Tweer & Turck, Lüdenscheid |
M9/39 |
Wilhelm Deumer, Lüdenscheid |
M9/40 |
Karl Wurster, Markneukirchen |
M9/41 |
Julius Maurer G.m.b.H., Oberstein |
M9/42 |
Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart |
M9/43 |
Lohmann & Welschehold, Meinerzhagen |
M9/45 |
Dransfeld & Co., Menden |
M9/46 |
Otto Fechler, Bernsbach |
M9/47 |
Adolf Baumeister, Lüdenscheid |
M9/48 |
E. F. Wiedmann, Frankfurt am M. |
M9/49 |
Heinrich Muth, Hanau |
M9/50 |
Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid |
M9/51 |
Hermann Aurich, Dresden |
M9/52 |
Schmidt & Bruckmann, Pforzheim |
M9/53 |
Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid |
M9/54 |
Funcke & Bruninghaus, Lüdenscheid |
M9/55 |
Hermann Wemstein, Jena-Löbstedt |
M9/56 |
Werner Redo, Saarlautern |
M9/57 |
Gebrüder Lange, Lüdenscheid |
M9/58 |
Alfred Stubbe, Inh. Herben Tegge, Berlin |
M9/60 |
Paulmann & Crone, Lüdenscheid |
M9/61 |
Gebrüder Albert, Menden. |
M9/62 |
Berthold Kuhn, Catterfeld |
M9/63 |
Albert Ihne, Lüdenscheid |
M9/65 |
Friedrich Keller, Oberstein |
M9/66 |
Gottlieb Fr. Keck & Sohn, Pforzheim |
M9/67 |
Overhoft & Cie, Lüdenscheid |
M9/68 |
Gebrüder Mardey & Co., Wuppertal-Langerfeld |
M9/69 |
K. E. Haas, Hamburg |
M9/70 |
Walter Demmer, Lüdenscheid |
M9/71 |
Stuttgarter Metallwerk-Fabrik Mayer & Wilhelm, Stuttgart |
M9/72 |
Wilhelm Kolwitz, Bergedorf b. Hamburg |
M9/73 |
Julius Bauer Söhne, Zella-Mehlis |
M9/74 |
Heinrich Vogt, Pforzheim |
M9/75 |
M. Nett, Fürth |
M9/76 |
Hermann Bauer, Schwäb.-Gmünd. |
M9/77 |
Josef Fuess, München |
M9/78 |
Stefan Merkl, Nürnberg |
M9/79 |
Max Kamper, Lüdenscheid |
M9/80 |
Kruse & Söhne, Wuppertal-Barmen |
M9/81 |
Franz Reischauer, Idan |
M9/82 |
Matthias Ochsier & Sohn KG., Ansbach |
M9/83 |
Lehmann & Wundenberg, Hannover |
M9/84 |
Gebrüder Rood, Solingen |
M9/85 |
Gebrüder Hahne, Lüdenscheid |
M9/86 |
Adam Donner, Wuppertal-Elberfeld |
M9/87 |
Adolf Besson, Schwäb.-Gmjind. |
M9/88 |
A. Kunze & Co., Buchholz |
M9/89 |
Hillenbrand & Bröer, Lüdenscheid |
M9/91 |
Wilhelm Fuhner, Pforzheim |
M9/92 |
Paul Meybauer, Berlin |
M9/93 |
Frank & Reif o.H.G., Stuttgart |
M9/94 |
Walter Horn]ein, Schwäb.-Gmünd. |
M9/95 |
Pleuger & Voss, Lüdenscheid |
M9/96 |
Kallenbach, Meyer & Franke, Luckenwalde |
M9/97 |
Gebrüder Fobke, Stettin |
M9/98 |
Theodor Seibod, Offenbach a. M. |
M9/99 |
Hans Aich, Schwäb.-Gmünd. |
M9/100 |
Emil Oberholz, Reiligenhaus |
M9/102 |
Gebrüder Bender, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/103 |
Schimmel, Schmieder & Co., Schmölin |
M9/104 |
Fritz Zobel, Breslau |
M9/105 |
Karl Kahle, Flensburg |
M9/106 |
Richard Masseck, Weisswasser |
M9/107 |
Ossenberg-Engels, Iserlohn |
M9/108 |
L. 0. Stillgebauer, Solingen |
M9/109 |
Emil Vogelsang, Glauchau |
M9/110 |
Fritz Kohm, Pforzheim |
M9/111 |
Schauerte & Höhfeld, Lüdenscheid |
M9/112 |
Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Geislingen a. d St. |
M9/113 |
Ernst Conze, Lüdenscheid |
M9/114 |
Hermann Knöller, Lüdenscheid |
M9/115 |
Rob Hasenmayer Jr., Pforzheim |
M9/116 |
Wuh. A. Jager, Frankfurt a. M |
M9/117 |
Chn Bauer, Welzheim |
M9/118 |
Josef Preissier, Pforzheim |
M9/119 |
Alois Rettenmaier, Schwäb-Omünd. |
M9/120 |
Gustav Schuft, Cottbus |
M9/121 |
Furstenberger Porzellanfabrik, Furstenberg a. d. Weser |
M9/122 |
Stempel-Reich, Breslau |
M9/123 |
Gebrüder Cramer, Menden |
M9/124 |
Karl Pfohl, Pforzheim |
M9/125 |
Jakob Bengel, Inh. E., Hartenberger, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/126 |
Fried. Wuh. Schnurle, Duisburg am Rhein |
M9/127 |
Heinrich Schmidt, Sprottau |
M9/128 |
Paul Schulze & Co., Lubeck |
M9/129 |
Jörgum & Trefz, Frankfurt am Main |
M9/130 |
Bruno Mitlehner, Berlin |
M9/131 |
Noelle & Hueck KG, Lüdenscheid |
M9/132 |
Hermann Schulte Sohn, Lüdenscheid |
M9/133 |
Bebritpressstoffwerke G.m.b.H., Bebra |
M9/134 |
Seiler & Co., Geldern |
M9/135 |
C. W. Lots, Adorf |
M9/136 |
Ernst Scheiter, Eibenstock |
M9/137 |
H. Dürvel, Braunschweig |
M9/138 |
Prokop, Jager & Söhne, Rosenthal-Schweizermuhle |
M9/139 |
Bruno Winkler, Zittau |
M9/140 |
Leop. Kleins Witwe, Wien |
M9/141 |
Glöckner & Co., Annaberg |
M9/142 |
Otto Kunze, Fraureuth |
M9/143 |
R. Conrad Nach & Co. KG, Schmiedeberg. |
M9/144 |
Julius Moser sen., Inh. C., Moser, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/145 |
Kuhr & Langer, Eisenach |
M9/146 |
Mayer & Sohn, Erbach |
M9/147 |
Eduard Mutscheiknauss, Pforzheim |
M9/148 |
E. O. Friedrich, Leipzig |
M9/149 |
Willy Annetsberger, Munchen |
M9/150 |
Friedrich Roediger & Co., Hanau a. M. |
M9/151 |
Petz & Lorenz, Unterreichenbach |
M9/152 |
Stuffmann & Co., Haan |
M9/153 |
Staatl Bemstein-Manufaktur, Königsberg |
M9/154 |
Karl Forster & Grat Schwäb-Gmünd. |
M9/155 |
Lindner & Maak, Dresden |
M9/156 |
Ad. Schwerdt, Stuttgart |
M9/157 |
Lind & Meyer, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/158 |
Ochs & Bonn, Hanau a. M. |
M9/159 |
Wilhelm Helbing, Leipzig |
M9/160 |
Max Kremhelmer, Munchen |
M9/161 |
Sohni, Heubach & Co., Oberstein a d. N. |
M9/162 |
Ziemer & Söhne, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/163 |
Otto Wolter, Schwäb-Gmund. |
M9/164 |
Paul Merkens, Dusseldorf |
M9/165 |
Giesse & Schmidt, Ruhla |
M9/166 |
Hymmen & Co., Lüdenscheid |
M9/167 |
Emil Büxenstein, Pforzheim |
M9/168 |
Gustav Mössmer, Offenbach am Main |
M9/169 |
Deschler & Sohn, München |
M9/170 |
Karl Erbacher, Pforzheim |
M9/171 |
Rudolf Freund, Solingen |
M9/172 |
Eduard Hahn, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/173 |
P. C. Turck Witwe, Lüdenscheid |
M9/176 |
List & Hertl, Wien |
M9/177 |
August Menze & Sohn, Wien |
M9/178 |
C. W. Motz & Co., Brandenburg a. d.H. |
M9/179 |
Karl Gschiermeister, Wien |
M9/180 |
Adalbert Kanngiesser, Wien. |
M9/181 |
Sohni & Co., Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/182 |
Karl Kuhn & Co. AG, Wien |
M9/183 |
Schar-Smolka, Schwechat b. Wien |
M9/184 |
Bruno Mulde, Bremen |
M9/185 |
J. E. Hammer & Söhne, Geringswalde |
M9/186 |
Konrad Seiboth, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/187 |
Grossmann & Co. Inh. Lorenz Hoffstätter u.L. Siefener, Wien |
M9/188 |
Schaeffer, Homberg G.m.b.H., Wuppertal -Barmen |
M9/189 |
Rudolf Stärz, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/190 |
Rudolf Richter, Schlag Nr 244 |
M9/191 |
Wilhelm Borgas, Entingen |
M9/192 |
Albert Noswitz, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/193 |
Emil Peukert, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/194 |
Franz Schiffner, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/195 |
Franz Schmidt, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/196 |
Rudolf Lucke & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/197 |
Gustav Miksch, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/198 |
Camill Bergmann & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/199 |
Rudolf Pfeiffers Nachf., Hoschka & Pesch, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/200 |
Heinrich Stärz jr., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/201 |
Otto Lang, Gablonz a. N |
M9/202 |
Josef Rössler & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/203 |
Wilhelm Pala, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/204 |
Franz Wenzeis Sohn, Braunau Heuscheuer |
M9/205 |
Fritz Zasche, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/206 |
J. C. Gante in, Berlin |
M9/207 |
Georg Patzner, Breslau. |
M9/208 |
Josef Feix Söhne, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/209 |
Gebrüder Jäger, Gablonz |
M9/210 |
Rudolf Lang, Kukan Nr.226 b. Gablonz |
M9/211 |
Adolf Scholze, Grünwald a. N. |
M9/212 |
Julius Rauchfühs, Schonwald u. Pirna |
M9/213 |
Eduard Gorlach & Söhne, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/214 |
August G. Tham, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/215 |
Rudolf Tham, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/216 |
Matth. Ochsier & Sohn AG, Riegersdor b. Bodenbach |
M9/217 |
A. Karneth & Sohn, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/218 |
Matth Salcher & Söhne AG., Wagstadt |
M9/219 |
Augustin Hieke, Tyssa b. Bodenbach |
M9/221 |
Richard Simm & Söhne, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/222 |
Otto Glausch, Grunwald b. Gablonz |
M9/223 |
Bruno Schöffel, Kukan |
M9/224 |
Walter & Henlein, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/225 |
Franz Maschke & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/226 |
Heinrich Wander, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/227 |
Vereinigte Knopf-Werker Alfred Maborny, Wohlau |
M9/229 |
M. Schaubmayr, Wien |
M9/230 |
Josef Rücker & Sohn, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/231 |
Louis Keller, Oberstein |
M9/232 |
Magnus Richter, Schwarzbach |
M9/233 |
Gustav Könd, Peterswald b. Bodenbach |
M9/234 |
Franz Bernhardt, Tyssa b. Bodenbach. |
M9/235 |
Heinr Ulbricht’s Wwe., Wien |
M9/236 |
Florian Schwarzer, Wien |
M9/237 |
Gebr Eichenauer, Hainfeld |
M9/238 |
Lenkwerk Brüder Schneider AG., Wien |
M9/239 |
A. Beladas Nach. Frz. Jungwirth, Wien |
M9/240 |
W. Gruber & Co., Wien |
M9/241 |
Ranns Pacher, Wien |
M9/242 |
Friedrich Orth, Wien |
M9/243 |
Josef Heintschel, Wien |
M9/244 |
Franke & Sohn, Heidenreichstein |
M9/245 |
Albert Bloudicek, Wien |
M9/246 |
Eduard Gösel, Wien |
M9/247 |
Rudolf Menschiga, Wien |
M9/248 |
Christlbauer & Sohn, Wien |
M9/249 |
Josef Mayr, Linz |
M9/250 |
Andreas Unger, Wien |
M9/251 |
Rudolf Schanes, Wien |
M9/252 |
Phil. Turks Wwe., Wien |
M9/253 |
Argentor-Werke, Wien |
M9/254 |
Hans Hischer, Wien |
M9/255 |
Schwenner & Cie., Eggenberg b. Graz |
M9/256 |
Franz Petzl, Wien |
M9/263 |
Adolf Klinger, Grünwald a. N. |
M9/264 |
Rudolf Dressier Jr., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/265 |
Eduard Kratzert, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/268 |
Franz Klamt & Söhne, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/269 |
Arno Wailpach, Salzburg |
M9/270 |
Wilhelm Tschinkel Abtl. II, Ober Kreibitz -Schonfeld |
M9/271 |
Gustav Wenzel, Nieder-Preschkau, Kr. Tetschen |
M9/272 |
Rudolf Fischer Jr., Nixdorf |
M9/273 |
Franz Lang, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/274 |
Karl Unger & Sohn, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/275 |
Erwin Hoffmann, Seidenschwanz |
M9/276 |
Josef Pörner, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/277 |
Franz Erben jr, Seidenschwanz |
M9/278 |
Reichelmann & Co., Tellnitz b. Aussig |
M9/279 |
E. Wohlmann, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/280 |
Rudolf Bergs, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/281 |
Richard Feix, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/282 |
Wilhelm Hammesfahr, Solingen |
M9/283 |
Emil Herrmann & Co. Gablonz a. N. |
M9/284 |
Robert Rudolf, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/285 |
Oskar Frech, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/286 |
Adolf Kofer, Sebnitz |
M9/287 |
Ewald Turck, Lüdenscheid |
M9/288 |
Klein & Quenzer AG., Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/289 |
Gottlieb & Wagner, Oberstein a. d. N. |
M9/290 |
Otto Geiger, Lüdenscheid |
M9/291 |
Oswald Posselt, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/292 |
Ernst Hübner, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/293 |
Adolf Seidel Gablonz a. N. |
M9/294 |
W. Lehmann, Karlsbad-Weheditz |
M9/295 |
Josef Bergs & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/296 |
Franz Schönbach, Riegersdorf |
M9/297 |
August Halter, Tolkemit, Kr. Elbing |
M9/298 |
Brüder Paul, Tyssa b. Bodenbach |
M9/299 |
Paul Garthe, Muspe |
M9/300 |
Volkskunst der Grafschaft Glatz, Kurt Klammt, Glatz-Neuland |
M9/301 |
Otto Sedlak, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/302 |
Bruno Pfeifer, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/303 |
Anton Markovskys Söhne, Gablonz a. N |
M9/304 |
Karl Schlenker, Schwäb.-Gmünd. |
M9/305 |
Rudolf Zappa, Bad Schlag b. Gablonz a. N. |
M9/306 |
R. Richard Haasis, Zittau |
M9/307 |
Kamill Schöffel, Grunwald a. N |
M9/308 |
Laurenz Müller, Gross-Schonau. |
M9/309 |
Willy Engel, Morchenstern, Kr. Gablonz |
M9/310 |
Otto Mischek, Gablonz a. N |
M9/311 |
Gralit-Kunstharzpresswerk, Grossmann, Pietschmann & Co., Nixdorf |
M9/312 |
Fritz Mannheim G.m.b.H., Kaiserslautern |
M9/313 |
Karl Pichl, Innsbruck |
M9/314 |
Moritz Hertwig KG., Tannenberg |
M9/315 |
Arno Melzer, Dresden |
M9/316 |
Rudolf Strake, Leipa |
M9/317 |
Franz Simon, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/318 |
Heinrich & Heinrich, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/319 |
Buttig & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/320 |
Zappe & Co., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/321 |
Wiliy Zappe, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/322 |
Oskar Zappe Jr., Gablonz a. N. |
M9/323 |
Max Hering, Oldenburg i. 0. |
M9/324 |
Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen |
M9/325 |
Rosenthal-Porzellan AG., Selb. |
M9/326 |
Karl Schram, Brunn (Protektorat Mähren) |
M9/327 |
Otto Müller, Gablonz a. N |
M9/328 |
Julius Gerhard. Pforzheim |
M9/329 |
Max Ulbrich, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/330 |
Ewald Ress, Wien |
M9/331 |
Erhard & Söhne AG, Schwäb.-Gmünd. |
M9/332 |
Dmk. Schönbaumfelds Sohn, Wien |
M9/333 |
Alfred Simet, Wien |
M9/334 |
Augustin Prager, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/335 |
R. Kreisel, Gablonz a. N. |
M9/336 |
W. Hobacher, Wien |