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Torpedo defects aboard the transferred Town-class destroyers

Rapid replacement is the answer, while the discussion leaves the torpedo's exact designation unresolved.

Question

Did the Town-class destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy retain American torpedoes with Mark 14-type defects?

Short answer

The Mark 14 was a submarine weapon; the transferred destroyers' exact torpedo designation is uncertain, and their inherited weapons were replaced quickly.

Notes

The inherited torpedoes are said to have been replaced quickly. A participant then challenges the question's Mark 14 designation because it was a submarine weapon. The subsequent recollection offers another mark number for a destroyer weapon but does not settle the identity. A similar warhead fault is asserted, while the exact weapon remains uncertain.