How many aerial-torpedo options did the Royal Navy have in 1940?
Short answerPractically one, so Fleet Air Arm tactics and training were built around that available weapon.
NotesA viewer asks how many aerial-torpedo choices the Royal Navy possessed at the time of Taranto. In practical terms, it had one. Carrier planners therefore optimized aircraft handling, release technique, training, and target approach around the available weapon rather than selecting among several operational torpedoes. The brief exchange concerns practical wartime choice and does not exclude experimental designs or weapons outside the carrier force.