26 February 1914

An Italian, Alessandro Guidoni, carried out the first air launch of a torpedo on 26 February 1914. He launched a 827 lb (375 kg) mock-up torpedo into waters near Venice from his Pescara-Guidoni PP twin engined seaplane. The aircraft was designed by him and Raul Pateras Pescara, who had suggested a torpedo carrying seaplane to the navy two years earlier.