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Yes, they did have a tiny propellor - about two inch blade length. This was the arming mechanism, so that the torpedo would not explode until it had traveled a reasonable distance from the ship that fired it. From memory it was about four inches across, and a bit more like a plane propellor than a ship propellor. A certain number of turns of this propellor armed the warhead.
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