1813 in Canada
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Congress offers a bounty to "burn, sink, or destroy" British warships with "torpedoes, submarine instruments, or any other destructive machine"

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/1812-04.asp

See also: A short description of the deployment of torpedoes
https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/165/issues/34617/pages/247627 (4th column)
A long description of a torpedo attack
https://newspapers.lib.unb.ca/serials/165/issues/34622/pages/247646 (4th column)
#torpedo #Congress