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	Tigerfish
		The torpedo is wire-guided and both the submarine and torpedo are fitted with wire dispensers.
		As the torpedo reaches the closest distance to the target, a magnetic proximity fuse and an impact fuse detonates the warhead.
		The speed of the torpedo is 25 knots in passive mode and 35 to 50 knots in active seeker mode.
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	Torpedo
		Torpedoes are weapon s that may be launched from submarine s, surface ship s, helicopter s and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mine s and naval fortress es.
		The Bangalore Torpedo, invented in 1912, is a cylindrical explosive device on the end of a pipe used to clear minefields and barbed wire.
		In the case of deck or tube launched torpedoes, the diameter of the torpedo is obviously a key factor in determining the suitability of a particular torpedo to a tube or launcher, similar to the caliber of the gun.
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	Torpedo Summary
		The Bangalore Torpedo, invented in 1912, is a cylindrical explosive device on the end of a pipe used to clear minefields and barbed wire.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet long projecting forward under water from the bow of the attacking vessel.
		In the case of deck or tube launched torpedoes, the diameter of the torpedo is obviously a key factor in determining the suitability of a particular torpedo to a tube or launcher, similar to the caliber of the gun.
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	Torpedo information - Search.com
		The Bangalore Torpedo, invented in 1912, is a cylindrical explosive device on the end of a pipe used to clear minefields and barbed wire.
		Prior to the invention of the self-propelled naval torpedo, the term "torpedo" was applied to any number of different types of explosive devices, generally having the property of being secret or hidden, including devices we would today call booby traps, land mines and naval mines, among others.
		Although the term "torpedo" was not coined until 1800, the early submarine Turtle attacked using an explosive very similar in intent and operation to Fulton's "torpedoes." The "Turtle" would dive under a British vessel and attach a bomb by means of an augur.
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	Torpedo
		In another early use of the torpedo, Blanco Encalada was sunk by a torpedo from the gunboat Almirante Lynch, during the Chilean Civil War on April 23 1891.
		From the deck-mounted torpedo launcher of a vessel on the surface.
		In the case of deck or tube launched torpedoes, the diameter of the torpedo is obviously a key factor in determining the suitability of a particular torpedo to a tube or launcher, similar to the calibre of the gun.
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	Torpedo
		Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses.
		Although the term "torpedo" was not coined until 1800, the early submarine Turtle attacked using an explosive very similar in intent and operation to Fulton's "torpedoes." The "Turtle" would dive under a British vessel and attach a bomb by means of an augur.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet long projecting forward under water from the bow of the attacking vessel.
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	Torpedo - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Torpedoes are weapons that may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, and from unmanned naval mines.
		From the deck-mounted torpedo launcher of a vessel on the surface.
		In the case of deck or tube launched torpedoes, the diameter of the torpedo is obviously a key factor in determining the suitability of a particular torpedo to a tube or launcher, similar to the calibre of the gun.
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	Torpedo
		The Bangalore Torpedo, invented in 1912, is a cylindrical explosive device on the end of a pipe used to clear minefields and barbed wire.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet long projecting forward under water from the bow of the attacking vessel.
		In the case of deck or tube launched torpedoes, the diameter of the torpedo is obviously a key factor in determining the suitability of a particular torpedo to a tube or launcher, similar to the caliber of the gun.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Torpedo (3617 words)

	Torpedo - Information at Halfvalue.com
		Torpedoes may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet (12m) long projecting forward underwater from the bow of the attacking vessel.
		Some torpedoes, such as the Russian VA-111 Shkval or the German Barracuda, use supercavitation to increase their speed to over 200 knots (370 km/h); compare the speed of the Mark 46 torpedo, which does not use supercavitation, of about 28 knots (32 mi/h, 52 km/h).
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	Torpedo information - Search.com
		Prior to the invention of the self-propelled naval torpedo, the term "torpedo" was applied to any number of different types of explosive devices, generally having the property of being secret or hidden, including devices we would today call booby traps, land mines and naval mines, among others.
		The first usage of the term "torpedo" to refer to a naval explosive was by the inventor Robert Fulton who used the word for the towed gunpowder charge used by his submarine Nautilus in 1800–1805 to demonstrate that it could sink warships.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet long projecting forward under water from the bow of the attacking vessel.
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		Torpedoes may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses.
		The first torpedoes driven at specific targets were spar torpedoes; the explosive device was on the end of a spar up to 40 feet (12m) long projecting forward underwater from the bow of the attacking vessel.
		A derivative of the compressed-air torpedo was the steam torpedo.
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	Mark 24 Tigerfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This permits the torpedo the time needed to close the range while target course and speed is being updated by the submarine's superior sensors and transmitted 'down-the-wire'; and also permits the torpedo to be re-assigned to another target or recalled.
		Typically, wire-guided torpedoes run at high speed to close the range (the approach speed) and slow down to minimise self-generated noise interference with on-board sensors during the attack phase (the attack speed).
		Tigerfish never met these requirements and the best that could be achieved was 1,150 ft (350 m) and later 1,450 ft (442 m).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_24_Tigerfish (642 words)

	British Torpedoes
		The torpedo has been licence built by Chile for their own use and for the Brazilian and Venezuelan navies.
		The torpedo is powered by silver-zinc batteries and carries a 340kg Torpex warhead.
		A pump jet is used to propel the torpedo, which carries a 300kg shaped charge warhead.
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	Mark_24_Tigerfish - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		The Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo is a heavy Acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy for several years.
		for a wire-guided torpedo to counter deep-diving Soviet SSNs, the original requirement for a crush depth of 1'000 ft (301 m) was overtaken by rapid advances in SSN deep-diving performance, and the requirement was progressively increased to 1,600 ft (488 m) and then 2,000 ft (602 m).
		Various other measures were proposed in mid-1969, including purchase of the U.S. Mark 45 Captor nuclear torpedo, or the U.S. Mark 48 Mod-1, or Subroc from the United States, or at the initiative of Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM), fitting a nuclear warhead to the unguided, shallow-running and short-ranged, but reliable 21" Mark 8 torpedo.
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	After the Second World War the Royal Navy sought to develop advanced torpedo designs capitalising upon wartime ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The torpedo is modular in construction and comprises 10 hull sections fabricated from aluminium alloy.
		The torpedo is roll stabilised by controlling ailerons on retractable mid-body stub wings and is steered by hydraulically powered cruciform control surfaces mounted at the tail.
		Tigerfish is due to be phased out of service by 2004 and is being gradually replaced throughout the fleet by the Spearfish torpedo.
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		They are also used as parts of other weapons; the Mark 46 torpedo used by the United States becomes the warhead section\/ASROC" title="ASROC">ASROC (Anti-Submarine ROCket) and the CAPTOR mine uses a submerged sensor platform that releases a torpedo when a hostile contact is detected.
		This type of towed torpedo, fitted with one of several types of contact fuzes, remained in use through the American Civil War.
		The first real torpedo was developed around 1866 in Fiume (at that time austro-hungarian Part of Kroatia) by the English engineer Robert Whitehead in association with the Austrian Navy Captain Giovanni Luppis.
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	British Torpedoes after World War II
		This torpedo was still in use as late as 1982 when three of them were used during the Falklands War to sink the Argentine cruiser Belgrano.
		This torpedo depends heavily on data provided by the firing submarine, but the torpedo tended to dip and break the guidance wires during launch.
		Torpedoes built to the new standards were designated as Mod 2, and all 600 existing Mark 24 torpedoes were modified to this standard by 1987.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WTBR_PostWWII.htm (1419 words)

	Ron' Submarine Covers
		These silent electric engines made her perfect for secret missions and although very little has ever been released as to her naval service it is known that in the first three years of her commission she sailed over 90,000 miles.
		Her armament comprised 8 x 21" (525mm) torpedo tubes, 6 forward and 2 aft with 24 reloads and she carried a compliment of 6 officers and 62 hands.
		In the 1980's she was given the capability of firing the Tigerfish torpedo as well as the Sub-Harpoon missile.
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	tScholars.com \| Oberon class submarine
		Additional new electronics and weapons, including in 1970 the Mk24 Tigerfish torpedo.
		The RAN and RCN O-boats were upgraded to fire American Mk48 torpedoes.
		The Australian boats were later updated to be equipped with the subsonic anti-ship Harpoon missile.
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	Lowestoft
		In 1982 she was restored to operations, but retained the array until 1985 when she was paid off and the array transferred to HMS Arethusa.
		Lowestoft was torpedoed by Conqueror on June 8th 1986 in weapons tests of the Tigerfish torpedo.
		Conqueror was the only nuclear submarine ever to torpedo a ship for real when she torpedoed the General Belgrano in 1982.
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	Naval Technology - SSK Tupi Class - Attack Submarine
		16 torpedoes are carried, eight in the tubes and eight ready for reloading.
		As the torpedo reaches to the target, a magnetic proximity fuse and an impact fuse detonates the warhead.
		The speed of the torpedo is 25kt in passive mode and 35kt to 50kt in active seeker mode.
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	CalendarHome.com - ARA General Belgrano - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The torpedoing of the Belgrano (before it was known she had sunk) was celebrated on the front page of the British tabloid newspaper The Sun.
		One of the torpedoes struck between 10 and 15 metres back from the bow, outside the area protected by either the ship's side armour or the internal anti-torpedo bulge.
		Adding to the confusion, the crew of the ARA Bouchard felt an impact that was possibly the third torpedo striking at the end of its run (an examination of the ship later showed an impact mark consistent with a torpedo).
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	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One was to use the WE.177A NDB as a complete unit, as the standard issue in place of the Mk-44 or Mk.46 homing torpedo carried by the Ikara anti-submarine missile that armed some frigates of the Leander class.
		Its raison d'Ãªtre was to overcome the performance shortcomings of the Tigerfish torpedo, and especially its failure to meet the dive-depth requirements needed to counter deep-diving Soviet SSNs and SSBNs that had outstripped western torpedo performance.
		A Mk.8 torpedo was chosen to sink the Argentinian warship Belgrano because it was of proven reliability, unlike the unreliable Tigerfish.
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	Torpedoes
		THE SPAR - E. Singer, one of the investors in the Hunley, was the nephew of the man who invented the sewing machine.
		It is interesting to note that a spool of rope (similar to the spools of thread used on a sewing machine) was used in the torpedo's rigging.
		Torpedoes and the Next Generation of Undersea Weapons...
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		It recently occurred to me that with sound travelling five times as fast in water as in air, if a torpedo motor was detected once fired by a sub the worth of long-range wire-guided torpedos would be virtually zilch.
		So, I figure that torpedo motors can't be detectable from extreme ranges, or countries wouldn't be building long-range torpedos.
		I imagine those factors, along with the speed of defending assets for evasion or counter-strike would determine the range at which most engagements not requiring a periscope identification would be fought.
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	Ship of the Month
		HMS Onyx is 295ft (89.4m) in length, 26.5ft (8m) breadth with an 18ft (5.5m) draught and the class is quite unique in the fact that the casing is constructed of glass fibre and alloy, the first time a plastic had been used in any submarine construction.
		Her weapons were deployed through six, 21" forward torpedo tubes and comprised of the standard Mk.
		The working life of HMS Onyx comprised of four different commissions that were to ultimately take her around the globe.
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	Science Fair Projects - British Porpoise class submarine
		The Porpoise class was an eight-boat class of diesel-electric submarines of the Royal Navy.
		The first Porpoise-class boats were launched in 1958 during the ever increasing threat of the Soviet Union's submarine fleet.
		The weaponry of the Porpoise-class was updated in 1970 to operate the Mk24 Tigerfish torpedo.
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	Submarine Weapon Systems
		The Mk48 torpedo is the mainstay heavyweight torpedo of the United States Navy and is now being replaced by the updated Mk48 ADCAP (Advanced Capability) torpedo
		The Mk24-2 Tigerfish torpedo is the mainstay heavyweight torpedo of the Royal Navy and has been for 9 years.
		The Spearfish torpedo is the latest incarnation of the heavyweight torpedo used by the Royal Navy.
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	SWISSCHEESE: Vimal Dajibhai
		The products range from torpedoes acoustic countermeasures systems for both submarine and surface ship platforms, unmanned underwater vehicle technology development to all aspects of mine warfare.
		The Tigerfish Mod 2 wire-guided electrically powered heavyweight torpedo deployed for both anti-submarine and anti-surface ship operations and currently in service with other navies.
		The Tigerfish Mod 2 weapon is currently utilised as a mobile target for the Joint UK/US Surface Ship Torpedo Defence Programme (JSSTD).
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	Type 12 Sinkings
		HMS Lowestoft is struck by a Tigerfish Torpedo (right) Lowestoft is seen sinking shortly after the attack.
		Above: HMS Berwick, also Rothesay Class, is struck was by a Marconi Tigerfish Mod 2 Torpedo from the Fleet Submarine H.M.S Tireless during the October 1986 Sinkex exercise.
		Above: (left) The torpedo breaks HMS Berwick's back (right) With her stern disappearing beneath the waves Berwick's bow is left to sink.
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