Torpedo: the complete history of the world's most revolutionary naval weapon
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index Part I. The Inventors and their torpedoes, successful and imaginative. Robert Fulton and his infernal devices, 1804-1813 -- Fulton's legacy -- Der Küstenbrander, the inspiration for Whitehead, and others -- Whitehead and the copies -- The serious rivals, the dead ends, the hopefuls and the hopeless -- The torpedo comes of age -- Aerial torpedoes -- The modern torpedo post-Second World War -- Part II. Torpedo Launchers and Delivery Systems. Spar torpedo boats, drop collars, launch troughs and rails -- Torpedo boat carriers -- Above-water torpedo tubes -- Underwater tubes on surface ships -- Submarine torpedo launching gear -- Torpedo bombers and stand-off weapons -- Coast defence -- Part III. Anti-Torpedo Defence. Active defence -- Passive defence -- Modern developments -- Part IV. Notable Torpedo Actions and Incidents. Torpedo attack tactics -- Early torpedo actions -- The Great War -- The Second World War - the North Sea, Mediterranean and Atlantic -- The Second World War - the Pacific -- Post-Second World War -- Conclusion |
| Beschreibung: | 256 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 29 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781848322158 |
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Inventors and their Torpedoes,
Successful and Imaginative
1
Robert Fulton and his Infernal Devices,
1804-1813
2
Fulton s Legacy
The Spar Torpedo
The Crouching Dragons
The Towed Torpedo
Stealth Weapons
3 Der Küstenbrander,
the inspiration for
Whitehead, and others
The Legacy of the Kiistenbrander
4
Whitehead and the Copies
Schwartzkopff
Bliss-Leavitt
5
The Serious Rivals, the Dead Ends,
the Hopefuls and the Hopeless
Von Scheliha
Brennan
The Howell Torpedo
The Rocket Torpedo
The Float Torpedo
The Surface-runner
Weird and Wonderful
6
The Torpedo Comes of Age
Torpedo Development during the Great War
Between the Wars
The Second World War
7
Aerial Torpedo
es
The Japanese Type
91
Torpedo
US Navy Mark
13
Torpedo
Pentane
8
The Modern Torpedo Post-Second World War
British Experimental Torpedoes
Heavyweights
-
Novel Guidance
and Propulsion Systems
Lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedoes
7
Part II: Torpedo Launchers and Delivery Systems
9 9
Spar Torpedo Boats, Drop Collars,
Launch Troughs and Rails
Spar Torpedo Boats
Drop Collars
Launch Troughs and Rails
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Torpedo Boat Carriers
Capital Ships
HMS
Vulcan
Foudre
Auxiliary Cruisers
Kaiten Carriers
11
Above-water Torpedo Tubes
Fixed Tubes
Trainable Single Tubes
Twin Tubes
Triple Tubes
Quadruple Tubes
Quintuple Tubes
Modern Torpedo Tubes
12
Underwater Tubes on Surface Ships
Royal Navy Designs
French Designs
Austrian Designs
US Navy Designs
German Designs
13
Submarine Torpedo Launching Gear
Austrian Submarine Tubes
Russian Submarine Drop Collars
The French Simonot Device
Broadside and Traversing Tubes
U-boat Torpedo Tube Systems
US Submarine Torpedo Tubes
Royal Navy Tubes in
HMS
Ocelot
14
Torpedo Bombers and Stand-off Weapons
Early Torpedo Bombers
High-speed, High-altitude Drops by the Japanese
Second World War Torpedo Bombers
US Navy Torpedo Plane Tactics
Modern Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Flying Torpedoes
Modern Stand-off Weapons
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Contents
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Coast Defence
138
Brennan Launch Stations
138
Shore-Based Torpedo Tubes
140
Fukuryu Underwater Installations
144
Part III: Anti-torpedo Defence
16
Active Defence
146
Machine Guns
146
Quick-Firing Cannon
147
Firing Trials
149
Searchlights
150
Effective Anti-torpedo Boat Gun Calibres
150
Escort Vessels
151
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Passive Defence
154
Harbour Defences
154
Torpedo Protection in Hull Design
156
Defensive Asdic
160
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Modern Developments
162
Soft-kill Measures
162
Hard-kill Systems
163
The Hunter-killer
164
Part IV: Notable Torpedo Actions and Incidents
19
Torpedo Attack Tactics
166
American Destroyer Attacks
167
Japanese Main Battle Plan
168
Co-ordinated Torpedo Bomber Attacks
169
Notable Wartime Torpedo Accidents
169
20
Early Torpedo Actions
170
The Battle of Pachoca
170
Makarov
171
Woods Pasha
171
Spar Torpedo Successes in the Sino-French War
172
Sinking of the Blanco
Encalada
173
Aquidabã
173
Japan
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The Great War
175
U-boat Successes Early in the First World War
175
The Mysterious Loss of SMS Karlsruhe
176
Nasmith and the Brennan
177
The Dardanelles: Grave of the Pre-dreadnoughts
177
Jutland
178
Unrestricted U-boat Warfare
183
The Sinking of the
Szent István
185
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The Second World War -The North Sea,
Mediterranean and Atlantic
187
Baleares:
A Rehearsal
187
HMS Oxley.
Blue-on-Blue
187
Did They Never Learn? The Courageous
and Royal Oak Disasters
189
Norway, Treachery and Retribution
I: Oslofjord
190
Norway, Treachery and Retribution II: Narvik
191
Maillé Brézé
and
La Railleuse
193
HMS
Khartoum
194
HMS
Clyde, another Blue-on-Blue
195
Mutual Destruction in the Mediterranean
195
Operation
Rheinübung 199
Shooting War in the Atlantic
201
HMS
Trinidad
202
The Iowa Incident,
14
November
1943 202
Biter Bitten
203
North Cape
1943:
Fifty-five Torpedoes Running
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Torpedo Explosion Destroys Fort
205
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The Second World War- The Pacific
206
Pearl Harbor
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The Hunting of Force
Z
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Battle of the Java Sea
213
Battle of the
Sunda
Strait
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uss Porter
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Ironbottom Sound and the Tokyo Express
215
Holocaust in the Pacific
219
Death of Giants I: Leyte Gulf
222
Death of Giants II: Shinano
223
Death of Giants III: Yamato
223
Last of the Heavyweights: Taiho,
Haguro and Indianapolis
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Post-Second World War
226
HMS
Kempenfeit
226
Last of the Dam Busters
226
HM Submarine Sidon
227
uss Liberty
228
INS Khukri
229
General Belgrano
230
Kursk
231
ROK Cheonan
232
Conclusion
233
Bibliography
234
Appendix
:
Specifications for Service Torpedoes
236
Index
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