The Mark 24 Tigerfish was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1980s and 90s. Conceptual development dates to...
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By 2004, the new weapon had completely replaced the older Tigerfish torpedo. The torpedo is driven by a pump-jet coupled to a Hamilton Sundstrand 21TP04...
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original type cured the problem. The Mark 24 Tigerfish was a high-speed, long-range, wire-guided torpedo originally developed under Project Ongar. The...
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inch torpedo Baek Sang Eo (White Shark) torpedo Black Shark torpedo DM2A4 F21 Artemis Futlyar Roketsan Akya Spearfish torpedo Tigerfish torpedo Torped...
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submarine targets. The development of the torpedo cost £920 million. The Mark 24 Tigerfish submarine-launched torpedo had also overshot its initial budget...
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torpedo Baek Sang Eo (White Shark) Black Shark DM2A4 Futlyar Mark 48 torpedo MU90 Impact Roketsan Akya Spearfish Tigerfish Torpedo 62 Type 89 torpedo...
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Akya torpedo (heavyweight) Roketsan Orka torpedo (lightweight) Spearfish torpedo (heavyweight) Tigerfish torpedo (heavyweight) Sting Ray torpedo (lightweight)...
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The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed. It was perfected in 1866 by British engineer Robert Whitehead...
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Ice Station Zebra (redirect from USS Tigerfish)
Ferraday discovers that the torpedo tube was sabotaged. Ferraday suspects Vaslov, while Jones suspects Anders. The Tigerfish rises and breaks through thin...
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carried, although these were replaced in the 1970s by the Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedo. The class were also the first since the World War I-era R class to...
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The Brennan torpedo was a torpedo patented by Irish-born Australian inventor Louis Brennan in 1877. It was propelled by two contra-rotating propellers...
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There have been a number of 18-inch (45cm) torpedoes in service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. These have been used on ships of the Royal...
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payload of 20 torpedoes for the forward tubes; a mix of Mark 24 Tigerfish and Mark 8 torpedoes, while only the two preloaded Mark 20S torpedoes were carried...
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purpose machine gun Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortar Torpedoes Mark 24 Tigerfish torpedo Mark 8 torpedo British ground forces in the Falklands War British...
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The 24.5" Mark I torpedo was a British torpedo carried only on Nelson-class battleships. This was the type of torpedo that HMS Rodney fired at the German...
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the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Conqueror was also equipped with Tigerfish torpedoes, but her captain chose to use the more reliable, 55-year-old Mark...
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two submarine-launched heavyweight torpedoes, which received some attention. The Mk.24N Tigerfish nuclear-armed torpedo had approved project status for some...
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Eagle test) in the North Atlantic, whilst testing the Mark 24-Mod-2 Tigerfish torpedo. "Royal Navy, including Administration, 1961-1970". Commissioning...
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Mark 24 Tigerfish homing torpedo, there were doubts about its reliability. Initial reports from Argentina claimed that Conqueror fired two Tigerfish torpedoes...
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The Mark 30 torpedo was a British 18-inch air dropped anti-submarine passive acoustic homing torpedo. The torpedo was air dropped from the Hawker-Siddeley...
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The list of torpedoes by name includes all torpedoes operated in the past or present. List of lists of weapons In use in 1982 - against ARA General Belgrano...
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mm) bow torpedo tubes 24 torpedoes Later equipped with: RNSH UGM-84 Harpoon (RN version of underwater launched cruise missile) Tigerfish torpedoes Main Sonar...
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6 × 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes 32 × Mark VIII and Tigerfish torpedoes or 64 × Mk.5 and Mk.6 mines Later : 26 × torpedoes 6 × UGM-84B Harpoon Anti-ship...
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remeasured in kilometres using Ongar as its zero point. The Royal Navy's Tigerfish torpedo was known as Project ONGAR during development. There were various...
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It had been intended to carry a new anti-submarine weapon, the Mark 20E torpedo, in a pair of trainable tubes on each beam, but this weapon was a failure...
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Launcher Mk 24 Tigerfish Torpedo Mk 25 Sea Sparrow launcher Mk 26 3"/70 DP (Dual Purpose) Gun Mk 26 Missile Launcher Mk 27 target torpedo Mk 29 NATO Sea...
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Lowestoft was sunk as a target on 8 June 1986 by HMS Conqueror using a Tigerfish torpedo. She was the last Royal Naval target to be sunk still displaying her...
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1996. They carry 16 UGM-27 Polaris A-3 SLBM missiles and feature 6 Tigerfish torpedo tubes. In the movie, HMS Ranger, captained by Commander Talbot, is...
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knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) submerged Complement 103 Armament 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes Mark 8 torpedoes Tigerfish torpedoes RN Sub Harpoon missiles...
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Weapons included Mk VIII torpedoes, Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedoes, and Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Six 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes fired from the bow...
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