The torpedo belt was part of the armoring scheme in some warships between the 1920s and 1940s. It consisted of a series of lightly armored compartments...

armour and belt armour are designed to protect against shellfire; torpedo belts, bulges, and bulkheads protect against underwater torpedoes or naval mines;...

The belt armor is designed to prevent projectiles from penetrating to the heart of a warship. When struck by an artillery shell or underwater torpedo, the...

Torpedo defence includes evasive maneuvers, passive defense like torpedo belts, torpedo nets, torpedo bulges and active defenses, like anti-torpedo torpedoes...

the anti-torpedo bulge and torpedo belts. With the introduction of the Whitehead torpedo in 1873, and the subsequent development of the torpedo boat, new...

additions, as well as for torpedo protection. Torpedo belt, a later development of torpedo defense system. Essentially a torpedo bulge built on the inside...

artillery hits in history. Modern torpedoes outclassed their torpedo belt protection: in November 1941, Barham was torpedoed by a U-boat and sank in five minutes...

afloat even if the hull is struck underneath the belt armor by a shell or by a torpedo. As early torpedoes had demonstrated their effectiveness at seriously...

torpedo had started at the Naval Torpedo Station (NTS), Newport, in 1922. Ship armor was improving with innovations such as torpedo belts and torpedo...

development of the anti-torpedo bulge and torpedo belt, both attempts to protect against underwater damage by mines and torpedoes. The purpose of underwater...

Solar power satellite, to beam power to Earth Side protection system or torpedo belt of a warship SR-1 Vektor (Samozaryadnyj Pistolet Serdjukova – Serdyukov...

A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes. Torpedo bombers came into existence just before the...

The Brennan torpedo was a torpedo patented by Irish-born Australian inventor Louis Brennan in 1877. It was propelled by two contra-rotating propellers...

and two full-sized experimental barges. These tests proved that the torpedo belt system of multiple bulkheads was superior to the Pugliese system of a...

steel. The Shōkakus were the first Japanese carriers to incorporate a torpedo belt system. Based on model experiments that began in 1935, it consisted of...

(152 mm) guns (12x1), 24 1-pounders (24x1), 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes Armor: Belt 11 inches; Turret 12 inches; Deck 3 inches Speed: 19 knots Ships...

amidships over the machinery compartments. The 6.6-meter-deep (21 ft 8 in) torpedo belt ranged in thickness from 35 to 55 millimeters (1.4 to 2.2 in) abreast...

designer, Umberto Pugliese. A 40 mm thick torpedo bulkhead extended inboard from the base of the main belt before curving down to meet the bottom of the...

the hull. The second shell struck below the armoured belt and exploded on contact with the torpedo bulkhead, completely flooding a turbo-generator room...

An explosive belt (also called suicide belt or a suicide vest) is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and armed with...

Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle on which the diver rides, generally in a seated position behind a fairing....

decisive range in a battle would be from 12,000 to 16,000 yards. Armour and torpedo protection formed a much greater portion of the design than that of the...

submerged torpedo tubes, two on each broadside and one in the stern. Twenty-three torpedoes were carried for them. In addition six 14 in (356 mm) torpedoes were...

with the reduction of the main armour belt, the change to sloped armour, and the addition of four above-water torpedo tubes to the four underwater tubes...

Shōkakus were the first Japanese carriers to incorporate a torpedo belt system. The torpedo bulkhead itself consisted of an outer Ducol plate 18–30 millimeters...

proposed to angle the belt armor outwards to improve its resistance to horizontal fire, and to thicken the lower deck armor and the torpedo bulkhead. Hiraga...

innovations pioneered in Yubari, the armor belt was made an integral part of the hull structure to reduce weight. A torpedo bulkhead consisting of two 29 mm (1...

carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Possessing heavy belt armor and featuring an armored flight deck (a first for any Japanese aircraft...

1929–1931 refit and the calculations were made in the torpedo control position in the bridge. The waterline belt of the Admiral-class ships was 12 inches (305 mm)...

armor belt itself, which extended to the triple bottom where it tapered to 1 in (25 mm), formed the third torpedo bulkhead. The lower edge of the belt was...