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....
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Kaiten (redirect from Kaiten human torpedo)
rendered as "turn of the Heaven's will", "the heaven shaker") were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages...
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Siluri umani (internationally released as Human Torpedoes) is a 1954 Italian war film credited to Antonio Leonviola, who abandoned production and was...
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18 torpedo Mark 15 torpedo Mark 14 torpedo Anti-submarine weapon Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Bangalore torpedo Human torpedo List of torpedoes Missile...
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The Neger (German for Negro) was a torpedo-carrying craft generally described as a human torpedo which could not submerge, but was difficult to see during...
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operations involved surface speedboats (such as the raid on Souda Bay), human torpedoes (the raid on Alexandria) and Gamma frogmen (against Gibraltar). During...
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Lockie Leonard (redirect from Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo)
Children's Literature Lockie Leonard (TV series) (2007–2010) "Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo". Penguin. Retrieved 31 January 2017. "Lockie Leonard Scumbuster". Penguin...
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Destroyer (redirect from Torpedo boat destroyer)
armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat...
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A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs were steam-powered craft dedicated...
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Lockie Leonard (TV series) (redirect from The Human Torpedo)
author, Tim Winton. The three books in the series are Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo; Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster; and Lockie Leonard, Legend. All books were...
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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...
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1969, eight frogmen used two human torpedoes to enter Ras Sadat naval base near Suez, where they destroyed two motor torpedo boats with mines. During the...
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Attack Units, including those involving Kairyu (submarines), Kaiten (human torpedoes), Shinyo speedboats, and Fukuryu divers. The Japanese word kamikaze...
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A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol...
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(2011) Signs of Life (2012) Shrine (2013) Jesse (1988) Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo (1990) The Bugalugs Bum Thief (1991) Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster (1993)...
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Above Us the Waves is a 1955 British war film about human torpedo and midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship Tirpitz...
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PT boat (redirect from Patrol torpedo boat)
A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive...
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List of Kriegsmarine ships (section Human torpedoes)
2 torpedo tubes) R301 – R312 KM1 – KM36 S1 class (50 tons, 1 × 20 mm gun, 2 torpedo tubes) S1 – S25 S26 class (75 tons, 1 × 20 mm gun, 2 torpedo tubes)...
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Butterfly-Song saves him from rubble. Adebayo activates Peacemaker's human torpedo helmet, but misses Butterfly-Song and incapacitates herself. Butterfly-Song...
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U-boat (section Torpedo developments)
developed. The FAT (Flächen-Absuch-Torpedo or Federapparat-Torpedo) and LUT (LageUnabhängiger Torpedo) was an electric torpedo which ran straight out to a preset...
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Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device for land use Human torpedo, also called "Chariot", a variety of swimmer delivery vehicle of World War II Torpedo wagon...
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sinking of much of Force K on an Italian minefield, the day before the human torpedo attack on Alexandria. Ships also had to be sent to the Eastern Fleet...
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Gulf of Bomba, the Italian submarine Iride, being a human torpedo carrier, was sunk by a torpedo released by a British Fairey Swordfish bomber. The air...
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Ironclad warship (redirect from Harvey torpedo)
to make use of the naval ram, the torpedo, or sometimes both (as in the case with smaller ships and later torpedo boats), which several naval designers...
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and scored with regularly, and which earned him the nicknames "the Human Torpedo" and "the Mermaid." McGrory was born at Millburn Street, Garngad, Glasgow...
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Japan in WWII Kaiten - human-steered torpedo Ohka - human-controlled missile/suicide attack parasite aircraft Shin'yō - human-steered suicide speedboat...
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21-inch (53.3cm) torpedoes in service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Torpedoes of 21-inch caliber were the largest torpedoes in common use in...
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Linse boats. One Royal Navy destroyer escort, HMS Quorn was sunk by a human torpedo along with one minesweeper, HMS Gairsay, and one landing craft by the...
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Siluro a Lenta Corsa (SLC), also known as Maiale (pig), a low speed human torpedo. On 3 December 1941, Sciré departed La Spezia carrying three Maiale...
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submarine Cruiser submarine Deep-submergence vehicle DSRV Fleet submarine Human torpedo Midget submarine Submarine aircraft carrier U-boat Wet sub Miscellaneous...
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