Since 12-31-05
The A244/S is
an Italian anti-submarine
torpedo that uses active, passive and mixed mode homing to a target range of
7 kilometres. The
torpedo is armed with a 34 kilogram shaped charge.
The catamaran
was an experimental British
torpedo created in 1804 in an attempt to destroy the French shipping at
Boulogne. It consisted of a lead- lined wooden
chest, having a flat top and bottom and wedge-shaped ends. It contained
barrels of
gunpowder and clockwork machinery, and was so weighted s to
float with its surface
flush with that of the water. It had to be towed to its destination.
The DM2A3 is a
torpedo supplied by
STN
Atlas Elektronik. The
torpedo uses wire-guided active homing to deliver a 260 kg warhead at a
maximum speed of 35 knots to a target range of over 13 kilometres. Using passive
homing and a lower speed of 22 knots the
torpedo has a range up to 28 kilometres.
The ECAN F17
Mod 2
torpedo is a French wire guided
torpedo with active and passive homing to a range of 20 kilometres. The
torpedo delivers a 250 kg warhead to a depth of 600 metres.
The ECAN F17
Mod 2 is a French wire-guided
torpedo with active/passive homing to a range of 20 km. It travels at a
speed of at 40 knots and carries a 250 kg warhead to an effective depth of 600
meters.
The ECAN L5 Mod
3
torpedo is a French
torpedo equipped with active and passive homing and has a range of 9.5
kilometres. The
torpedo has a speed of 35 knots and delivers a 150 kilogram warhead to a
depth of 550 metres.
The ECAN L5 Mod
3 is a French dual purpose
torpedo. It has active/passive homing to a range of 17 km and travels at 35
knots. The
torpedo carries a 150 kg warhead and is effective to a depth of 550 meters.
The Schwarzkopf
F5 was a 450 mm
Norwegian aircraft dropped
torpedo used by the Germans during the
Second World War. It had a range of 2000 meters and travelled at a speed of
33 knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite explosive warhead.
The Schwarzkopf
F5 was a 450 mm German aircraft dropped
torpedo used during the
Second World War, from 1941. It had a range of 2000 meters and travelled at
a speed of 40 knots. It was armed with a 180 to 250 kg Hexanite explosive
warhead.
The G7a T1 was
a German 21 inch
torpedo used by surface ships and submarines during the
Second World War, entering service in 1938. It had a range of 6000 meters at
a speed of 44 knots, and 8000 meters at 40 knots. It was armed with a 320 kg
Hexanite explosive warhead.
The G7e T10
(Spinne) was a German 21 inch wire guided
torpedo used by submarines of the
Second World War, entering service in 1944. It had a range of 5000 meters
and travelled at a speed of 30 knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite
explosive warhead.
The G7e T11
(Zaunkonig 2) was a German 21 inch passive homing
torpedo based on the earlier
G7e T5, used by submarines of the
Second World War, entering service in 1943. The
torpedo was intended for use against
convoy escorts. It had a range of 5700 meters and travelled at a speed of 25
knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite explosive warhead.
The G7e T2 was
a German 21 inch
torpedo used by submarines and E-boats during the
Second World War, entering service in 1939. It had a range of 5000 meters
and travelled at 30 knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite explosive
warhead.
The G7e T3 was
a German 21 inch
torpedo used by submarines and E-boats during the
Second World War, entering service in 1939. It had a range of 5000 meters
and travelled at 30 knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite explosive
warhead.
The G7e T3a was
a German 21 inch
torpedo used by submarines and E-boats during the
Second World War, entering service in 1939. It had a range of 5000 meters
and travelled at 30 knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite explosive
warhead.
The Aichi B7A (Ryusei)
was a
Japanese carrier-based torpedo/dive bomber aircraft of the
Second World War. The B7A2 carried a crew of two and was powered by a
Nakajima NK9C Homare 12 18- cylinder radial piston engine delivering 1825
hp of power and providing a top speed of 565 kmh and a maximum range of 3050
km. It was armed with two wing mounted 20-mm
Type 99 cannons and one trainable 13 mm Type 2
machine-gun in the
aft position and 800 kg of bombs or a single 800 kg
torpedo. By the time the B7A was produced,
Japan no longer had any carriers from which it could operate and the B7A saw
only limited action from land
bases.
The Cant Z 1007 was an Italian three-engined torpedo bomber of the Second World War. It had a maximum speed of 448 kmh and was armed with a 12.7 mm machine-gun in a dorsal turret, a 12.7mm machine-gun under the fuselage and two 7.7mm machine-guns on lateral mountings. It carried either 1,180 kg of bombs or two 450 kg torpedoes.
The Cant Z 506 was an Italian 12/14 civil passenger transport and military reconnaissance bomber flying boat of the 1930s and Second World War. The military version, the Z 506B Airone was manned by a crew of three and powered by three 750 hp Alfa Romeo 126 RC. 34 9-cylinder radial piston engines providing a top speed of 365 kmh and a range of 2745 km. Armaments consisted of one or two 7.7 mm machine-guns and a 12.7 mm machine-gun and either 1200 kg of bombs or a single torpedo. The civilian version, the Z 506A, was used by the Italian airline Ala Littoria, and was powered by three 750 hp Alfa Romeo 126 RC.34 radial engines and set speed records of 308.25 kmh, 319.78 kmh and 322.06 kmh and carried a payload of 2000 kg.
The Douglas
Devastor was an American carrier-based three-seater torpedo-bomber monoplane of
the
Second World War operational from 1937 to 1942. The
Douglas Devastor was powered by one
Pratt and Whitney R-1830 engine. Armaments consisted of one 1000 lb
bomb or
torpedo carried under the fuselage and two 0.30 inch machine guns. At the
Battle of Midway Douglas Devastors proved obsolete and most were destroyed
by anti-aircraft fire and
Japanese Zero fighter aircraft, and the Douglas Devastor was subsequently
relegated to use as a trainer aircraft.
F5
The Schwarzkopf F5 was a 450 mm Norwegian aircraft dropped torpedo used by the Germans during the Second World War. It had a range of 2000 meters and travelled at a speed of 33 knots. It was armed with a 200 kg Hexanite explosive warhead.
The Schwarzkopf F5 was a 450 mm German aircraft dropped torpedo used during the Second World War, from 1941. It had a range of 2000 meters and travelled at a speed of 40 knots. It was armed with a 180 to 250 kg Hexanite explosive warhead.
The Fairey Albacore was a British biplane of the Second World War intended as a replacement for the Fairey Swordfish, but ending up supplementing the older plane. The Fairey Albacore was a three-seater, carrier-based torpedo bomber powered by a Bristol Taurus engine of either 1065 hp or 1130 hp. Armaments comprised three machine-guns for defence and either a 1605 lb torpedo or 2000 lb of bombs. Fairey Albacores were used with distinction at the Battle of Matapan and to drop flares to illuminate the German positions during the two months prior to the Battle of El Alamein.
The Fairey Barracuda was a British three-seater naval torpedo-bomber of the Second World War, being the first monoplane torpedo-bomber to enter service with the Royal Navy, entering service with the Fleet Air Arm in 1943 and first reported in action in 1944 when it conducted a successful bombing attack against the German battleship Tiroitz in a Norwegian Fjord. The Fairey Barracuda was a shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane made of metal and fabric. The Fairey Barracuda was powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 12-cylinder V liquid-cooled engine or Rolls-Royce Griffon VII engine in later models, and armed with two 0.303 inch Vickers K gas-operated machine-guns on a Fairey flexible mounting in the rear crew position and an 18-inch torpedo carried under the fuselage and bombs, depth charges or sea mines carried under the wings.
The Fairey
Spearfish was a British two-seater torpedo-dive bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
of the
Second World War. The Fairey Spearfish was a mid-wing monoplane of all-metal
construction with power-folding wings powered by a Bristol Centaurus 57 two-row
radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 482 kmh and a range of 1440
km. Armaments consisted of two fixed forward-firing 0.5 inch machine-guns
operated by the pilot and two 0.5 inch machine guns in a Nash and Thompson
power-operated turret
aft, an 18-inch
torpedo, bombs, mines or depth charges could also be carried in a
bomb bay beneath the wings to a payload of 2000
lbs.
FAIREY SWORDFISH
The Fairey Swordfish was a British land-based and carrier-borne two or three-seater torpedo-bomber and reconnaissance biplane first flown in 1934 and produced until 1944. The Fairey Swordfish was a two-bay unequal-span staggered biplane powered by a Bristol Pegasus 30 9-cylinder radial air-cooled engine rated at 750 hp that provided a top speed of 220 kmh. The Fairey Swordfish was armed with one 0.303 inch Vickers machine-gun in the top deck of the fuselage firing through the airscrew and one trainable 0.303 inch Lewis machine-gun mounted at the back of the rear cockpit, a payload of 1500 lbs could also be carried and typically comprised a single torpedo carried beneath the fuselage, or a sea mine, bombs or eight 60 lb rockets.
The Blackburn B 37 Firebrand was a British single-seat torpedo-carrier and Fleet Fighter aircraft of the Second World War, first flown in 1945. The Firebrand was an all-metal construction low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a 200 hp Bristol Centaurus IX eighteen-cylinder sleeve-valve air cooled radial engine giving a maximum unladen speed of 563 kmh. The Firebrand was armed with four 20 mm Hispano cannons, two in each outer wing and carried a single torpedo on a Blackburn two-position mounting below the fuselage.
The Grumman AF-2 Guardian was an American assault and anti-submarine aircraft first produced in 1950. Two variations were produced, the AF-2W fitted with radar and the AF-2S attack aircraft. In use they would work in pairs, one locating enemy submarines and the other attacking. The AF-2S was powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-2800-48W Double Wasp 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine which provided a top speed of 510 kmh and a range of 2410 km. She was manned by a crew of two and carried either a 2000 lb torpedo or 4000 lb of bombs.
The Grumman Avenger (US Navy designations TBF and TBM) was an American three-seater carrier-borne torpedo-bomber of the Second World War, entering service in 1942. The Grumman Avenger was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with folding outer wing-sections. The Grumman Avenger was powered by a 1700 hp Wright R-2600-8 14-cylinder radial air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 445 kmh and a range of 1450 km. Armaments consisted of one 0.30 inch calibre machine-gun in the cowling and two 0.50 inch calibre machine-guns one in each outer wing, one 0.50 inch calibre machine-gun in a power-operated turret and one 0.30 inch calibre machine-gun in the ventral hatch at the aft end of the bomb-bay. The bomb-bay could accommodate one US Navy short air torpedo, one 2000 lb bomb, one 1600 lb armour piercing bomb, four 500 lb bombs or equivalent disposable ordnance.
The Grumman F7F Tigercat was an American twin-engined carrier-borne single-seater fighter aircraft produced during the mid 1940s. The Grumman F7F was powered by two R-2800-34W engines providing a top speed of 435 mph and a range of 1932 km, and was armed with four 20 mm cannons and four 0.5 inch machine-guns and had provision to carry 1000 lbs of ordnance under each wing and a torpedo under the fuselage.
The Heinkel He 59 was a German coastal reconnaissance seaplane of the Second World War designed in 1930 as a reconnaissance bomber and first flown in 1931. The Heinkel He 59B-2 was powered by two 660 hp BMW VI 6,0ZU 12-cylinder Vee piston engines providing a top speed of 220 kmh and a range of 1750 km. It was armed with three 7.92 mm MG 15 machine-guns in the nose, dorsal and ventral positions and carried either a torpedo or 1000 kg of bombs.
The Lockheed Ventura (USAAF designations B-34 and B-37, US Navy designations PV-1 and PV-3)was a series of American overseas patrol, coastal patrol, advanced trainer, patrol bomber and target tug aircraft of the Second World War. The Lockheed Ventura was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane originally designed and built to a British government specification. The Lockheed Ventura I was powered by two Pratt and Whitney R-2800-S1A4G engines, later models were powered by two Wright R-2800-31 18-cylinder radial air-cooled engines providing a top speed of 480 kmh and a range of 1600 km. The Lockheed Ventura carried a crew of four and was armed with two fixed 0.50 inc calibre machine-guns in the nose, two 0.50 inch calibre machine-guns in a Martin electrically operated dorsal turret and two 0.30 inc calibre tunnel-guns and up to 2500 lb of bombs, or six 325 lb depth-charges, or one 22 inch standard short air torpedo in an internal bomb-bay and either two 500 lb bombs or two depth charges or two wing tanks on the wings.
The Mitsubishi G3M (Type 96 Attack Bomber Model 11) was a Japanese long-range bomber of the Second World War produced for the Japanese Navy from 1936, and codenamed Nell by the Allies. The G3M3 Model 23 was powered by two 1300 hp Mitsubishi Kinsei 51 14-cylinder radial piston engines providing a top speed of 415 kmh and a range of 6230 km. Armaments consisted of one 20 mm Type 99 cannon in a dorsal turret, one 7.7 mm machine-gun in a dorsal turret, two 7.7 mm machine-guns in lateral side blisters, one 7.7 mm machine-guns fired through the cockpit windows and a payload of 800 kg of bombs or a 800 kg torpedo carried beneath the fuselage. In 1941 the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the British battle cruiser HMS Repulse were attacked off the coast of Malaya, out of range of shore based bombers they thought, by Japanese G3M aircraft and sunk.
The Mitsubishi G4M was a Japanese twin-engined long-range bomber of the Second World War. The G4M3 Model 34 was powered by two 1825 hp Mitsubishi MK4T Kasei 25 14-cylinder radial piston engines which provided a top speed of 470 kmh and a range of 4335 km. Armaments consisted of two 7.7 mm machine guns mounted in the nose, two 7.7 mm machine-guns in beam positions, one 20 mm Type 99 cannon in a dorsal turret, one 20 mm Type 99 cannon in a tail turret, and either a 800 kg torpedo or up to 1000 kg of bombs. The G4M was requested by the Japanese Navy in 1937 as a better specified aircraft than the existing Mitsubishi G3M which was already regarded as the world's best land-based bomber, and was first flown in 1939 and first deployed in 1941. The G4M suffered increasingly during the war from a lack of protection from Allied fighter aircraft, and during the last months of the war many were modified to carry the Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka piloted bomb to attack Allied fleets.
The Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu was a Japanese heavy bomber/torpedo bomber aircraft of the Second World War, developed following incidents along the Manchukuo-Siberia border during the 1930s which led Japan to believe they may be shortly at war with the USSR. The Mitsubishi Ki-67 was powered by two 1800 hp Mitsubishi Ha-104 18-cylinder radial piston engines providing a top speed of 537 kmh and a range of 3800 km. Armaments in the later models comprised a 12.7 mm machine-gun in the nose, a 12.7 mm machine-gun in the port beam position, a 12.7 mm machine-gun in the starboard beam position, two 12.7 mm machine-gun in the tail turret, one 20 mm Ho-5 cannon in the dorsal turret and a bomb load of 800 kg or a 800 kg or 1070 kg torpedo. Code named Peggy by the Allies, the Ki-67 was Japan's best operational bomber during the Pacific War.
The Nakajima B5N was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo-bomber aircraft of the Second World War, code named Kate by the Allies. The Nakajima B5N was a cantilever, low-wing monoplane with retractable tail wheel landing gear and was manned by a crew of three comprising a pilot, radio operator, and observer/bomb-aimer. The Nakajima B5N2 was powered by a 1000 hp Nakajima NK1B Sakae 11 14-cylinder radial piston engine that provided a top speed of 378 kmh and a range of 1990 km. Armaments consisted of one 7.7 mm machine-gun on a trainable mount in the rear cockpit and either one 800 kg torpedo or a bomb load of 800 kg.
ASTD is an abbreviation for Anti-Ship Torpedo Defence
CAPTOR is an abbreviation for Capsulated Torpedo
CATS is an abbreviation for Convert Acquisition Tracking System
The Ahmed Yani (formerly the Evertsen) is an Indonesian Van Spiejk Class frigate launched in 1966 and transferred to the Indonesian navy from the Netherlands in the mid-1980s. She has a displacement of 2225 tons and is powered by two Werkspoor/English Electric double reduction geared turbines rated at 30000 shp providing a top speed of 28.5 knots and a maximum range of 7200 km at 12 knots. She is manned by a crew of 180. Armaments consist of two Short Bros Seacat anti-aircraft quad missile launchers; one OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact dual-purpose gun and six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triple arrangements, firing the Honeywell Mk 46 anti-submarine torpedo. A Westland Wasp helicopter is also carried.