Torpedo · The Complete History of the World's Most Revolutionary Naval Weapon by Branfill-Cook, Roger -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Contents 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 Küstenbrander

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 Torpedoes

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

Part II: Torpedo Launchers and Delivery Systems

9 Spar Torpedo Boats, Drop Collars, Launch Troughs and Rails

Spar Torpedo Boats Drop Collars Launch Troughs and Rails

10 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

15 Coast Defence

Brennan Launch Stations Shore-Based Torpedo Tubes Fukuryu Underwater Installations

Part III: Anti-torpedo Defence

16 Active Defence

Machine Guns Quick-Firing Cannon Firing Trials Searchlights Effective Anti-torpedo Boat Gun Calibres Escort Vessels

17 Passive Defence

Harbour Defences Torpedo Protection in Hull Design Defensive Asdic

18 Modern Developments

Soft-kill Measures Hard-kill Systems The Hunter-killer

Part IV: Notable Torpedo Actions and Incidents

19 Torpedo Attack Tactics

American Destroyer Attacks Japanese Main Battle Plan Co-ordinated Torpedo Bomber Attacks Notable Wartime Torpedo Accidents

20 Early Torpedo Actions

The Battle of Pachoca Makarov Woods Pasha Spar Torpedo Successes in the Sino-French War Sinking of the Blanco Encalada Aquidabã Japan

21 The Great War

U-boat Successes Early in the First World War The Mysterious Loss of SMS Karlsruhe Nasmith and the ‘Brennan’ The Dardanelles: Grave of the Pre-dreadnoughts Jutland Unrestricted U-boat Warfare The Sinking of the Szent István

22 The Second World War - The North Sea, Mediterranean and Atlantic

Baleares: A Rehearsal HMS Oxley: Blue-on-Blue Did They Never Learn? The Courageous and Royal Oak Disasters Norway, Treachery and Retribution I: Oslofjord Norway, Treachery and Retribution II: Narvik Maillé Brézé and La Railleuse HMS Khartoum HMS Clyde, another Blue-on-Blue Mutual Destruction in the Mediterranean Operation Rheinübung Shooting War in the Atlantic HMS Trinidad The Iowa Incident, 14 November 1943 Biter Bitten North Cape 1943: Fifty-five Torpedoes Running Torpedo Explosion Destroys Fort

23 The Second World War- The Pacific

Pearl Harbor The Hunting of Force Z Battle of the Java Sea Battle of the Sunda Strait USS Porter Ironbottom Sound and the Tokyo Express Holocaust in the Pacific Death of Giants I: Leyte Gulf Death of Giants II: Shinano Death of Giants III: Yamato Last of the Heavyweights: Taiho, Haguro and Indianapolis

24 Post-Second World War

HMS Kempenfelt Last of the Dam Busters HM Submarine Sidon USS Liberty INS Khukri General Belgrano Kursk ROK Cheonan

Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: Specifications for Service Torpedoes Index

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