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  1. Grey Havoc

    Automobile and other early torpedoes

    https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/navy-torpedoes.html It is interesting that among other things they don't really mention spar torpedoes.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 19th century automobile torpedoes coastal defences early 20th century great britain mine obstruction torpedoes royal navy sea mines torpedo torpedo boat united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Anglo-US Crusader/Hammerhead Sea Mine

    Briefly mentioned here, I remember stumbling across this system on another, now defunct, website covering US sea mines. If I remember, the project dated from the 1970s, and included two variants of rising mine, one based upon a small torpedo, the other rocket-propelled.
  3. uk 75

    Royal Navy Cold War Minelayers

    More or less unnoticed in the mid 60s the Royal Navy was able to replace the wartime very fast Minelayer "Manxman" with a new build ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Abdiel_(N21) Abdiel served nearly to the end of the Cold War in1988. Unlike the famous UK mine countermeasures vessels...
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    • atomic sea mine cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield royal navy sea mines
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. S

    Limpet Mines in the Gulf

    We seem to have an evolving situation around two tanker attacks in the Gulf. One tanker seems to have been holed by a limpet mine above the waterline, and on the same ship, Revolutionary Guards are apparently seen removing what is claimed to be a limpet mine from the tanker’s hull, again above...
    • starviking
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    • irgc islamic iranian revolutionary guards islamic republic of iran navy islamic revolutionary guard corps limpet mine navy of the islamic revolutionary guard corps sea mines
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    • Forum: The Bar
  5. covert_shores

    Return of the limpet mine attack

    Two Libyan Islamist/Jihadist armed trawlers used for supply runs sunk at Misrata on 31st March with limpet mines. First time in a long time. The last 'proper' limpet mine attacks that I can think of were in 1980s by South African Recces (4RR). The SEALs also did a Panamanian SWIFT patrol boat...
  6. Triton

    Commencement Bay Class Conversion Seaplane Tender (mid-1950s)

    A mid-1950s proposal was to convert escort carriers of the Commencement Bay class into sea plane tenders for the Martin P6M SeaMaster jet sea plane bomber. According to Friedman, this conversion program died when the P6M was canceled to offset the cost of the Polaris missile program. Images...
    • Triton
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    • cold war nuclear battlefield sea mines seaplane striking force united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. P

    Martin P6M Seamaster

    In 1952 the US Navy put out a Request for Proposal to the US Aircraft industry asking for an advanced jet-powered 'Fast Mine-Laying Maritime Patrol Flying Boat' The winner of this RfP was Martin with their P6M-1/2 SeaMaster design. Unfortunatly this design did not go into full production, and...
    • Pioneer
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    • aerial minelayer atomic mines atomic sea mine cold war flying boat jet age martin marietta corporation minelayer nuclear battlefield nuclear powered aircraft sea mines seaplane seaplane striking force sub-strategic nuke supersonic tactical nuke united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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