During the Cold War, the Soviet Union sought an edge in undersea warfare by designing the Lira-class (Alfa) submarines with ...

Colin Armitage from Melton near Hull and Kenneth Cooke from Bridlington ... the cargo ship SS Lulworth Hill when it was struck by a torpedo from an Italian submarine. While Colin was never able ...

A schematic cross-section of a ship with anti-torpedo bulges. [nb 1] USS Texas with its starboard torpedo blister removed during ongoing repair work, showing the original hull underneath. Essentially, ...

W 1 – W 6 1884 1884–1899 stricken 1899 and scrapped 1910. V 1 – V 10 1884 1884–1899 stricken 1899 and scrapped 1910. S 1 – S 6 1884 1884–1899 stricken 1899 and scrapped 1910.

Attack submarines equipped with cruise missiles enhance the ability to strike land targets, making multi-purpose submarines ...

Colin Armitage from Melton near Hull and Kenneth Cooke from Bridlington were the only men left alive out of the 14 who made it onto the tiny raft after a horrifying seven weeks of surviving on meagre ...

I. Thornycroft (1843–1928) built the Lightning, the first torpedo boat in the British Navy, and he has thus witnessed the growth in size, speed and power of torpedo boats, torpedo boat ...

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yet there was no external evidence that the hull was struck by a torpedo. There has been speculation that poor maintenance contributed to the boat's loss. "In 1970 a Navy panel completed a ...

The fall issue of Pacific Historical Review features four new articles in U.S. and Pacific history–topics include the narrative behind JFK’s torpedo boat (PT-109), epidemics and health administration ...