18. -- Torpedo boat G 137, which has attained a speed of 33.9 knots, (about 39 land miles,) is declared to be the fastest war vessel afloat. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

They were also the "fastest warship afloat" and could dart ... launch armed with a torpedo -- an early version of the torpedo boat -- the Union was able to sink the Confederate ironclad warship ...

The Los Angeles-class submarines, also known as the 688-class, are among the most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarines ...

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When the airplanes distracted the attention of the sailors and the fort guards, British high-speed torpedo boats broke into the harbor... During the Russian Civil War, Great Britain actively ...

The submarines were reported to be the world's fastest and deepest diving of their era and could reach a top speed of 41 knots submerged. The boats could get to top speed in just about sixty ...

As for supply: 1941 torpedo production was limited to 60 ... The tube could break if the boat was going too fast, and the ball-float at the top would close if a wave passed over, thus shifting ...

The ability to soften that slamming motion of a fast boat at sea has been greatly helped with more advanced and compact ...

But the new submarine technology of the German U-boats allowed them to avoid the blockade and sink several Allied warships and civilian ships. Heath said the Hawke was sunk by a torpedo from a U ...

"We know that there was a torpedo boat there but everyone assumed that it had been moved. "Maybe it was stuck fast in the mud and they just left it there." The team are seeking permission from the ...

The British ships on which the brunt of the fighting fell were the battlecruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four fast battleships ... of our torpedo-boat flotillas ...

Australian technicians at Stirling are honing skills to service U.S. and British nuclear-powered fast-attack boats under the AUKUS ... underwater towed array and torpedo tube muzzles, and ...