Category. | Data. |
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Type. | Conventional Cold War Torpedo. |
Nationality. | British. |
Made in. | Mid 1950s. |
Retired. | 1980s. |
Designer. | N/A. |
Manufacturer. | N\A. |
Variants. | Non. |
Diameter. | 21 inches. |
Speed. | N\A, but probably typical of it's date and class. |
Warhead. | 196 lb (89 kg) of N\A, probably TNT or torpex. |
Operational range. | N\A, but probably typical of it's date and class. |
Guidance system. | Autonomous active/passive sonar. |
Launch platform. | ASW aircraft. |
Weight. | N\A, but probably akin to those of comparable role, configuration and era. |
Sources. | https://www.wikiwand.com/en/British_21_inch_torpedo |
A project for an autonomous active/passive sonar torpedo to be carried by the Short Sturgeon anti-submarine (ASW) aircraft. It was cancelled after protracted work but the seeker development was used in Tigerfish.