Author: Robert FultonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752347988
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions by Robert Fulton
Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions
Author: Robert FultonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752347988
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions by Robert Fulton
Torpedo Junction
Author: Homer H HickamPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612515789
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area "Torpedo Junction." And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war. In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win--because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.
Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare
Author: Charles William SleemanPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015922556
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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History of Submarine Mining and Torpedoes
Author: Friedrich von EhrenkrookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Submarine mines
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Damn the Torpedoes
Author: Tamara Moser MeliaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Submarine Warfare, Offensive and Defensive Including a Discussion of the Offensive Torpedo System, Its Effects Upon Iron-clad Ship Systems, and Influence Upon Future Naval Wars J. S. Barnes
Author: John S. BarnesTorpedoes and Torpedo Warfare
Author: Charles William SleemanPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
"Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare" by Charles William Sleeman. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Torpedo
Author: Roger Branfill-CookPublisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1848322151
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The torpedo was the greatest single game-changer in the history of naval warfare. For the first time it allowed any small, cheap torpedo-firing vessel Ð and by extension a small, minor navy Ð to threaten the largest and most powerful warships afloat. The
The New International Encyclopædia
Author: Frank Moore ColbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Confederate Saboteurs
Author: Mark K. RaganPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Facing an insurmountable deficit in resources compared to the Union navy, the Confederacy resorted to unorthodox forms of warfare to combat enemy forces. Perhaps the most energetic and effective torpedo corps and secret service company organized during the American Civil War, the Singer Secret Service Corps, led by Texan inventor and entrepreneur Edgar Collins Singer, developed and deployed submarines, underwater weaponry, and explosive devices. The group’s main government-financed activity, which eventually led to other destructive inventions such as the Hunley submarine and behind-enemy-line railroad sabotage, was the manufacture and deployment of an underwater contact mine. During the two years the Singer group operated, several Union gunboats, troop transports, supply trains, and even the famous ironclad monitor Tecumseh fell prey to its inventions. In Confederate Saboteurs: Building the Hunley and Other Secret Weapons of the Civil War, submarine expert and nautical historian Mark K. Ragan presents the untold story of the Singer corps. Poring through previously unpublished archival documents, Ragan also examines the complex personalities and relationships behind the Confederacy’s use of torpedoes and submarines.