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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Torpedo
    sub title: the complete history of the world's most revolutionary naval weapon
  name:
    name part: Branfill-Cook, Roger.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mdu
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 256 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
  table of contents: Part I. The Inventors and their torpedoes, successful and imaginative. Robert Fulton and his infernal devices, 1804-1813 -- Fulton's legacy -- Der Küstenbrander, the inspiration for Whitehead, and others -- Whitehead and the copies -- The serious rivals, the dead ends, the hopefuls and the hopeless -- The torpedo comes of age -- Aerial torpedoes -- The modern torpedo post-Second World War -- Part II. Torpedo Launchers and Delivery Systems. Spar torpedo boats, drop collars, launch troughs and rails -- Torpedo boat carriers -- Above-water torpedo tubes -- Underwater tubes on surface ships -- Submarine torpedo launching gear -- Torpedo bombers and stand-off weapons -- Coast defence -- Part III. Anti-Torpedo Defence. Active defence -- Passive defence -- Modern developments -- Part IV. Notable Torpedo Actions and Incidents. Torpedo attack tactics -- Early torpedo actions -- The Great War -- The Second World War - the North Sea, Mediterranean and Atlantic -- The Second World War - the Pacific -- Post-Second World War -- Conclusion.
  note: Roger Branfill-Cook.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Torpedoes
    topic: History
  classification: V850 .B73 2014
  classification: 623.4/517
  identifier: 1591141931
  identifier: 9781591141938
  identifier: 2014940316
  record info:
    record content source: YDXCP
    record creation date: 140403
    record change date: 20151206123257.0
    record identifier: in00003490543
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng