Tigerfish (torpedo)
A Mk- 24 Tigerfish
- Mod 1: 1979
- Mod 2: 1986
- Out of service: in the Royal Navy completely to February 2004
- Some 30 000 yards ( 27.4 km ) at 24 knots
Submarines
Brazil, Chile and Venezuela
The Mk 24 Tigerfish is a British heavy torpedo the company Marconi in caliber 53.3 cm.
History
The origins of the Mk 24 Tigerfish go to the British torpedo project codenamed Ongar from 1959 back. 1970 saw one that included in the project technology could not be mastered by the Navy itself. So it was decided in 1972 to entrust the company Marconi with the continuation of the project. 1979, the first Mk 24 Tigerfish was provided by the fleet in service. Although there were still problems that they tried to solve the model I and model II, which never quite succeeded. Since the British Navy used mostly American models such as the Mark 48 Tigerfish became more and more withdrawn from service. In 1997, the last Tigerfish was fired.
Technology
The Tiger Fish is a wire -guided, electrically driven heavyweight torpedo. The machine is driven an electric motor, which draws its energy from a silver -zinc battery. The monitoring of the first part of the target start-up is carried out from aboard the ship -firing. In the second part of an active / passive panoramic seeker takes over the other target start automatically.