The Tigerfish, formally the Mark 24, was a British heavyweight, wire-guided acoustic homing torpedo developed from 1959 and deployed by the Royal Navy from 1979. Launched from submarines against both submerged and surface targets at ranges up to 39 kilometers, it was superseded by the Spearfish torpedo beginning in 1988 and was retired from service in 2004.
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Weapon Class Introduced Year Classification
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Source Tigerfish (torpedo) (Wikipedia)
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Source Tigerfish (torpedo) (Wikipedia)
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1. Tigerfish (torpedo) (Wikipedia)
Infobox: service
1979-present (withdrawn from Royal Navy 2004)
Operated By: Royal Navy, Infobox: used_by
Royal Navy Brazilian Navy Turkish Naval Forces Chilean Navy Venezuelan Navy
Used In: Falklands War, Lead
Service during the 1982 Falklands War revealed serious reliability problems.
View the Source2. Tigerfish torpedo - Wikipedia
Lead sentence
The Mark 24 Tigerfish was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1980s and 90s.
Development history
it was not until 1983 that these officially entered service.
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
Service-status attribute (tigerfish-torpedo)
Launched from submarines against both submerged and surface targets at ranges up to 39 kilometers, it was superseded by the Spearfish torpedo beginning in 1988 and was retired from service in 2004.
In Group: Torpedoes, Infobox: type
Mark 24-Mod-0: Heavyweight ASW torpedo Mark 24-Mod-1 and 2: Heavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo
View the SourceWikidata: Tigerfish Torpedo
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