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Torpedoes


2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation

1944 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed

1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea

1941 U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea

1941 U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal

1941 Prior to U.S. in WW II, Germany torpedoes U.S. destroyer Reuben James

1941 German U-boat torpedoes U.S. destroyer Kearney

1940 German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)

1939 German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship

1939 German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland

1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley

1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships

1915 Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed)

1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea

1915 Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin

1862 Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brig general Gabrial Rains



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