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Gefallen Engel U-666
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And a Whitehead was there!
The animation shows the desk launch carriage that was used when HMS SHAH fired a 16 inch torpedo at the Peruvian armoured turret ship Huascar in 1877 in the epic Battle of Pacocha. In the course of the action the Shah fired the first torpedo to be used in anger, although it missed – being outrun by Huascar. HMS SHAW screw frigate vs Huascar http://dawlishchronicles.blogspot.com/2014/03/hms-shah-vs-huascar-indecisive-but.html The Huascar today:
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