Sunday, September 07, 2008

Tigerfish

Origin:United Kingdom

Contractor/s: BAE Systems

Description: BAE Systems Tigerfish torpedo was designed to be operated by British nuclear-powered submarines against underwater and surface targets at up to 16 nautical miles (30 km). The Royal Navy provided Tigerfish torpedoes to its Swiftsure and Trafalgar-class submarines. Tigerfish is being replaced by longer range Spearfish torpedo. Turkey also acquired Tigerfish for its U209 class submarines.

Specifications
Weights: Warhead 134 kg (295 lb)

Performance: Max Range 29,000 m (95,144 ft), Min Range 13,000 m (42,651 ft), Top Speed 18 mps (35 kt)

Applications
Swiftsure, Trafalgar, U209 Operators

see operators map

Turkey

United Kingdom

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2008

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