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HUMAN TORPEDO SLC  

This torpedo ship model is hand-crafted from the drawing, the model is made of wood with planks on frame construction and painted as the real ship. There are no plastic and this model is ready for display.

Item Code

Specifications

Packing Volume

BT0175P 70L x 7W x 13H (cm)

27.55L x 2.75W x 5.11H (inch)

0.02 m³ = 0.70 ft³

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HISTORY


Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of rideable submarine used as secret naval weapons in World War II. The basic design is still in use today as a type of diver propulsion vehicle.

The first human torpedo was the Italian Maiale ("Pig"). It was electrically propelled, with two crewmen in diving suits riding astride. They steered the torpedo at slow speed to the enemy ship. The detachable warhead was then used as a limpet mine. They then rode the torpedo away.

In operation, the Maiale torpedo was carried by another vessel (usually a normal submarine), and launched near the target. Most manned torpedo operations were at night and during the new moon to cut down the risk of being seen.

The idea was successfully applied by the Italian navy (Regia Marina) early in World War II and then copied by the British when they discovered how powerful this new weapon was after three Italian SLC's successfully forced the harbour of Alexandria and damaged the two British battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Valiant, and the tanker "Sagona." The official Italian name for their craft was "Siluro a Lenta Corsa" (SLC or "Slow-running torpedo"), but the Italian operators nicknamed it "Maiale" after their inventor Teseo Tesei angrily called it a pig when it had been difficult to steer. The British copies were named "chariots".

 

 Suggest: Display case to preserve the model from dust

Assemble Display case for war ship model

This assembly display case comes with plexiglass.

Picture of the ship in the display case is just for illustration purpose.

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