The Helmover Torpedo - The Battleship Eraser

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Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at a relatively unknown weapon that almost made it into service, the giant, long-range, Helmover Torpedo Sources: Rolls-Royce Armaments - David Birch https://www.amazon.co.uk/Airwork-History-Keith-McCloskey-ebook/dp/B00AZ17S3Q https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_45_Seminar_conventional_weapons.pdf https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=GB&NR=579159&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Helmover Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au