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unusual facts about Ōtori-class torpedo boat


Ōtori-class torpedo boat

Although made for convoy escort duties and home water protection, most of this class participated in the Manila blockade operations early in the war, as well as transport duties in the Rabaul area during the Solomon Islands campaign due to ship losses.


Acheron-class torpedo boat

By 1885 they were in a state of disrepair and were docked at Cockatoo Island.

Ōtori Keisuke

In the Battle of Hakodate when the Imperial Army surrounded the Goryokaku fortress, Enomoto Takeaki wanted to go down fighting; however, it was Ōtori who suggested a peaceful surrender, changing Enomoto's mind with his words of "If it's dying you want you can do it anytime."

Palestro-class torpedo boat

These four ships were laid down in 1917 at the Orlando shipyard in Livorno, but were not finally completed until 1921-1923.

SAME Deutz-Fahr

It builds tractors under the SAME (Società Accomandita Motori Endotermici), Lamborghini, Hürlimann and Deutz-Fahr brands, and combines under the Deutz-Fahr and Đuro Đaković brands.

Shershen-class torpedo boat

Designated as TKAs (ru. Torpednyy Kater; eng. Torpedo Cutter), the Project 183 boats were designed as simple fast attack craft suitable for cheap manufacture and easy maintenance.

Torpedo boat

This was found to be inadequate in combat, and the result was a "fleet torpedo boat" class (Flottentorpedoboot), which were significantly larger, up to 1,700 tons, comparable to small destroyers.

Trygg-class torpedo boat

She defended ship traffic and supported allied landings in the Molde - Åndalsnes area (Battle of Åndalsnes) until being hit by a German bomb on 25 April 1940, sinking in shallow waters the next day.

The three Trygg ships were constructed from 1919 to 1921 at Moss Verft in Moss (Trygg) and Horten naval yard (Snøgg and Stegg).

In 1932, the Norwegian Labour Party made public a proposal crafted by Fredrik Monsen, that the armed forces be dissolved entirely and replaced by a "civil guard".


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