Limpet mine information

limpet mine is a type of naval mine attached to a target by magnets. It is so named because of its superficial similarity to the shape of the limpet,...

Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. This general category of conical shell is...

reverberation level, and the other factors are as before. The LIMIS (limpet mine imaging sonar) is a hand-held or ROV-mounted imaging sonar for use by...

amplified[clarification needed] and detonated the explosives. Limpet mines are a special form of contact mine that are manually attached to the target by magnets...

developed the weapon thus far, it was duly named the limpet mine after the marine sea creature – the limpet, a gastropod well known for its ability to adhere...

including two clerics who led the march, Beyers Naudé and Allan Boesak. A Limpet mine destroys a police vehicle in Mamelodi. Two guerrillas are killed and...

policeman when they open fire at a police roadblock set up at Ugie. 25 – A Limpet mine explodes at the Kokstad Men's Club opposite the police station. 27 –...

damaged by an explosion. 9 – A limpet mine explodes at 21h15 and damages a substation in Jacobs, Durban. Later a second limpet explodes, killing a policeman...

June Four bystanders are injured when a limpet mine explodes under a police vehicle in Duduza. A limpet mine explodes under a vehicle parked outside a...

operated by a company based in Norway, were attacked, allegedly with limpet mines or flying objects, sustaining fire damage. American and Iranian military...

to Bordeaux. On arrival they would attack the docked cargo ships with limpet mines and then escape overland to Spain. Men from no.1 section were selected...

("home-made" bombs with a delay to allow the person placing the bomb to escape) Limpet mine (attached to enemy ships by naval divers) Fuse (explosives) Ticking time...

experimented with a primitive tiny sub (Mignatta) carrying two men and a limpet mine: this craft successfully sank Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Viribus...

a magnetically attached limpet mine was constructed in Britain for underwater sabotage actions in the upcoming war. The mines exploded when a cocked spring...

Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Viribus Unitis, and the freighter Wien using limpet mines. They had no underwater breathing sets, and thus had to keep their heads...

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, which was heavily damaged by a limpet mine in April 2021. Shayetet 13 has had an extensive role in the Israel-Hamas...

structures, and harbors for limpet mines and other sabotage; and ordinary routine maintenance in war conditions. Underwater mine clearance and bomb disposal...

frogmen to the vicinity of their targets, which are then attacked with limpet mines. In civilian use, midget submarines are generally called submersibles;...

Johannesburg and at least one is injured. 3 – Three people are injured when a limpet mine explodes at the corner of Jeppe and Delvers Streets in Johannesburg....

"Maiali" manned torpedoes into the port of Alexandria and there placed limpet mines on or near the battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth as well...

Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (a type of submersible), and combat swimming and limpet mine attacks. The OSS MU mission was "to infiltrate agents and supply resistance...

are damaged by Limpet mines in Johannesburg, in Bryanston North and Fairlands. 12 – Ciskei offices in Pretoria are damaged by a Limpet mine. 13 – A bomb...

torpedo at slow speed to the target, used the detachable warhead as a limpet mine and then rode the torpedo away. The nose of the torpedo was filled with...

commandos to reach an enemy-held harbour undetected and blow up ships with limpet mines. He is given command of a small group of volunteers. However, he clashes...

large as cruisers. In addition to torpedoes, the Mark 9 also carried limpet mines and satchel charges in a large cargo compartment aft of the pilot and...