By Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar
From Baird Maritime:
As the authors tell us, only mines have sunk more ships than torpedoes over the past century. Torpedoes have developed into very effective weapons that have sunk more ships than gunfire and aerial bombs combined.
It has not always been so. At various stages of their development, torpedoes have been notoriously and dangerously unreliable. The progression of their development can be represented as something of a "saw tooth" graph.
This very detailed and well-illustrated book shows every kind of torpedo developed since 1776. Spar, boat launched, submarine launched, aerial and rocket. For most of their history torpedoes were aimed and fired like bullets or shells from guns. More recently, though, they have been more intelligently controlled like guided missiles using acoustic devices or electronic controls.
Torpedoes, as the authors show, have come a long way. They are continually being improved and seem likely to be a major naval weapon for a long time to come.
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