Torpedo defence includes evasive maneuvers, passive defense like
torpedo belts,
torpedo nets,
torpedo bulges and active defenses, like anti-torpedo torpedoes similar in idea to
missile defense systems.
Torpedo nets were a passive ship defensive device against
torpedoes. They were in common use from the
1890s until WW2. They were superseded by the
anti-torpedo bulge and
torpedo belts.
The
anti-torpedo bulge (also known as an
anti-torpedo blister) is a form of defence against naval torpedoes occasionally employed in
warship construction in the period between WW1 and WW2. It involved fitting (or retrofitting) partially water-filled compartmentalized
sponsons on either side of a ship's hull, intended to detonate torpedoes, absorb their explosions, and contain flooding to damaged areas within the bulges
.
The
torpedo belt was part of the armouring scheme in some warships between the
1920s and
1940s. It consisted of a series of lightly armoured compartments, extending laterally along a narrow belt that intersected the ship's
waterline. In theory this belt would absorb the explosions from torpedoes, or any
naval artillery shells that struck below the waterline, and thus minimize internal damage to the ship itself.
Torpedo belts are also known as Side Protection Systems or SPS, or Torpedo Defense System or TDS.
Torpedo Defense Systems of WW2 .
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