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Early designs incorporated aspartorpedothat could be extended from the bow and detonated by ramming a target.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That conflict also saw the development of thespartorpedo, an explosive charge pushed against the hull of a warship by a small boat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These same few vessels had a retractablespartorpedoadded as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thespartorpedohad a barbed point, and would be stuck in the target vessel's side by ramming.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aspartorpedowas a mine attached to a long pole and detonated when the ship carrying it rammed another one.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The submarine had a long pole with an explosive charge in the bow, called aspartorpedo.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were originally armed with a singlespartorpedo, but this was replaced in 1887 with two 14-inch torpedoes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The torpedo boats tried to attack under cover of night by ramming thespartorpedointo the hull of the blockading ship, then backing off and detonating the explosive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Onespartorpedowas hinged on each side of the ship on a 70 ft boom that was extended until it was angled at 90 to the ship's side.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pohl took command of thespartorpedovessel, an early, experimental torpedo boat, in 1882.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The submarine was armed with a ram to break holes in the hull of enemy ships, and an electrically-firedspartorpedo, fixed at the end of a pole.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They finally approved one of his plans and authorized him to locate two small steam launches that might be fitted with spar torpedoes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two telescoping spar torpedoes were mounted in the bow; one set at 6 ft below the waterline and the other at 8 ft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spar torpedoes were often equipped with a barbed spear at the end, so it would stick to wooden hulls.
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