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While the U-boat ascends, Stan dies from an injury he sustained when the U-boat first went down. The surviving members of the mission are then seen relaxing on a beach in the US, where a radio broadcast announces the surrender of Japan following the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki , marking the end of the Second World War .
U-235 had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when at the surface and 871 tonnes (857 long tons) while submerged. [3] She had a total length of 67.10 m (220 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 50.50 m (165 ft 8 in), a beam of 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in), a height of 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in), and a draught of 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in).
Whitehead Torpedo Works was a company established in the 19th century by Robert Whitehead that developed the Whitehead torpedo.It grew from its initial location at Fiume to Wyke Regis and to Livorno, but the former two plants closed by the end of World War II.
Bliss–Leavitt Mark 8 torpedo. A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
The Pernov-class torpedo boat (Russian: Миноносец типа «Пернов») was a class of torpedo boats built for the Imperial Russian Navy between 1891 and 1900. A total of 25 boats were constructed, with four of them serving in the Siberian Flotilla , four in the Black Sea Fleet , and 17 in the Baltic Fleet .
RPK-6 Vodopad (Russian: РПК-6 Водопад, "waterfall") is a Soviet 533 mm anti-submarine missile deployed operationally since 1981. [1]RPK-7 Veter (Russian: РПК-7 Ветер, "wind") is a 650 mm version, deployed operationally since 1984.
The Mark 23 torpedo was a submarine-launched anti-surface ship torpedo designed and built by the Naval Torpedo Station for the United States Navy in World War II. It was essentially a Mark 14 torpedo , modified via the removal of its low-speed, long-range setting, leaving the high-speed, short-range feature in place.
A 53-65K torpedo on display in the torpedo storage areas of the former Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk. Type 53 is the common name for a family of 53 cm (21 inch) torpedoes manufactured in Russia, starting with the 53-27 torpedo and continuing to the modern UGST (Fizik-1), which is being replaced by the Futlyar.