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The Fairey Swordfish is a retired biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company.Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
A Fairey Swordfish carrying a dummy torpedo. A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes.Torpedo bombers came into existence just before the First World War almost as soon as aircraft were built that were capable of carrying the weight of a torpedo, and remained an important aircraft type until they were rendered obsolete by anti-ship missiles.
The first wave, which consisted of six Swordfish armed with torpedoes, two with flares and four 250 lb (110 kg) bombs, and four with six bombs, was split into two sections when three of the bombers and one torpedo bomber strayed from the main force while flying through thin clouds. The smaller group continued to Taranto independently.
Sopwith Cuckoo dropping torpedo during trials. This is a list of torpedo bomber aircraft, designed or adapted to carry a primary weapon load of one or more aerial torpedoes in an anti-shipping role. It does not include types equipped for the more general anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role.
The Swordfish torpedo bombers on the deck of HMS Victorious before the attack on Bismarck. In the early evening of 24 May, Bismarck briefly turned on her pursuers (Prince of Wales and the heavy cruisers Norfolk and Suffolk) to cover the escape of her companion, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to continue further into the Atlantic.
Torpedo bombers. The biplane Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber, affectionately referred to as "Stringbag" by her aircrews, was introduced in 1936. It was an archaic-looking biplane with cloth-covered wings, open cockpit and fixed landing gear.
The Fairey Swordfish was the FAA's Torpedo bomber at the start of the war and probably the FAA’s most famous aircraft. It also was designed for reconnaissance/spotting and later in the war it was replaced in the frontline torpedo role and given anti-submarine duties from escort carriers. [21] [22] Fairey Albacore
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1943–44, [28] British naval aircraft since 1912, [17] The British Bomber since 1914, [14] The Hamlyn Concise Guide to British Aircraft in World War II. General characteristics. Crew: 2 (torpedo bomber) or 3 (reconnaissance mission) Length:40 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in (12.221 m) in tail-up rigging position [9]