The harpax or harpago was a Roman catapult-shot grapnel created by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa for use against Sextus Pompey during the naval battles of the Sicilian revolt. The harpax allowed an enemy vessel to be harpooned and then winched alongside for boarding. It was first deployed at the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC. Appian explains the device "called the 'grip', [was] a piece of wood, five cubits long bound with iron and having rings at the extremities. To one of these rings was attached the grip itself, an iron claw, to the other numerous ropes, which drew it by machine power after it had been thrown by a catapult and had seized the enemy's ships."
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| - The harpax or harpago was a Roman catapult-shot grapnel created by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa for use against Sextus Pompey during the naval battles of the Sicilian revolt. The harpax allowed an enemy vessel to be harpooned and then winched alongside for boarding. It was first deployed at the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC. Appian explains the device "called the 'grip', [was] a piece of wood, five cubits long bound with iron and having rings at the extremities. To one of these rings was attached the grip itself, an iron claw, to the other numerous ropes, which drew it by machine power after it had been thrown by a catapult and had seized the enemy's ships."
- The Harpax was an Immobilizer 418 cruiser that served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. It was part of the task force that was dispatched to destroy the forces formerly under the command of the defector Admiral Harkov. It trapped his Victory-class Star Destroyer, Protector while it took on supplies. The interdictor cruiser then called in reinforcements of its own, which arrived in the form of the Star Destroyer Garrett with Darth Vader on board. All three Alliance warships were eliminated but the Harpax had sustained too much damage and was destroyed.
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| - The harpax or harpago was a Roman catapult-shot grapnel created by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa for use against Sextus Pompey during the naval battles of the Sicilian revolt. The harpax allowed an enemy vessel to be harpooned and then winched alongside for boarding. It was first deployed at the Battle of Naulochus in 36 BC. Appian explains the device "called the 'grip', [was] a piece of wood, five cubits long bound with iron and having rings at the extremities. To one of these rings was attached the grip itself, an iron claw, to the other numerous ropes, which drew it by machine power after it had been thrown by a catapult and had seized the enemy's ships." The harpax had a distinct advantage over the traditional naval boarding device, the corvus, in that it was much lighter. The corvus boarding bridge is estimated to have weighed a ton. The harpax could be thrown long distances due its light weight. It was discharged by a ballista as if it were a heavy dart. Furthermore, the harpax was composed of iron bands that could not be cut, and the ropes could not be cut due to the length of the iron grapple. Appian notes "As this apparatus had never been known before, the enemy had not provided themselves with scythe-mounted poles." The casualty totals provide a broad picture of the tool's effectiveness: Sextus lost 180 of a total force of 300 warships - 28 by ramming and 155 by capture and by fire.
- The Harpax was an Immobilizer 418 cruiser that served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. It was part of the task force that was dispatched to destroy the forces formerly under the command of the defector Admiral Harkov. It trapped his Victory-class Star Destroyer, Protector while it took on supplies. The Harpax used its gravity well projectors to trap the Protector and prevent it from entering hyperspace, but the Protector called in reinforcements. Harkov's frigate Akaga and the Rebel MC40a light cruiser Warhawk entered to aid the ship. Harpax was outnumbered and outmaneuvered by enemy ships. The interdictor cruiser then called in reinforcements of its own, which arrived in the form of the Star Destroyer Garrett with Darth Vader on board. All three Alliance warships were eliminated but the Harpax had sustained too much damage and was destroyed.
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