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The Spearfish torpedo (formally Naval Staff Target 7525) is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface ship warfare (ASuW) capability. It replaces the unreliable Tigerfish torpedo, which was withdrawn in 2004; the significantly higher speed of the Spearfish, for which development started in the 1970s, before the breakup of the Soviet Union, was intended to catch high-speed, deep-diving Soviet threats such as the .

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  • Spearfish torpedo
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  • The Spearfish torpedo (formally Naval Staff Target 7525) is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface ship warfare (ASuW) capability. It replaces the unreliable Tigerfish torpedo, which was withdrawn in 2004; the significantly higher speed of the Spearfish, for which development started in the 1970s, before the breakup of the Soviet Union, was intended to catch high-speed, deep-diving Soviet threats such as the .
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Length
  • 7 m
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is explosive
  • yes
detonation
  • Proximity or contact detonation
diameter
  • 533.0
filling
  • Aluminised PBX explosive
Guidance
  • Wire-guided with autonomous active terminal homing sonar
Service
  • 1992(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Spearfish
Type
  • Heavyweight torpedo
filling weight
  • 300.0
is missile
  • yes
Max range
  • 54(xsd:integer)
Weight
  • 1850.0
Manufacturer
is UK
  • yes
propellant
  • HAP / Otto fuel II
Engine
  • Sundstrand gas-turbine with pump-jet
production date
  • 1988(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The Spearfish torpedo (formally Naval Staff Target 7525) is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by autonomous active or passive sonar, and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface ship warfare (ASuW) capability. It replaces the unreliable Tigerfish torpedo, which was withdrawn in 2004; the significantly higher speed of the Spearfish, for which development started in the 1970s, before the breakup of the Soviet Union, was intended to catch high-speed, deep-diving Soviet threats such as the .
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