Closed tbrandon517 closed 2 years ago
lmao, this made my day. Added 495.
lmao, this made my day. Added 495.
Strapping a TT on a party barge pontoon. Half my high school class is jealous for this feat of DIY garage engineering.
I must say I was inspired by the "sea technical" comment.
Well, if you should ever find any export customers for your own homemade naval abominations, do make sure to put in a new platform request. 😛
DB Selector
DB3K
Baseline
N/A
Hypothetical
No
Name
Improvised Torpedo Raft
Class
Improvised Torpedo Raft
Country
Cuba
Service
Navy
In Commission
2005 - Present
Length (m)
9
Beam (m)
3.5
Draft (m)
.5
Standard Displacement (t)
not stated
Full Displacement (t)
not stated
Empty Displacement (t)
2.3
Complement
1
Max Sea State
Not Stated
Primary Propulsion Type
Diesel
Propulsion
1-2x Marine Outboard Motor(s)
Fuel Capacity (kg)
314
Flank Speed (kt)
16
Range (nm) at Speed (kt)
250nm at 16kts
Sensors
mk 1 eyeball
Mounts
1x 533cm TT
Aircraft & Docking Facilities
None
Comms/Datalinks
Basic radio
Ship Codes
Catamaran/Trimaran Multihull, All Aluminum Construction, Built to Mercantile Standards, Low Construction Standards
Comments
At the other end of the spectrum the Cuban Navy has figured out the smallest boat possible to carry a torpedo. Taking leftover torpedo tubes from scrapped Cold War era boats, they have combined them with a pontoon raft. Basically it uses two steel tubes as floats with a torpedo tube mounted between them. The pilot perches on the back controlling both the outboard motor and the firing mechanism. Several of these were built around 15 years ago and they appear to still be in service. They might be the smallest warships in the world.
Sources
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/15/5-unique-weapons-of-cubas-garage-built-navy/?sh=6d7b2a372acc https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/cuban-naval-projects-post-1959.38623/