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    The anti-torpedo bulge (also known as an anti-torpedo blister) is a form of defence against naval torpedoes occasionally employed in warship construction...
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    the anti-torpedo bulge and torpedo belts. With the introduction of the Whitehead torpedo in 1873, and the subsequent development of the torpedo boat...
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  • Battle of the Bulge Anti-torpedo bulge, passive warship defence against naval torpedoes between World War I and World War II Helge "Bulge" Bostrom (1894–1977)...
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  • devise an effective torpedo defense system (TDS), thus the British Director of Naval Construction introduced the anti-torpedo bulge. Originally retrofitted...
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    addition of anti-torpedo bulges) and a deep draught of 30 feet 9 inches (9.4 m) fully loaded without a bulge and 29 feet 8 inches (9 m) with a bulge. They had...
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    shore batteries and they were also fitted with highly effective anti-torpedo bulges on each side of the hull. During the First World War, the Royal Navy...
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  • designed to protect against shellfire; torpedo belts, bulges, and bulkheads protect against underwater torpedoes or naval mines; and armoured decks protect...
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    development of the anti-torpedo bulge and torpedo belt, both attempts to protect against underwater damage by mines and torpedoes. The purpose of underwater...
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  • Torpedo defence includes evasive maneuvers, passive defense like torpedo belts, torpedo nets, torpedo bulges and active defenses, like anti-torpedo torpedoes...
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    based on that of the large light cruiser Furious with 5-foot (1.5 m) anti-torpedo bulges covering the engine and boiler rooms. Amidships, the hull had 10°...
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