The official investigation Scrutiny , after most of the wreck was raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale along with analysis of pieces of debris , concluded that the crew of Kursk was preparing GetReady to load Placing a dummy 65–76 `` Kit '' torpedo when a faulty weld in its casing leaked Motion high-test peroxide ( HTP ) , causing Causation the torpedo 's kerosene fuel to explode Bodily_harm .

The official investigation Scrutiny , after most of the wreck was raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale along with analysis of pieces of debris , concluded that the crew of Kursk was preparing GetReady to load Placing a dummy 65–76 `` Kit '' torpedo when a faulty weld in its casing leaked Motion high-test peroxide ( HTP ) , causing Causation the torpedo 's kerosene fuel to explode Bodily_harm .

The torpedo manufacturer challenged Confronting_problem this hypothesis , insisting Statement that its design would prevent Preventing_or_letting the kind of event described Statement .

Ryazantsev accused Judgment_communication the Russian navy of failing to properly train Education_teaching the crew , who did not appear to have properly closed the inner torpedo room safety door designed to protect Defending the rest of the submarine .

Two minutes and fifteen seconds after the initial blast , the sub was on the bottom when the intense initial fire triggered Causation the detonation of between five and seven torpedo warheads .

The base was attacked Attack by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft ( including fighters , level and dive bombers , and torpedo bombers ) in two waves , launched Process_start from six aircraft carriers .

Important base installations such as the power station , dry dock , shipyard , maintenance , and fuel and torpedo storage facilities , as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building Building ( also home of the intelligence section ) were not attacked Attack .

In August 1964 , the United States Navy reported Reporting they were attacked Attack by torpedo boats of the North Vietnamese Navy in what became Becoming known as the Tonkin Gulf Incident Attack .

A South Korean-led official investigation Criminal_investigation carried out Action by a team of international experts from South Korea , the United States , the United Kingdom , Canada , Australia , and Sweden presented Presence a summary of its investigation Criminal_investigation on 20 May 2010 , concluding that the warship had been sunk Motion by a North Korean torpedo fired by a midget submarine .

The first phase late on the 26th consisted Cause_to_be_included of air strikes by torpedo bombers from the British aircraft carrier , which disabled Destroying `` Bismarck '' s steering gear , jamming her rudders in a turning position and preventing Preventing_or_letting her escape .

After about 100 minutes of fighting , `` Bismarck '' was sunk Motion_directional by the combined effects of shellfire , torpedo hits and deliberate scuttling .

the uss `` liberty '' incident was an attack on a united states navy technical research ship , , by israeli air force jet fighter aircraft and israeli navy motor torpedo boats , on 8 june 1967 , during the six-day war .

The operation consisted Cause_to_be_included of 64 strike sorties of aircraft from the aircraft carriers and against the torpedo boat bases of Hon Gai , Loc Chao , Quang Khe , and Phuc Loi , and the oil storage depot at Vinh .

Pilots estimated that the Vinh raid destroyed Destroying 10 percent of North Vietnam 's entire petroleum storage , together with the destruction of or damage to 29 P-4 torpedo boats or gunboats .

`` Lusitania '' fell Motion_directional victim to torpedo attack relatively early in the First World War , before tactics for evading Escaping submarines were properly implemented Action or understood .

The third submarine attempted to torpedo Attack the heavy cruiser , but instead sank Motion_directional the converted ferry , killing Killing 21 sailors .

Hunley '' approached Arriving just under the surface , avoiding Preventing_or_letting detection until the last moments , then embedded Placing and remotely detonated Attack a spar torpedo that rapidly sank Motion_directional the sloop-of-war with the loss Death of five Union sailors .

There was a last-ditch effort to stop Process_end or sink the rebels when two small torpedo rams from `` Shah '' attempted to find Know the `` Huáscar '' , but the Peruvian ship managed to escape Escaping under the cover of darkness .

This battle Hostile_encounter saw Self_motion the first use Using of the newly invented Creating self-propelled torpedo which , at the time , had just entered Arriving limited service with the Royal Navy .

The torpedo was dodged Preventing_or_letting by the rebel monitor Scrutiny .