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- Squid_(weapon) abstract "Squid was a British World War II ship-mounted anti-submarine weapon. It consisted of a three-barrelled mortar which launched depth charges. It replaced the Hedgehog system, and was in turn replaced by the Limbo system.Literally ordered directly from the drawing board in 1942, under the auspices of the Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development, this weapon was rushed into service in May 1943 on board HMS Ambuscade. The first production unit was installed on HMS Hadleigh Castle, it went on to be installed on 70 frigates and corvettes during the Second World War. The first successful use was by HMS Loch Killin on 31 July 1944, when she sank U333; the system was credited with sinking 17 submarines in 50 attacks. By 1959, 195 Squid installations had been produced. This weapon was a three-barrel 12-inch (305 mm) mortar with the mortars mounted in series but off-bore from each other in order to scatter the projectiles. The barrels were mounted in a frame that could be rotated through 90 degrees for loading. The projectiles weighed 390 pounds (177 kg) with a 207-pound (94 kg) minol charge. On some vessels, the Squid installations were at the stern – the bombs were fired over the length of the ship and dropping into the sea slightly ahead of it. Sink rate was 43.5 ft/s (13.3 m/s) and a clockwork time fuse was used to determine the detonation depth; all three projectiles had to be set to the same depth; this could be continuously updated right up to the moment of launch to take into account the movements of the target. The maximum depth was 900 feet (270 m).The weapons were automatically fired from the sonar range recorder at the proper moment. The pattern formed a triangle about 40 yards (37 m) on a side at a distance of 275 yards (250 m) ahead of the ship. Most Squid installations utilised two sets of mortars. All six bombs were fired in salvo so they formed opposing triangular spreads. The salvos were set to explode 25 feet (10 m) above and below the target, the resulting pressure wave crushing the hull of the submarine. Postwar trials found Squid was nine times more effective than conventional depth charges.Despite its proven effectiveness, some officers, notably Captain Kenneth Adams, RCN, opposed fitting Squid to escorts because it meant sacrificing guns, which would make ships unsuitable for fleet actions.In April 1977, the Type 61 frigate Salisbury became the last ship to fire Squid in Royal Navy service. Examples of the mortars are on display at the Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower in Gosport, Hampshire and another at Devonport Naval Base. In addition, the system is fitted to HMS Cavalier (D73), which is part of the historic ships collection in the Historic Dockyard in Chatham, Kent.".
- Squid_(weapon) origin United_Kingdom.
- Squid_(weapon) thumbnail Squid_Mortar.jpg?width=300.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageID "1118544".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageLength "5915".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageOutDegree "37".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageRevisionID "695182361".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Anti-submarine_warfare.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(naval).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Category:305_mm_artillery.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Anti-submarine_mortars.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Explosive_weapons.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Naval_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_mortars.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_naval_weapons_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Department_of_Miscellaneous_Weapons_Development.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Depth_charge.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Devonport_Naval_Base.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Explosion!_Museum_of_Naval_Firepower.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Fuse_(explosives).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink German_submarine_U-333.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Ambuscade_(D38).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Hadleigh_Castle_(K355).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Loch_Killin_(K391).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Salisbury_(F32).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Hedgehog_(weapon).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Kenneth_Adams.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Limbo_(weapon).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Minol_(explosive).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Mortar_(weapon).
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Canadian_Navy.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Salisbury-class_frigate.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Ship.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Sonar.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink Weapon.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink File:Sailors_loading_Squid_anti-submarine_mortar_in_1952.jpg.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink File:Squid_Mortar.jpg.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLink File:Squid_bomb_markings_diagram.jpg.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Squid"".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Squid''".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mark 4 Squid".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid (weapon)".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid A/S mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid ASW Mortars".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid ASW mortars".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid Anti-submarine mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid Anti-submarine mortars".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid Mk IV".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid Mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid anti submarine launchers".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid anti submarine mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid anti-submarine launchers".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid anti-submarine mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid anti-submarine mortars".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid anti-submarine".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid mortars".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid triple ASW mortars".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid triple-barrelled depth-charge mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squid".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Squids".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "squid depth charges".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "squid mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "squid multiple mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageWikiLinkText "squid".
- Squid_(weapon) barrels "Three".
- Squid_(weapon) caliber "12.0".
- Squid_(weapon) caption "Squid anti-submarine mortar on display at the Devonport Naval Base".
- Squid_(weapon) cartridge "440.0".
- Squid_(weapon) colwidth "60".
- Squid_(weapon) designDate "1942".
- Squid_(weapon) designer Department_of_Miscellaneous_Weapons_Development.
- Squid_(weapon) detonation "Time fuse".
- Squid_(weapon) filling Minol_(explosive).
- Squid_(weapon) fillingWeight "207.0".
- Squid_(weapon) group "Note".
- Squid_(weapon) isArtillery "yes".
- Squid_(weapon) isExplosive "yes".
- Squid_(weapon) isRanged "yes".
- Squid_(weapon) isUk "yes".
- Squid_(weapon) name "Squid".
- Squid_(weapon) range "275".
- Squid_(weapon) service "1943".
- Squid_(weapon) type "Anti-submarine Mortar".
- Squid_(weapon) usedBy Royal_Navy.
- Squid_(weapon) weight "10".
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- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:HMS.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_Weapon.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Refbegin.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Refend.
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- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:UK.
- Squid_(weapon) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:WWIIBritishCommNavalWeapons.
- Squid_(weapon) subject Category:305_mm_artillery.
- Squid_(weapon) subject Category:Anti-submarine_mortars.