I do hope that this meets the criteria of a MV, friend of mine sent this to
me and I thought I would share, hope it does not upset many.
He said that in 1941 the Italians attacked the British navy in Crete using a
torpedo that someone had to ride to steer to target, seems as though "pilot"
rode astride a submersible like it was a small submarine with torpedo slung
beneath, when he (or she I suppose) got close to target ship pilot released
torpedo and rode submersible back to mother ship - usually a larger
submarine. Seems that the Italian navy used them a lot, sinking battleships
Queen Elizabeth and Valiant and other ships. After Italian surrender the
Germans used them, and at Normandy sank two British ships. He said that the
British navy had some also later in WWII.
I would think that this would have to be used against ships at anchor.
These were not like Japan's suicide submarine which was a one way trip for
pilot.
He just sent this to me and I have not done an internet search for more
information on these.
Everette