Almost immediately after the order of Kotaka was placed, Fernando Villaamil, second officer of the Ministry of the Navy of Spain where he was put in charge of developing the concept of a new ship designed to combat torpedo boats, placed an order for a large torpedo gunboat in November 1885, with the British builder James and George Thompson, of Clydebank, not far from where the Yarrow shipyards would move from London 20 years later.

The second development was the replacement of the torpedo boat-style turtleback foredeck by a raised forecastle for the new River class destroyers built in 1903, which provided better sea-keeping as well as more space below deck.

The second batch of the class gave the guns high-angle turrets for anti-aircraft warfare, and the oxygen-fueled ' Long Lance ' Type 93 torpedo.

In October 1887 the first torpedo division was created at Wilhelmshaven and the second torpedo division based at Kiel.

On 7 May 1915, sank the liner RMS Lusitania with a single torpedo hit, although it is debated whether a second explosion was due to flammable cargo or another torpedo.

The second the pressure is available, Tyler orders Tank to fire the final torpedo.

The second Tonkin Gulf incident was originally claimed by the U. S. National Security Agency to have occurred on August 4, 1964, as another sea battle, but instead may have involved " Tonkin Ghosts " ( false radar images ) and not actual NVN torpedo boat attacks.

The ship had been struck by one torpedo, whose explosion was followed by a second, much larger one.

* On November 21, 1916, the second sister ship of Titanic, HMHS Britannic, was lost ( cause of sinking unknown although it is believed to be a mine or torpedo ) in the Kea Channel of the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.

At 08: 10, Shōkaku launched a second wave of strike aircraft, consisting of 19 dive bombers and eight Zeros, and Zuikaku launched 16 torpedo bombers at 08: 40.

* April 12 – 13 – The second Japanese Kikusui attack on Allied ships off Okinawa includes 145 kamikazes, which attack along with 150 fighters and 45 torpedo bombers.

The second torpedo failed to detonate, but the third completed the destruction begun by the first.

One torpedo seriously damaged battleship HMS Ramillies, while the second sank the oil tanker British Loyalty ( 6, 993 tons ).

The convoy's escort consisted of three groups ; eight destroyers and four torpedo boats directly protecting the cargo ships, a second group sailed 35 miles to the east consisting of six heavy cruisers and another four destroyers.

On their first attempt the torpedo went into the water ; on the second attempt the explosive caught on the Ramillies ’ cable and exploded.

The men endure the ship's constant rolling and pitching in the huge waves, freezing cold, the strain of maintaining station on the convoy on pitch black nights and the fear that at any second a torpedo from a German U-boat could blow them to oblivion.

* The second Bluebell ( K80 ) was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and sunk by a torpedo in 1945.

* was the Royal Navy's torpedo school, established in 1884 in the second rate, and in subsequent ships that were renamed HMS Defiance.

Undeterred, Goodwin went in again and scored a direct hit with his second torpedo, just forward of the conning tower, wrecking the submarine.

Its warhead size was the largest of any submarine torpedo, and second only to the Type 93 used by Japanese surface ships.

* The second Stromboli was the original name for the Spuyten Duyvil a torpedo boat built in 1864 for service toward the end of the American Civil War.

They might have won again in 1968, but while in second place, their engine blew and ultimately Nick Nowicki and Paddy Cliff upheld Peugeot's honour by winning the rally.

With their confidence regained the Heat blew out the Mavs in Game 4 and survived a Game 5 come-from-behind overtime thriller in which Wade put up 43 points and Payton again scoring the team's go-ahead field goal with one second left on the shot clock.

Captain Cresap's initial actions were innocuous, establishing a second ferry in the upper Conejohela down river from John Wright's but near his father-in-laws settlement at Peach Bottom, and demanding settlers either move out or pay Maryland for the right bank lands they'd already received from Pennsylvania, but here events soon got out of hand, blew up, and soon started Cresap's War by acting on behalf of Maryland as a henchman of Lord Baltimore confiscating farms near Peach Bottom and Wrightsville, establishing a second ferry there.

The second tree was his son, Cairbre Lifechair, who would be king after him, and the wind that blew him down was a battle against the fianna, in which he would fall.

After finishing a close second to the Los Angeles Dodgers in, in the Reds blew the division open by winning 108 games.

A second city hall was built on the site of the first one, but on April 8, 1935, it also burned to ground, catching fire when shards from a fire built by a local Methodist minister, raking and burning leaves blew into the bell tower.

Leading easily in the Monaco GP at half distance, his 246 engine blew, while at Monza he was a minute ahead of Tony Brooks when his clutch forced him to slow to second place.

Under Nelson ’ s command, Ball took part in the Battle of the Nile, and his ship, the Alexander, was the second British ship to fire on the French Admiral's flagship, L ’ Orient, which later blew up during the battle.

He was in second position when his car's Ford HB V8 blew.

Berger nearly won the German Grand Prix for the second time in his career before his Renault V10 engine blew up, handing victory to Damon Hill in the Williams.

The fire spread to the lobby, fed by wallpaper, PVC piping, glue, and plastic mirrors, racing through the casino floor at a rate of per second until a massive fireball blew out the main entrance along The Strip.

After 7 races he replaced the injured Olivier Panis at Prost and impressed immediately, finishing fourth in Germany and even leading in Austria, looking set to finish second until his engine blew.

New cars were used for the Coupe des Alpes ( Alpine Rally ), where Elford's engine blew up after leading, while Roger Clark finished second.

After starting strongly and being the starter through until December, Hislop suffered an injury that allowed Srníček to regain the starting role that he held for the remainder of the season as Newcastle blew a 12 point lead in January to finish the season in second place.

The Blazers blew the game open in the second period and went on to win 8-2.

The first left the now mostly back-filled crater but at the second attempt blew a section of the wall outwards causing the damage still to be seen.

The Australian's troubles left Moss well in front, and when Gurney's BRM blew a core plug, Moss ' teammate Bonnier took second, ahead of Ireland, Graham Hill and Texan Jim Hall, driving his first Grand Prix.

Reutemann ran third for a while, but then began to drop down the order, and so reigning world champion Niki Lauda took third in his Brabham, which became second with ten laps left when Watson's engine blew up.

At the second start everything went to plan and Senna led from Prost, Alesi, Berger, Patrese, and Boutsen, with Pirro being the first retirement when his engine blew on the opening lap.

De Cesaris's fairy tale run ended just three laps from the end when his engine blew, promoting Berger to second and Piquet to third.

The whole accident left Patrese comfortably in the lead from Berger and Senna, and Senna went second when Berger's engine blew on lap 37, he was followed out of the race by Prost's Ferrari, which also decided it had enough.

The second Jaguar of Irvine only lasted twelve laps longer before its engine blew, while neither Toyota made the finish either ; Mika Salo succumbed to brake problems, while McNish spun off.

On occasions, she has had to get creative to stay on-budget ; for example, she accidentally blew half her budget on her second meal in her first Miami episode.